Heseltine questions 'national will to improve economy'
Lord Heseltine has suggested the wealth of British people means they lack the "national will" needed to match growth rates in places like India and China.
He told the Independent the "richer you get the less imperative there is" for people "to drive themselves".
"Maybe one of the problems of advanced economies is that people are sufficiently well off that they don't need to drive themselves any more," Lord Heseltine said.
"All these comparisons with China and India are ridiculous. I've just come back from India. You know why they've got to drive themselves? They've got real problems. While in this country there are people with problems, the vast majority of people have standards which are not comparable with the Third World."
Asked whether he believed poor growth stemmed from a lack of desire, Lord Heseltine replied: "It could be. I don't personally subscribe to that view but I don't discount it as a possible thought... I think there is in the nature of most people a desire to do something and to do it better, and do it to a degree of personal satisfaction."
BBC News - Heseltine questions 'national will to improve economy'
This from a man who's net worth in 2004 was ?240m. So you all get too much and don't try hard enough to improve anything, it's all your fault - hang your heads in shame people of the UK. Personally I think he's a total lunatic who lost touch with reality quite a while ago and I'm sure between him and his mates in the government that they'll soon make sure none of the poor have enough and his mates have more. That'll teach everyone to be rich and not try hard enough to get the country back on it's feet. It's all your fault we're in this mess people!
Lord Heseltine has suggested the wealth of British people means they lack the "national will" needed to match growth rates in places like India and China.
He told the Independent the "richer you get the less imperative there is" for people "to drive themselves".
"Maybe one of the problems of advanced economies is that people are sufficiently well off that they don't need to drive themselves any more," Lord Heseltine said.
"All these comparisons with China and India are ridiculous. I've just come back from India. You know why they've got to drive themselves? They've got real problems. While in this country there are people with problems, the vast majority of people have standards which are not comparable with the Third World."
Asked whether he believed poor growth stemmed from a lack of desire, Lord Heseltine replied: "It could be. I don't personally subscribe to that view but I don't discount it as a possible thought... I think there is in the nature of most people a desire to do something and to do it better, and do it to a degree of personal satisfaction."
BBC News - Heseltine questions 'national will to improve economy'
This from a man who's net worth in 2004 was ?240m. So you all get too much and don't try hard enough to improve anything, it's all your fault - hang your heads in shame people of the UK. Personally I think he's a total lunatic who lost touch with reality quite a while ago and I'm sure between him and his mates in the government that they'll soon make sure none of the poor have enough and his mates have more. That'll teach everyone to be rich and not try hard enough to get the country back on it's feet. It's all your fault we're in this mess people!
