tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post2637508367224552874..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: No. We are *not* "all entitled".O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-38360014304689109212011-04-14T11:52:49.229+01:002011-04-14T11:52:49.229+01:00I have taken a while to collect my thoughts on thi...I have taken a while to collect my thoughts on this article. Essentially the UK suffers from "London worship" and there are many within the M25 belt who believe if it ain't in London it is inferior.<br /><br />As I have noted before, much of the depressed parts of the UK were prosperous during the Empire. when the Empire collapsed, the captive markets/resources supply chain went The Aberdoniannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-89501670748567635492011-04-11T07:32:44.104+01:002011-04-11T07:32:44.104+01:00Got you with the land tax now, I thought you were ...Got you with the land tax now, I thought you were arguing for a differential rate of tax.<br /><br />Re the Silicon Valley example, wasn't the reason for the initial outburst of hi-tech economic activity there due to the high number of qualified and motivated students leaving Stanford and Berkely? <br /><br />The cross-fertilisation of ideas, economies of scale etc then followed on from that O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-17196039578778249752011-04-10T15:19:57.369+01:002011-04-10T15:19:57.369+01:00It's not Education levels per se, it's tha...It's not Education levels per se, it's that those areas with a concentration of hi-tech businesses feed off each other - there's a reason why there are so many hi-tech and computing jobs in Silicon Valley in the USA, the industry has reached a "critical mass" with regards to the availability of talented workers with highly specific skills that then cross-fertilise ideas and Wildgoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595915411975940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-34900899566101647862011-04-10T11:01:13.155+01:002011-04-10T11:01:13.155+01:00If all the transport links, related businesses, me...<em>If all the transport links, related businesses, media and political power reside in the South East you are going to need a good incentive to base your business away from those advantages.</em><br /><br />But surely in the modern age, with the internet and the concept of telecommunting those advantages enjoyed by the SE are theoretically removed, or at least reduced? But for some reason, thereO'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-28081090973421719462011-04-09T14:04:22.197+01:002011-04-09T14:04:22.197+01:00I am afraid that I'm going to dispute your &qu...I am afraid that I'm going to dispute your "facts that need to be accepted".<br /><br />Not the first of course, which sits in the ranks of the "bleeding obvious".<br /><br />Your second point is that Labour markets and people need to be more flexible, moving if needs be. It strikes me that they already are - hence the steady drift of population (and jobs) to London and Wildgoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595915411975940noreply@blogger.com