Reply to: Uk final quarter gdp beats forecasts

[NigelJK]

Come, come, don't despair. We know how accurate those crystal balls are.

[sasguru]

Yes, that's what your kids will be doing in a few years when they contemplate how your stupidity has retarded their futures.

[shaunbhoy]

I voted Remain because I wish to retire in Europe.

Bless! And you SHALL remain in Europe, just not under the good graces of the EU.

And because of you and your ilk, that whole notion might now involve a lot more uncertainty for me

[sasguru]

In a nutshell. Despite all their pompous bluster, the only REAL reason they are miffed is because they are worried that their cosy little existences might be disturbed.

Now don't get me wrong, that IS a reason to be anti Leave, but I just wish they had the backbone to admit that this is their real gripe.

Not go around deluding themselves into thinking that they somehow have the best interests at heart of a country they have long since stopped contributing towards.

Breathtaking hypocrisy.

You stupid, stupid man.
Almost half the country voted to remain: a vote to keep the economy humming along, have options to live, work and retire in Europe.
And because of you and your ilk's gullibility and idiocy, we're going to spend the next 10 years using up all possible resources on leaving - meanwhile the world will change and leave us far behind.
All you've done, on the basis of a gross miscalulation of the UK economy's strength, is condemn the country to obscurity.

[chopper]

UK retail sales fall sharply in December - BBC News

Daft retailers... Black Friday has simply moved a good chunk of December sales to November instead. Of course we'll see a year on year fall in December sales as that kicks in.

[shaunbhoy]

* Half the Remainers on here don't live in the UK. I suspect a lot don't have the UK's interest at heart.

In a nutshell. Despite all their pompous bluster, the only REAL reason they are miffed is because they are worried that their cosy little existences might be disturbed.

Now don't get me wrong, that IS a reason to be anti Leave, but I just wish they had the backbone to admit that this is their real gripe.

Not go around deluding themselves into thinking that they somehow have the best interests at heart of a country they have long since stopped contributing towards.

Breathtaking hypocrisy.

[NigelJK]

See we can be selective too.

[WTFH]

We only accept Sterling here old boy.

I'm a contractor, I accept any currency as long as I'm happy with the rate.

[BlasterBates]

indeed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...eats-forecasts

Pound becoming increasingly irrelevant

[sasguru]

"It's the wrong type of growth".

It's always the wrong type of growth.

Severe shock scenario, anyone?

Coming up. Postponed by central bank action post referendum. Or did you forget that minor detail?

[GB9]

It's the wrong type of denial.

[jamesbrown]

"It's the wrong type of growth".

It's always the wrong type of growth.

Severe shock scenario, anyone?

[sasguru]

Interestingly the sharp drop in the pound hasn't led to any appreciable improvement of export performance, probably because supply chains are so complex and cross border nowadays that constituent parts and sub-assemblies have also become more expensive.
So the argument that the fall in the pound would make up for tariffs seems to be nonsense.
And I do hope all these potential non-EU trade agreements being bandied around are mainly services based since that is > 80% of the economy.
Oh wait, they're not are they?

[BlasterBates]

I had to laugh at the URL you posted:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-26/u-k-economy-dismisses-brexit-threat-as-growth-beats-forecasts

yeah you can read the headline but you caught the message, about the reason being the unsustainable consumer boom.

the latest data show that it remains overly reliant on one sector

[The_Equalizer]

UK growth due to unsustainable consumer spending spree

I had to laugh at the URL you posted:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-26/u-k-economy-dismisses-brexit-threat-as-growth-beats-forecasts