That seems to have been a personal sacrifice too far for too many people.
So - here we are.
Which isn't a bad thing. Gotta put people to work. But I think most of the private-sector stuff is in the South generally and Southeast in particular. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.
In the UK, where the sector's share of GDP rose to 9.4% in 2006, from 5.5% in 2001, City-dominated London received 50% of total foreign investment. Per capita Gross Valued Added rose by between 8% and 9% over the last decade in London while, in all other regions of the UK, it stagnated or fell.