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Predictions for 2010
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We don't have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it.
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Talking to my financial consultant
He predicts:
- that the effects of the recession will dissipate early next year.
- House prices will rise dramatically
- Manufacturing and export will increase dispte the meteoric rise in the strength of the pound.
- Banks will increase lending at lower rates
Do you think he's a little demented?Confusion is a natural state of beingComment
- that the effects of the recession will dissipate early next year.
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Inflation a LOT higher. Food inflation maybe in triple digits.
Interest rates in the UK > 3%
Sterling weaker.
UK looses AAA
Labour in power.
Public sector to be the majority employer in the UK
Unemployment higher
Crime and poverty wide spread.How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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Xeno points: +5 - Asperger rating: 36 - Paranoid Schizophrenic rating: 44%
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to high office" - AesopComment
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WTF?Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View PostInflation a LOT higher. Food inflation maybe in triple digits.
Interest rates in the UK > 3%
Sterling weaker.
UK looses AAA
Labour in power.
Public sector to be the majority employer in the UK
Unemployment higher
Crime and poverty wide spread.
Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Labour re-elected
England win the world cup
Newly enthused work force drive us out of recession
Britain becomes an economic powerhouseScience isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
Follow me on Twitter - LinkedIn Profile - The HAB blog - New Blog: Mad Cameron
Xeno points: +5 - Asperger rating: 36 - Paranoid Schizophrenic rating: 44%
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to high office" - AesopComment
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well done nostradamusOriginally posted by Churchill View PostA General Election and Labour win by a massive majority!
We don't have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it.
- Douglas AdamsComment
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Always say you don't know. The laws were changed recently to suspend a general election in case of National Emergency.Originally posted by PorkPie View Postwell done nostradamus
Just what do you think is going to happen in London next year?
According to the Sunday Times who report that MI5 think a massive terrorist attack is currently being planned by certain islamic groups...Comment
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