Can It Be Right That Immoral Earnings Are Used To Bolster Up Our Place In The Global Wealth League?

[sandyRoe]

And if it is what is George Osborne doing to support these self-starting business people?

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/prostitution-and-illegal-drugs-help-uk-overtake-france-in-global-wealth-league/ar-BBhe51X?ocid=mailsignoutmd

[jno]

it looks as if the British have to pay more for their pleasures than the French. No wonder they call it rip-off Britain. Unless British sex and drugs are of measurably better quality than those you get abroad.

[Buenchico]

I'm curious as to how the figures are measured. While I know that there are a few ladies of the night who keep books and pay tax, there will almost certainly be far more that don't. Similarly, the drug-dealers I know almost certainly don't submit information (either in the form of tax returns or anything else) to the UK government or to the CEBR.

[sandyRoe]

Don't the authorities calculate that they intercept about 1/10 of the drugs destined for our streets? They could multiply the street value of what they have by 9 to find the value of what they've missed.
Calculating the red light income seems much more of a problem.