I suppose if you scare enough people they'll subscribe to the magazine.
According to the IMF who are not trying to flog you a subscription our debt stands at 82.5% of GDP and we sit in 20th place just above Germany whose debt is 81.5% of GDP.
Interestingly Top spot goes to Japan whose debt is 229.8% followed by Greece at 163.3 and not far behind and ahead of us are Italy Portugal Ireland and USA all with debt figures in excess of 100% of GDP. You still have to pass Belgium France and Canada before you arrive at The UK.
Yes we're certainly not healthy but there's quite a few in a worse state.
We just need a strong Government who can tackle our problems properly by putting people back to work and paying taxes thereby reducing the dependency on state hand outs and sending the freeloaders back from whence they came.