Ye totally agree about the yields, but I meant the share values on the FTSE in general have been **** compared to Europe, Asia and the US. Legal and General are around where they were a decade ago during a period of global boom, Vodafone are lower, the mining companies such as Glencore haven't done that well. Compared to the major companies on the Dow, Nasdaq, Dax etc UK business looks poor as a general overview and previous big performers have stagnated... Perhaps they're paying too high yields to shareholders instead of investing for growth?!
Most UK tech companies that get big either list in the US or get bought.