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Originally posted by Buffoon'Lubricants! Sales of KY jelly gone through the roof as B'Liar, Brownhatter and the rest of nuLieBore shaft us all.
Either the natural juices were not flowing or he's allowed in the tradesman's entrance ...
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Originally posted by Financial Times[The ONS said the main reason for the jump in the CPI was the rise in the price of fuels and lubricants, reflecting the increase in fuel duty which came into effect on December 6.
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UK inflation jumped to a 10-year high of 3% in December, raising the prospect of more interest rate increases.
Official figures showed that higher fuel costs helped to push the Consumer Prices Index up from 2.7% in November.
An increase had been expected following last week's shock rise in UK interest rates to 5.25%, but the rise was larger than analysts had forecast.
The Retail Prices Index, which includes mortgage interest payments, rose to 4.4% in December from 3.9%.
The RPI figure - which is often used as a basis for wage demands - is now at its highest level since 1991.
Hang on, so inflation goes up, so BOE put up interest rates. Peoples mortgages go up and so they need a pay rise to cover it, and this pushes up inflation, so the BOE put up interest rates and....
Is the bubble going to go pop or are house prices going to go up another 1000% this week?
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Originally posted by The Lone GunmanDim, I have to agree with the old cloth cat here.
Especially considering that our disabled sportsmen and women do better than our able bodied ones.
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Originally posted by BagpussThere is a difference between un- PC and offensive. E.g. IMHO it is never OK to call someone in a wheelchair a spastic . Of course you may think differently. Sorry, maybe I need to adopt a school bully mentality to fit in here.
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Dim, I have to agree with the old cloth cat here.
I had a long argument on another board about a similar thing. It got very nasty.
Remember, some of our members do have mentaly and physicaly disabled children.
[edit]Doh, he has done it while I was typing.
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Originally posted by DimPrawnThere you go. Wouldn't want any politically incorrect stuff on here Bag-o-Pus.
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Well in that case it must be time for a (contract) rate increase.
Boomed!
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Originally posted by andrew_neil_ukOf course the real rate of inflation is much more than 3%.
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"Removed in the name of decency. "
I missed it. What did it say, what did it say?!!
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There you go. Wouldn't want any politically incorrect stuff on here Bag-o-Pus.
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Dim, your signature is in very bad taste. If you have any decency you will remove it.
HTH
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Originally posted by DimPrawnhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6265765.stm but if it goes above 3%, the Bank's governor Mervyn King would have to write a letter of explanation to the government.
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I'm afraid we have a 'little local difficulty' with the plebs, seems they've rumbled that the inflation figures we've been putting out are absolute tosh - your wheeze with altering the stats to keep a lid on this thing I'm afraid just won't cut the mustard anymore - what with above inflation rises for the trains, utilities, council tax etc we've been rumbled.
We are expecting a rise in the number of proles going the IVA route - Bob at the Midland (or whatever it's called these days) is livid that you set up this escape route for the great unwashed... managed to calm him down & to placate all the bean counters at the 'Big 4' if you agree to keep your tanks off their car parks (mainly Maurice at the M&M Commision) we'll stuff a couple of points onto the base rate which will keep them in Bolly for the foreseable future.
See You in No 10 soon
Merv
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