What about the worrying collapse in British proofrfreading?

I’ll get me coat.

Not is Scotland it hasn’t.

I wonder why.

Maybe the clue is in the fact that the SNP Gov advanced the programme of infrastructure development. Employment has actually not gone down and this is now the 9th consecutive month of economic growth in Scotland without which the UK’s figure would have been even sicker.

It is not rocket science

Richard,

Your concerns about the lack of private industrial construction is likely misplaced – as a recession tends to create a surplus of industrial accomodation (and as existing projects at the start of the recession will continue to finish if possible) there is a clear lag in this as a measure of the economy.

It is perhaps more relevant (if you go to the source table – for some reason you conflate this figure with public non-housing and infrastructure) that private non-housing repair and maintainance is up – suggesting where businesses are focussing their current attention. Infrastructure (which is not divided into public and private, but will contain both) is up in terms of building and maintainance, suggesting again that investment is there. Private housing (much less of a lag to the economy as an indicator) is also up slightly, although maintainance in this field is down (but this may reflect a lack of extensions etc – these are not new builds).

State spending is obviously down, but otherwise the picture is more interesting, with the headline figure you select not being as worrying as that (and some better figures being obscured by your presentation).

@2 – Yea, gee, it’s almost like that’s a good idea or something. And I mean, it’s not like there’s something like oh…er…. council house construction on brownfield sites which would solve a LOT of issues as well as providing work…

@3 – Don’t worry, we’re only heading straight into a depression. Right.

The worrying collapse in British spelling