Good things about the Uk ...

[BrilloPad]

There cannot be a sustained recovery without some leader who has a genuine vision on how to restore competitiveness, innovation and industry to this once great country.
And I don't see one coming forth.

Are you not standing at the next election then? If you did what party would you represent?

[expat]

Ah the English national dish.

Seriously though, if you can't see that this recession/depression is going to permanently and strategically weaken the UK then you should think again.
There cannot be a sustained recovery without some leader who has a genuine vision on how to restore competitiveness, innovation and industry to this once great country.
And I don't see one coming forth.

It's too friggin' late.

I am not trying to talk it down, but the UK was already weakened and run down, it's just going to show more and more.

The recent drop in the value of the pound wasn't the credit crunch hitting us earlier than the eurozone, it was a long-term overvaluation coming out in the wash.

Our vaunted flexibility in working hours is nothing more than a need to work longer to earn the same, i.e. declining productivity.

Our large contingent of knowledge workers flying out to work every Monday morning (or talking about emigrating) is an economy in decline, unable to find work for its people, where Holland and Germany take us in because their economies are unable to find enough of their own people for the work.

[sasguru]

Are you not standing at the next election then? If you did what party would you represent?

I am far too sorted to want to be a politician and I have real skills.

[Mich the Tester]

There cannot be a sustained recovery without some leader who has a genuine vision on how to restore competitiveness, innovation and industry to this once great country.
And I don't see one coming forth.

I’ll be free from about the end of March. Policy hint; lots of techie stuff, but more interesting than Gordon's databases.

[DodgyAgent]

Ah the English national dish.

Seriously though, if you can't see that this recession/depression is going to permanently and strategically weaken the UK then you should think again.
There cannot be a sustained recovery without some leader who has a genuine vision on how to restore competitiveness, innovation and industry to this once great country.
And I don't see one coming forth.

I am not disagreeing with this. I am however taking issue with those who sneer at Britain, its history, its culture and the fact that we are good in a fight.

[expat]

I am not disagreeing with this. I am however taking issue with those who sneer at Britain, its history, its culture and the fact that we are good in a fight.

I'm currently reading (no, I know that's another thread) Niall Ferguson's "Empire" so I'm not denigrating anything. Except, as chinese writer Han Suyin complained of years ago, a series of politicians who have brought a great people low.

[sasguru]

I am not disagreeing with this. I am however taking issue with those who sneer at Britain, its history, its culture and the fact that we are good in a fight.

As you are on the sharp end DA, what's your take on the economy? How's business?

[DodgyAgent]

As you are on the sharp end DA, what's your take on the economy? How's business?

SAS business is a real struggle at the moment. I am fortunate that I have very low overheads (apart from running costs on the Mondeo). I am doing what I hate which is cold calling. I have picked out a niche or two and am using them as a means of trying to kick open doors. I am also focussing on making placements in Europe.

I set myself a task of speaking to 20 people a day which I also expect my staff to do.

DA enterprises ambition is to remain solvent!

any leads gratefully received. I am working on a commission plan that rewards the simplest of leads for all business that comes of it. I have to be careful to find the balance between setting enough aside to incentivise lead givers and for any commitment becoming too much of a burden.

[DimPrawn]

DA enterprises ambition is to remain solvent!
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So basically heading down the pan UK economy style.

[darmstadt]

National Anthem

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark Satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold:
Bring me my arrows of desire:
Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.