Originally posted by sasguru
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Portuguese Unemployment Rate hits record as austerity causes Greek-style death spiral
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostI'd be worried if I had a holiday property in Portugal. Particularly in the Douro region. The job losses there are devastating and I've heard of many holiday properties being ransacked for anything they might have, or even being squatted in.
Still, only a cretin would have bought in Portugal just before the place goes tits up.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
How are our old colonies doing economically? OZ, NZ Canada, etc. I don't suppose they'd like to buy stuff off us and visa versa while Europe does its thing?Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by wim121 View PostPerhaps.
I find it funny that everyone focuses on the Greeks. Everyone seems to have forgotten Portugal, Spain, Ireland and many others.How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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There is no problem.
People here in on the mainland are mystified by these stories in the British press. We haven't seen any Portuguese unemployed here in Germany.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostDo you have a poster of Mervyn on your wall so you can while looking at it?Hard Brexit now!
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Unemployed EU citizens should up sticks and move to Germany/France and we'll see how long it is before their own citizens start playing up.Comment
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Do you know what this thread needs?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostI'd be worried if I had a holiday property in Portugal. Particularly in the Douro region. The job losses there are devastating and I've heard of many holiday properties being ransacked for anything they might have, or even being squatted in.
Still, only a cretin would have bought in Portugal just before the place goes tits up.
Lovely people there, salt of the earth - they probably don't give a fig about the Euro.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostThe Douro region is full of winemakers and subsistence farmers:two groups who will do well in spite of Portugal's woes.
Lovely people there, salt of the earth - they probably don't give a fig about the Euro.
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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