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Youre not implying it was lower than that but they scapped up enough 'numbers' together to make it work?Originally posted by moorfield View Post
How would that suit Gordon Brown in an election year? oh wait .........

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It's only an estimate...
I have a feeling that the reall figure may be higher to make Brownstuff and his cohorts look even better in the eyes of yer average "Daily Mirror" reader.Comment
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I liked the bit in the press conference where one of the journalists asked if that was rounded up or rounded down.
The chap presenting the figures just waffled saying thay they only work to one decimal point, blah blah blah. In other words it was 0.051% growth!
It's the biggest fudge of a statistic I've ever seen (probably).Comment
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I thought the Labour chap had let slip the 6th May...Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostMust be a March election then.Comment
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Andrew Neil made a good point on Daily (have a go at) Politics today - if May 6th is the election, the Q1 figures will have just come out. If we slip back again, GB is ****ed.Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostMust be a March election then."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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What a fix - if he waits until May he will have the next quarter out then he will be up the creek without a paddle."The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." CiceroComment
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Daily Mash gets it on the nose!
"The Office of National Statistics confirmed the end of the longest downturn in post-war history thanks to a chubby woman in Doncaster buying a Cadbury's Boost from a Shell garage at 11.20pm on New Year's Eve."Comment
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