[throwaway72762]

GDP per capita is a poor measure. I have seen things this year that I would never have thought I'd see outside of wartime. Ambulances never showing up or taking half a day if they do. Rationing of basic vegetables at the store. The return of diseases of vitamin deficiency.

[dahfizz]

That's valid, but orthogonal. If you want to claim that British society is collapsing, I think you could write a convincing blog post.

But don't try to claim that the UK's economy is structured more like Bangladesh than the US. Or, if you do, at least directly support that claim with some facts.

[hotpotamus]

Sounds like they really committed to that austerity plan.