Staunton Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 There is a fantastic article, in this week's Radio Times of all places, outlining the happy state of Denmark, with reference to the television dramas The Killing, The Bridge and Borgen. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-12-15/the-killing-want-to-live-like-sarah-lund If you are inspired, then visit http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk The American dream is alive and well, in Scandinavia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Nothing rotten in the state of Denmark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I really like the Danish approach,but surprisingly they still rear pigs in very cramped conditions-you cant always have your bacon and eat it.They have won the Euro championship more frequently than any British team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargepole23 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Lovely country to visit, been for three holidays there in different parts of the country. Well kept, clean, tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I work in Denmark and it's a nice well organised place with a very low population. It's not all sweetness and light though, I think British people would be a bit shocked at the level of old fashioned casual racism there. I work in quite a cosmopolitan international group there who commute in from all over the world and one of my Danish colleagues thought nothing of referring to another from Trinidad as a half-******. Apparently it's a direct translation of the Danish term. Another black colleague who has married a Danish woman has a child at kindergarten. She's called a quarter-****** by the Danes. Just noticed it SF starred out the word I used to illustrate Danish racism. Tis the-N word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvin12 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Denmark.. nice:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 The Scandinavians used their north sea oil wealth to create financial investments that benefit the country as a whole. Unlike the way we did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 The center-left coalition government (1993–2001) concentrated on reducing the unemployment rate and turning the budget deficit into a surplus, as well as following the previous government's policies of maintaining low inflation and a current account surplus. Exactly the opposite of what Gordon "spend, spend, spend" Brown did. Interestingly Denmark is cutting the length of time it pays unemployment benefit from 4 years to 2 [LINK] After 2 years you have to get a job. Any job. So you can't spend year after year watching the Danish equivalent of the Jeremy Kyle show whist farting out a feckless brood of equally unemployable laybouts/anti-social misfits. Interestingly, despite all this state intervention, the Danish public sector only makes up 26% of their economy [LINK], compared to 53% in the UK [LINK]. Clearly the Danes have got it badly wrong. If they wish to be as happy and prosperous as us in the UK, they need to expand their public sector considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 The Scandinavians used their north sea oil wealth to create financial investments that benefit the country as a whole. Unlike the way we did it. No they didn't. Only the Norwegians did this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 There is a fantastic article, in this week's Radio Times of all places, outlining the happy state of Denmark, with reference to the television dramas The Killing, The Bridge and Borgen. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-12-15/the-killing-want-to-live-like-sarah-lund If you are inspired, then visit http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk The American dream is alive and well, in Scandinavia! You mean Americans should take up knitting and buy designer lampshades? That DOES sound like fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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