Brtitain first out of recession?

Graham_Devon

StevieJ wrote: »

Got there, what you talking about :rolleyes:

I'm putting this on record.

I give up. I'm getting dizzy watching the goalposts with a nervous disposition dodge from one end to the other.

StevieJ

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I'm putting this on record.

I give up. I'm getting dizzy watching the goalposts with a nervous disposition dodge from one end to the other.

You would have been wise to do that when you got it wrong in the first place.

Graham_Devon

StevieJ wrote: »

You would have been wise to do that when you got it wrong in the first place.

Why are you signing in and out like someone posessed?

You should have a disclaimer in your sig stating your little light could be harmful to those with epilepsy.

Stick with one name, far easier.

bluey890

Rochdale_Pioneers wrote: »

Its funny how the armchair Brown-haters/economists love to quote the professional economists when they say things they like, but are quick to rubbish them when they say things they don't.

What have you got against armchairs?

I have always found them to be quite comfortable.

Thrugelmir

Rochdale_Pioneers wrote: »

So the same factors hitting everyone else as well. You have to compare apples and apples - our bill to pay off vs everyone else's. So far we've spent less than many of the others (US, Japan, Germany), have lower levels of unemployment and lower debt overall. So the idea that we could recover quicker isn't preposterous at all.

Its funny how the armchair Brown-haters/economists love to quote the professional economists when they say things they like, but are quick to rubbish them when they say things they don't.

When the budget is announced on Wednesday we shall a much better idea as to the extent of the issues facing the UK. Will Alistair Darling be given the freedom to tackle the bloated public sector that has balloned in size and expenditure over the past 10 years ? We may yet have another Labour budget in a years time.

The state of the public finances do lie at the door of one person. As even during a boom period for tax revenues we still seem to have been spending more than we earnt as a nation.

bo_drinker

Spring 2010, it's official

http://www.orange.co.uk/money/news/16343.htm?linkfrom=hp1&link=hero_pos_1_link_1&article=090420x0830x2heromoney85expectpensionshortfall

ninky_2

tommy75 wrote: »

But then again, everything smells of roses in Britain as It could be worse, you could be in Spain:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/124302-spain-s-unemployment-continues-to-surge-will-it-hit-20

if unemployment is so high in spain i wonder why there aren't more spanish "economic migrants" to the uk? you rarely come across spaniards in london (compared to polish for example). why is this?

StevieJ

ninky wrote: »

if unemployment is so high in spain i wonder why there aren't more spanish "economic migrants" to the uk? you rarely come across spaniards in london (compared to polish for example). why is this?

Where I live it is like Madrid in the summer (a normal summer).

ninky_2

StevieJ wrote: »

Where I live it is like Madrid in the summer (a normal summer).

really? sounds nice. why just the summer?

baileysbattlebus

ninky wrote: »

if unemployment is so high in spain i wonder why there aren't more spanish "economic migrants" to the uk? you rarely come across spaniards in london (compared to polish for example). why is this?

Although the salaries are generally lower in Spain than the UK - they are not in the same league as Eastern Europe.

Because they have good benefits in Spain - unemployment benefit is linked to earnings.

Pensions are linked to earnings, theoretically in Spain if you have paid into the system for about 40 years pension could be the equivalent of your salary averaged over the preceding 8 years.

Why would they want to come here?