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    The World's 3rd Largest Employer...

    FFS!

    The British Public Sector is 3rd only to the Indian State Railway and the Chinese Army in number of employees!

    Unsustainable - it has to change but how?

    #2
    I thought it was the NHS only and not the entire public sector that was the third largest employer.
    Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !

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      #3
      And I thought the UK's public sector was larger than China's.

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        #4
        Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
        And I thought the UK's public sector was larger than China's.
        I posted that it wasn't larger than the chinese army.

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          #5
          The NHS on its website boasts that it is the 3rd largest public sector employer in the world.
          As for the UK's generally bloated public sector - perhaps its essential to maintain that in a post-industrial society for the sake of social cohesion.
          After all what are all those people going to do? they can't got to factories to make things since we don't do that anymore.
          Hard Brexit now!
          #prayfornodeal

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            #6
            Actually the UK Public sector employs more people (5.4m) than both the Indian Railways and Chinese Army... combined

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              #7
              Originally posted by sasguru View Post
              The NHS on its website boasts that it is the 3rd largest public sector employer in the world.
              As for the UK's generally bloated public sector - perhaps its essential to maintain that in a post-industrial society for the sake of social cohesion.
              After all what are all those people going to do? they can't got to factories to make things since we don't do that anymore.
              They could sit at home and drink lager and watch daytime telly.

              Instead they sit in plush offices calling themselves as Managers, pay themselves 60K a year and create rules and regulations all day.
              Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !

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                #8
                Originally posted by oversteer View Post
                Actually the UK Public sector employs more people (5.4m) than both the Indian Railways and Chinese Army... combined
                Shall we invade China based on these figures ?? The old imperial England back at its very best !
                Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
                  Shall we invade China based on these figures ?? The old imperial England back at its very best !
                  Nah last time we fought China (in Korea) it was a draw.
                  They're stronger now.
                  Hard Brexit now!
                  #prayfornodeal

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                    The British Public Sector is 3rd only to the Indian State Railway and the Chinese Army in number of employees!


                    Other recent news: George W. Bush running for President

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