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What should I ask George Osbourne

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  • kennyboy66_2
    kennyboy66_2 Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    TBH Brown does more for me than Blair does....in the good looking stakes. I mean, not that he does anything, just in a ''your trapped in a room with brown/blair and there is only one way out....'' sort of thing.

    I actually feel disappointed in brown though, it was exactly that I thought he'd bring some dignity nd gravitas back to the role that seemed to have become celebrity central, that mad me feel he was by far the lesser ''ill'' of two undesirable choices. I wanted him to do this.

    *Agog*

    My wife once said I looked a bit like Gordon Brown.

    I was so hurt that I accused her of having the dress sense of Susan Boyle.
    US housing: it's not a bubble

     Moneyweek, December 2005
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    kennyboy66 wrote: »
    *Agog*

    My wife once said I looked a bit like Gordon Brown.

    I was so hurt that I accused her of having the dress sense of Susan Boyle.


    you must make an attractive pair :)
  • MissMoneypenny
    MissMoneypenny Posts: 5,324 Forumite
    ninky wrote: »
    presumably this is because a 2:1 in history and a network of posh mates doesn't actually qualify you to run an economy

    Good point ninky. Gordon's been running the UKs finances with just his history degree and look what a mess the UK is now compared to when he took over!

    We need people with maths degrees to run the countries financies.
    RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
    Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.


  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    MissMoneypenny wrote: »
    Good point ninky. Gordon's been running the UKs finances with just his history degree and look what a mess the UK is now compared to when he took over!

    We need people with maths degrees to run the countries financies.
    maybe not - look what happened to the Banks...
  • aelitaman
    aelitaman Posts: 522 Forumite
    MissMoneypenny wrote: »
    Good point ninky. Gordon's been running the UKs finances with just his history degree and look what a mess the UK is now compared to when he took over!

    We need people with maths degrees to run the countries financies.

    Then they put in a person that went to the Scottish version of Eton, Lorretto who has a Law degree.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    MissMoneypenny wrote: »
    We need people with maths degrees to run the countries financies.

    I would go for accountancy myself. Otherwise they will just be very quick at working out the deficit instead of trying to ballance it. :)
  • MissMoneypenny
    MissMoneypenny Posts: 5,324 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    maybe not - look what happened to the Banks...

    Banks [STRIKE]employ [/STRIKE] use to employ, economists. Lots of the interviews now are more maths based.
    RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
    Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.


  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    MissMoneypenny wrote: »
    Banks [STRIKE]employ [/STRIKE] use to employ, economists. Lots of the interviews now are more maths based.
    maybe - the Quants have maths or science degrees now

    it will all depend where you work in the bank
  • MissMoneypenny
    MissMoneypenny Posts: 5,324 Forumite
    aelitaman wrote: »
    Then they put in a person that went to the Scottish version of Eton, Lorretto who has a Law degree.

    I was trying to avoid saying it has been the Scots that messed up the UKs finances. Lets blame the degrees instead:D
    RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
    Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.


  • MissMoneypenny
    MissMoneypenny Posts: 5,324 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    maybe - the Quants have maths or science degrees now

    Maths is a science degree.
    RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
    Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.


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