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WHen is this double dip thing supposed to be happnening ?

blinko
blinko Posts: 2,519 Forumite
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WHen is this double dip thing supposed to be happnening ?

Ive ben waiting ages :)
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  • mitchell
    mitchell Posts: 56 Forumite
    If i knew that i would be quids in
  • Old_Wrinkly
    Old_Wrinkly Posts: 5,182 Forumite
    blinko wrote: »
    WHen is this double dip thing supposed to be happnening ?

    Ive ben waiting ages :)

    Wait no more ...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dip_%28sweet%29

    mmm ... delicious ...:rotfl:
  • lvader
    lvader Posts: 2,579 Forumite
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    I expect it to happen in mid June this year.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    blinko wrote: »
    WHen is this double dip thing supposed to be happnening ?

    Ive ben waiting ages :)

    When the Tories get elected :eek: May 6th.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • lvader
    lvader Posts: 2,579 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    When the Tories get elected :eek: May 6th.

    That would be the best case senario for the markets, the worst being hung parliment.
  • OneADay
    OneADay Posts: 9,031 Forumite
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    Are we talking about thongs or boobs here?

    Double dip is when Gordon wrecks the world, saves it next day, wrecks it again and again and again and again......

    Born Drown Go
  • artha
    artha Posts: 5,254 Forumite
    lvader wrote: »
    That would be the best case senario for the markets, the worst being hung parliment.
    Actually, history shows that coalition governments have often coped better than expected in terms of financial strength. Germany?
    Awaiting a new sig
  • lvader
    lvader Posts: 2,579 Forumite
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    artha wrote: »
    Actually, history shows that coalition governments have often coped better than expected in terms of financial strength. Germany?

    Possibly in the long term, but in the short term a hung parliment would be seen as a bad thing.
  • RayWolfe
    RayWolfe Posts: 3,045 Forumite
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    lvader wrote: »
    That would be the best case senario for the markets, the worst being hung parliment.
    Don't believe all the media or the Tory party put out!
    The US has the equivalent of a hung parliament and most of Europe has coalitions ... Germany for many years. Has it done them great harm?
  • RayWolfe
    RayWolfe Posts: 3,045 Forumite
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    lvader wrote: »
    Possibly in the long term, but in the short term a hung parliment would be seen as a bad thing.
    By whom and why?
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