Britain is in the POO

**wendigo100** · 29 September 2006, 13:51

Furniture? That's gone - we're selling the bricks!

**AtW** · 29 September 2006, 13:54

Originally posted by Paddy

It is a bit like owing a house and not working but selling off you furniture

This would explain why MF's tat shop did not sell his overpriced furniture

**zathras** · 29 September 2006, 13:59

Originally posted by Paddy

Not much publicity about this but on Radio Four an economist was talking about the UK balance of payments. It shows a surplus every year but in fact it is not what is seems. Really the UK has been in trade deficit since 1997. The reason for showing a credit is that foreign companies are buying up UK assets while the UK is spending on foreign consumables. It is a bit like owing a house and not working but selling off you furniture, garden and garage to pay for your food and transport while saying how well off you are.

This is no great surprise really. Inward investment in this country has been going down and last seen was somewhere slightly lower than the basement!

**wonderwaif** · 29 September 2006, 14:07

Shirley shome mishtake

I have it on reliable authority that Gordon Brown is the best Chancellor this country has ever had, and the economy has done brilliantly under Labour.
If anything is wrong it must be down to those evil Tories. I remember how bad things were when Marg........ (wanders away muttering)

**Bernard Common** · 29 September 2006, 14:09

Stop buying German cars and Jap electronics

**Ardesco** · 29 September 2006, 14:10

Ok.......

**darmstadt** · 29 September 2006, 14:13

Originally posted by Bernard Common

Stop buying German cars and Jap electronics

So what good British cars are there? There is some good British hi-fi stuff but thats about it...

**swamp** · 29 September 2006, 14:14

So what good British cars are there?

Mini, Rolls Royce.

**Goya** · 29 September 2006, 14:16

Originally posted by darmstadt

So what good British cars are there?

Noble

Britain is in the POO