Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
Isn't whisky just about Britain's biggest export business? They must be loving it north of the border.
This is all clearly Gordon Brown playing up to Scottish voters.
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What the hell is happening to the Pound?
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Isn't whisky just about Britain's biggest export business? They must be loving it north of the border.
This is all clearly Gordon Brown playing up to Scottish voters.
larus
Well-known member
Not enough. However, we are still the 7th largesat manufacturing country in the world according to a recent FT article (within the last 306 months I think).
The problem with our economy is that it has been built on illusions. In defence of GB & TB, the view by most analysts was that our financial servies were the future, and they bought into it. Much as I am very anti GB, I don't think the 'credit-crunch' crisis would have been different if the Tories had been in power. However, wat would have been vey different was the relative level of debt (both official and hidden), which we are now burdened with.
Gritt23
New member
That isn't a solution. None of that would give an economic benefit, lessen the impact of the recession, or indeed bring us out of it.
I'm not an apologist for Labour, I've never voted Labour in my life, but there is a hell of a lot of stick flying around with no-one actually offering any solutions. I, for one, am at least pleased that our Government are prepared to try to lead us out of this. Right or wrong, they are trying to do something about it, while most of Europe appear to be hoping it goes away, while the US were only saved by the Senate from making an almighty hash of it when Bush wanted to under-write all of the sub-prime debt.
Gritt23
New member
Then become one!
Labour will become relatively cheap over here due to the increased supply, and the demand for our products from overseas will greatly increase because of the competitive advantage the cheap pound will give us.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
You'd be surprised how reasonable the prices are in the Kulminator (in euro terms). Plus, they don't serve any food beyond a bit of cheese and salami, so that'll help.
Guy Fawkes
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Taybha
Whalewhine
Spose the proper thing to do would to all f*** off to a balkan state get ya name down on the council take ya 1000 euro national displacement handout shag a few birds steal a few cars drive them uninsured run over a few people doing 90 in a 30 get deported 1st class home nice in flight meal then change up ya free handout wich by next week will be worth under a grand at this rate. sorted.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
With the pound reaching parity with the euro it means that when the euro is adopted house prices will be roughly the same pre and post changeover.
Shame we dont make anything we can export.
Good call.
Also, most of europe is a lot cheaper than rip-off Britain. A holiday in europe will still be cheap....just not as cheap.
You'd be surprised how reasonable the prices are in the Kulminator (in euro terms). Plus, they don't serve any food beyond a bit of cheese and salami, so that'll help.
Ah the cheese. We had an incident amongst our group in T'Beerje in Brugge last year with a plate of it and a coctail stick after one of our party got greedy and plunged in just once too often.
NMH
Banned
Not if you are spending foreign money, exchanging it for more MOOLAH than you could have ever dreamed of!
Are you thinking quite alright?
NMH
Banned
pssst..... do international business, competing with other currencies, and see what happens.
UK business is very attractive on the international market now.
Even selling stuff on eBay, you will likely see more foreign bidders and they'll be spending more than you expected.
See, when Thatcher had the pound at 1.05 against the dollar, she was also reaming the British working people, and those bright-eyed first time house buyers who were foreclosing due to a rising interest rate.
Under labour the interest rate has been falling, while the Germans bemoan the fact that they are not as competitive on the international front.
So, the German chancellor is critical? GOOD, if no-one was pissed off then Brown would be doing something WRONG!
UK business is very attractive on the international market now.
Even selling stuff on eBay, you will likely see more foreign bidders and they'll be spending more than you expected.
See, when Thatcher had the pound at 1.05 against the dollar, she was also reaming the British working people, and those bright-eyed first time house buyers who were foreclosing due to a rising interest rate.
Under labour the interest rate has been falling, while the Germans bemoan the fact that they are not as competitive on the international front.
So, the German chancellor is critical? GOOD, if no-one was pissed off then Brown would be doing something WRONG!
Where are you going in Belgium? I was in Bruges just last month and was paying €1 for a beer
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Where are you going in Belgium? I was in Bruges just last month and was paying €1 for a beer
Antwerp. Did Brugge last time.
Was that for decent beer DTES or Maes, Stella or that horrid Juliper.