The UK is a Failed State

The UK is no longer able to pay for itself and with the destruction of its industrial base it has no prospect of reversing the slide into bankruptcy.

The UK government is legitimate but lacks majority support.

The 2024 election in the UK showed the anomaly of the "first past the post" system which developed over 200 years when there were primarily only two political parties.

The Labour (socialist) Party got 63% of the Members of Parliament (MPs) on only 33% of votes cast.  The next largest party was the Conservatives with 24% of the vote but only 19% of MPs, whilst the Reform Party got 16% of the votes but less than 1% of the MPs.

The diversity of opinion in the country is not reflected in Parliament which increasingly acts like a third world dictatorship because the Labour party can pass any legislation it desires as a result of its absolute majority of MPs.  The Labour party has also started cancelling elections - always a bad sign indicative of a failed or failing state.

Economic Idleness

As of September 2025, there were 9.10 million economically inactive people in the UK — a rate of 21% (calculated as the percentage of adults aged 16-64) who are economically inactive.

The Global Catastrophic Risk Assessment was a US government publication issued in 2024 under the Biden administration. The full report is public access and can be downloaded.  A summary of the findings is tabled below.