Young Tory MPs blame 'lazy' baby boomers for Britain's economic decline [1]
The Telegraph
By Rosa Prince [2], Online Political Editor
4:16PM BST 17 Aug 2012
A group of rising young Conservative MPs claims that 'idle' British workers are damaging the economy by failing to compete with 'grafting' Asian countries.
Kwami Kwarteng is among a group of Conservative MPs who say British workers are lazy Photo: Reuters
The five, who are all 40 or younger and entered Parliament at the last election, are publishing a new book in which they say that "lazy" Brits prefer a lie-in to hard work.
Due to be published on the eve of the Conservative Party election, the book, called Britannia Unchained – Global Growth and Prosperity, also criticises the "baby boomer" generation for seeking to raise taxes for young workers to pay for their lavish pension pots.
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