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Not looking too bad
http://www.lse.co.uk/sharecast-news-..._third_quarter
Just how much more in the mire would we have been with ed ballsup in charge !
Doesn't bare thinking about
Just how much more in the mire would we have been with ed ballsup in charge !
Doesn't bare thinking about
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Statistics eh? Economy has flatlined in last 12 months!
The Olympic effect is unquantifiable!
Let's wait for Q4 before getting excited.
Don't think it would overall be better or worse under Labour, they are all self serving greedy career obsessed w4nkers anyway!
The Olympic effect is unquantifiable!
Let's wait for Q4 before getting excited.
Don't think it would overall be better or worse under Labour, they are all self serving greedy career obsessed w4nkers anyway!
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It is only one quarter. Plus it included a very busy and succesful sporting Summer.
We are not out of the woods yet and won't be until we sort the massive deficit that still remains at a higher level than when they took office.
We are not out of the woods yet and won't be until we sort the massive deficit that still remains at a higher level than when they took office.
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That's the way I read it so the upshot is the figures may have been even better were it not for the Olympics - i.e. we'd be buying more stuff and engaging in other leisure activities were we not all glued to the TV watching the Olympics coverage for some of the summer
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AFAIK overall visitor numbers to UK were down during Olympics although per person spend was up slightly.
Of course figures are good news but overall confidence is still low. This is mainly due IMHO to constant and childish sniping from Labour. Sure they have a job to do as opposition but they are so fecking childish and do a lot of damage by the way they behave.
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Of course figures are good news but overall confidence is still low. This is mainly due IMHO to constant and childish sniping from Labour. Sure they have a job to do as opposition but they are so fecking childish and do a lot of damage by the way they behave.
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AFAIK overall visitor numbers to UK were down during Olympics although per person spend was up slightly.
Of course figures are good news but overall confidence is still low. This is mainly due IMHO to constant and childish sniping from Labour. Sure they have a job to do as opposition but they are so fecking childish and do a lot of damage by the way they behave.
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Of course figures are good news but overall confidence is still low. This is mainly due IMHO to constant and childish sniping from Labour. Sure they have a job to do as opposition but they are so fecking childish and do a lot of damage by the way they behave.
dl
The fact the economy grew 1% is great, but over all in the last 12 months we have zero growth and lag behind Germany, France and the US!
And as GH points out the deficit is still getting bigger!
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There seems to be a an underlying growth rate of between 0.2-0.3%, good but not great.
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Where has this been confirmed? Are you talking about the possible loss of 500 jobs in Southampton? They're relocating Belgian production to Spain but what other announcements about the UK operation have they made?
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For instance did people who would normally go out to a restaurant or bar/pub stay in and watch the Olympics? Did businesses around the venues see a rise in revenues or a drop? Did businesse that had been working for the Olympics for the last few years suddenly have no work or did they get work on the back of what they had done for the Olympics? So on and so forth.
I just think the quarter contains too many unknowns and Q4 will be more representative of the true situation!
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Will the Olympic effect be sustained i think is the question. And yes, it will be interesting to see. Momentum is a funny old thing though, sometimes it just needs a bit of an upturn to begin to get the wheels turning again. Q4 will indeed reveal all.
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I suppose one can't expect anything else from the opposition than that they give the impression that they are grossly disappointed that the country is showing signs of emerging from the recession.
What a dishonest reaction that is, they would give a much more supportable impression to the country if they were to say that is a good thing even if they still disagree with the coalition's actions and that they are so sorry for destroying our economy in such a devastating manner when they were in power!
Ed ***** really is the bitter end!
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What a dishonest reaction that is, they would give a much more supportable impression to the country if they were to say that is a good thing even if they still disagree with the coalition's actions and that they are so sorry for destroying our economy in such a devastating manner when they were in power!
Ed ***** really is the bitter end!
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Nothing has changed in the financial world, wages are flat and our government are spending even more than what is being paid in.
The eurozone is the same. Greece is being bailed out.....again. (or an extension on repayments, which is the same thing) and the big economies such as China and India are slowing down.
I don't care what anyone says, we are in the ****e for the foreseeable future.
And while all this is going on, our so called government and opposition parties continue to play the 'I am better than you' game without any facts to back up what they say.
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Trouble is there are still too many people with your pessimistic outlook, GH. And while there are, things won't get moving. Self fulfilling prophecy and all that. Of course we're not immune to everything happening in Europe, but we have enough autonomy to be able to shape our own destiny, to some extent. Have faith, you never know.
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Official estiamtes put the Olympic contribution at 0.7% total.
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True, Chip, which gives greater hope that today's numbers are perhaps the beginning of an upturn, given that previous data certainly from 2012 would have had some Olympic effect already included.
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I suppose one can't expect anything else from the opposition than that they give the impression that they are grossly disappointed that the country is showing signs of emerging from the recession.
What a dishonest reaction that is, they would give a much more supportable impression to the country if they were to say that is a good thing even if they still disagree with the coalition's actions and that they are so sorry for destroying our economy in such a devastating manner when they were in power!
Ed ***** really is the bitter end!
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What a dishonest reaction that is, they would give a much more supportable impression to the country if they were to say that is a good thing even if they still disagree with the coalition's actions and that they are so sorry for destroying our economy in such a devastating manner when they were in power!
Ed ***** really is the bitter end!
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The bank of England controls the tools for macro economics so all the government can influence is are micro factors. And have you seen any help going towards small businesses lately?
The government give themselves too much credit.
Labour didn't cause the last recession, they just went along for the ride when the economy was booming (even though it was on borrowed money) and stated that they were responcible for it.
Now, any failure in getting the economy growing again will blamed on Labour by the Tories and on the Tories by Labour.
****ing retards, the lot of them.
I would have far more respect for them if our leaders just said, 'We just don't know if it will work, but this what we are going to do and why.'.
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Still good news though.
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