UK growth to slump to 1% next year

[BlasterBates]

I would like to stress that I believe firmly that if growth does slump next year and the UK slips into a perma-recession that this will have nothing to do with Brexit.

UK growth to slump to 1%

This is not a Brexit thread, I'm merely pointing out that there is a slump on the way.

[northernladyuk]

I would like to stress that I believe firmly that if growth does slump next year and the UK slips into a perma-recession that this will have nothing to do with Brexit.

UK growth to slump to 1%

This is not a Brexit thread, I'm merely pointing out that there is a slump on the way.

Even the OECD has taken to mocking elderly Brexiteers. It's very unkind.

Britain should engage its 'Blitz spirit' for the Brexit process and “stay calm and carry on” despite challenges ahead, a leading economist has said.

Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said there was a “bumpy road ahead” but urged Britain to remember Winston Churchill and government efforts to raise morale during the Second World War.

[sasguru]

UK growth to slump to 1%

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That is quite good.

It's ironic that most Brexiters on here think that Trump is a reason for them to laugh at the US

[AtW]

FFS - I hope there won't be queues fo bread

[northernladyuk]

That is quite good.

It's ironic that most Brexiters on here think that Trump is a reason for them to laugh at the US

They see Trump as part of the great global revolt against metropolitan fact-based reasoning.

[sasguru]

They see Trump as part of the great global revolt against metropolitan fact-based reasoning.

"It'll be like the Blitz, without the bombs"

Classic.

[northernladyuk]

"It'll be like the Blitz, without the bombs"

Classic.

And instead of evacuating children to the countryside and gold to Canada, it will be productive people to the EU. I can see an Ed Sheeran / Vera Lynn duet lining up.

[OwlHoot]

2017-10-17 OECD Received £85 Million From EU

[NigelJK]

How unusual, never happens. Oh, hold on a minute.

[northernladyuk]

2017-10-17 OECD Received £85 Million From EU

They're all ganging up against you. It's like Dunkirk all over again!