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Thread #133583   Message #3032465
Posted By: Arthur_itus
15-Nov-10 - 05:19 AM
Thread Name: BS: Happy Days Are Here Again - Cameron UK
Subject: BS: Happy Days Are Here Again - Cameron UK
LOL
From the Guardian Newspaper

In 1991, the author Michael Frayn wrote a book, A Landing on the Sun, about a British prime minister who tasked his advisers with looking into happiness and what the government could do to promote it. The prize proved elusive, the adviser went mad and died.

Despite the fable, politicians aren't so gloomy about the prospect of knowing what makes us happy – but substitute "happy" with the compound noun "wellbeing". So much so that David Cameron is trying to get the concept up and running even in the midst of public service cuts and soaring living costs.

He is sticking to a policy commitment he made before the economic crash when growth figures were still rosy. He said: "It's time we admitted that there's more to life than money and it's time we focused not just on GDP but on GWB – general wellbeing."

Speaking at the Google Zeitgeist Europe conference, he added: "Wellbeing can't be measured by money or traded in markets. It's about the beauty of our surroundings, the quality of our culture and, above all, the strength of our relationships. Improving our society's sense of wellbeing is, I believe, the central political challenge of our times."

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He he Lets be happy.

Got no job, got no home, got no money, but hey am I happy. Waking up in my cardboard box under a bridge, listening to the ducks quacking happily, the lovely fresh air. By jove missus am I happy. :-)