I don't recall dismissing anything either, cousin McG. In fact by saying that there are no right of wrong answers we are showing acceptance of this argument as being part of the issue. But not all of it. One of the issues not addressed by this argument is the fact that while productivity increases, real wages continue to fall for all but the top earners. This will of course be dismissed in a tit for tat exchange that goes nowhere by those trying to convince us that all the UK's ills will be resolved when all those Polish plumbers are sent home ;-)

DtG