Why Is The UK So Poor??

You have to learn it from history. During the old days, Great Britain got a lot of colonial possesions. It exploited the riches and resources of its colonies to sustain itself as a world power. After World War 2 the British Empire was no longer an empire, as most of its colonies gained their independence from British rule. So from then on, Great Britain has to live by its own remaining resources. Germany and Japan, both vanquished nations, had learned their lessons from the war. They realized that military might is not the solution to their country's problems. In several decades after the war, both Gemany and Japan managed to recover and eventually became economic powers. In short, both nations were losers of the military war but victors of the economic war. Both nations began to ert global influence economically and technologically. Great Britain on the other hand, haven't done much to improve its economy, and as a consequence lost its global influence. Great Britain until this time, is still trying to live on the shadows of its former might through NATO, and by allying itself and becoming a stooge of the U.S.