Britons are among the laziest people in the world, a group of Tory MPs,
that include Indian-origin lawmaker Priti Patel, has written in a new
book.
Britons are so lazy that they "prefer a lie-in to hard
work" and were holding the country back, The Sun quoted the MPs as
saying.
The book "Britannia Unchained" by Patel, Kwasi Kwarteng,
Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore and Elizabeth Truss says: "Once they enter
the workplace, the British are among the worst idlers in the world."
"We (Britons) work among the lowest hours, we retire early and our productivity is poor," it said.
The
Labour party said it was "insulting", while independent pressure group
TaxPayers' Alliance said: "MPs complaining about workers' productivity
during their own summer break from Westminster will go down badly."
