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Latvia: protestors have smashed the treasury and stormed parliament
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beaujolais-nouveau - I didn't really mean to get into an argument - the good mood I was in on Friday seems to have evaporated and I seem to be in "nit pick" mode. I suggest ignoring me until my normal sunny disposition returns. Shouldn't be long.0
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MrFonzerelli wrote: »If the UK has trouble selling Gilts on the international market.. you may find that a certain 'independent' body else comes along to snap up the debt

Perhaps the BoE?
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Perhaps the BoE?
No..............he said 'Independant' !!!! :eek:'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0 -
This is all really weird. Yet again the world hurtles towards recession.
Its almost as if basing an entire global economy on a system whereby money can only be created by debt, the process of which is controlled by a small elite of themselves ultra rich; just doesnt work.
Almost like that, but it must be different, something we havent tried yet surely.
Now if you'll excuse me I need to attend to my horse. He hasnt moved in a good long while but I reckon if I give him a decent leathering with this riding crop it should get him going.0 -
The Euro is a reserve currency.
Sterling is not anymore.0
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