TottsJan 22
Some of you are too young to remember when we found the 'black gold' in the North Sea ....
Show threadagnivesh

@Geri there are definitely real issues with how privatisation was handled in the UK, but this graphic really exaggerates the comparison with Norway. Reuters did a fact-check on a similar version of it a while back.

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/norway-does-not-have-wealth-equivalent-10-trillion-british-pounds-per-citizen-2024-11-05/

Jan 23 at 12:05amWeb
Show threadWm.sonJan 23

@agnivesh @Geri

Then Reagan/Thatcher and eventually Brexit, if I recall?

Show threadJeff BronksJan 23
@agnivesh @Geri
Reuters fact-checked a different version that included the words "per person", which made it obviously nonsensical. The version shown in this post roughly agrees with the correct figures found by Reuters.