Like us, Norway hit the North Sea oil and gas jackpot in the 1970s... but their politicians created the world's biggest wealth fund - while ours frittered the money away: ROBERT HARDMAN
Just imagine that a quarter of Britain's working-age population decided to call in sick for an entire year on full pay and with the taxpayer picking up the tab. Or that it was a basic student right t… [+13937 chars]
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