Ground Quote by Owen Jones

“Improved health and life expectancy were not the cause of England’s economic success but one of the fruits of its previous political and economic…

— Daron Acemoğlu

On top of that, we have a healthy and stable economy and an end to the boom and bust that characterised the Tory years.

— Alistair Darling

There's unrecognizable change happening in Britain. The life prospects and job prospects, particularly of working-class people, have been severely dented. Without anyone being asked.

— Nigel Farage

Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.

— Tony Benn

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the…

— Julie Bishop

The reality is that life expectancy has not improved for everyone. In fact, in some cases, life expectancy is actually decreasing.

— Jan Schakowsky

“But following these Stone Age discoveries, progress was slow. It is estimated that in terms of the standard of living, things were pretty much…

— Rodney Stark

Indeed, the whole point of the NHS was to enable Britons to live until a ripe old age.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

Britain's done a lot of changing in the past 50 years. The decline of manufacturing and heavy industry under Margaret Thatcher ripped the economic…

— Ash Sarkar

The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death.

— Alistair Darling

“Longevity has fucked up our pensions, our work–life balance, our health services, our housing, our happiness. It’s fucked up old age itself.”

— Margaret Drabble

I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century is that life expectancy has doubled.

— Ron Chernow