"square shaped" recovery

[Sysman]

'Square shaped' rhymes with 'pear shaped'.

[threaded]

Square shaped, my arse.
Its an L-shaped non-recovery -

'L-shaped non-recovery', I like that I think I shall steal it to use in a letter to the editor / news comment somewhere.

[alreadypacked]

Ah, but when New Labour increase the headcount to 80 or 90 million through immigration, we'll be fine because of all the tax they'll pay.

Sorted.

Somebody has to have the money to fund the service economy.

[Spacecadet]

Ah, but when New Labour increase the headcount to 80 or 90 million through immigration, we'll be fine because of the huge exports of Soylent Green we can make to the rest of the world

Fixed

[DimPrawn]

Square shaped, my arse.
Its an L-shaped non-recovery - because there is not enough world-class industry* to generate wealth for the UK.
This simple truth is proving hard to digest for the elite who'd rather bury their head in the sand.


*apart from aerospace, defence, pharma which don't generate enough to support a 65 million population.

Ah, but when New Labour increase the headcount to 80 or 90 million through immigration, we'll be fine because of all the tax they'll pay.

Sorted.

[sasguru]

Square shaped, my arse.
Its an L-shaped non-recovery - because there is not enough world-class industry* to generate wealth for the UK.
This simple truth is proving hard to digest for the elite who'd rather bury their head in the sand.


*apart from aerospace, defence, pharma which don't generate enough to support a 65 million population.

[SantaClaus]

According to the guy on CNBC this morning. We are not looking at a "V" shaped recovery, but a "square shaped" recovery

You could'nt make this stuff up!