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Previously on "When it's all Boom, it usually means Doom"

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  • bobspud
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Apart from a couple years (2008-09) with the pain concentrated in the City, I doubt very much that London has been in much of a recession at all. I'd like to see official figures for London vs rest of UK.
    It's my opinion that London has decoupled from ScotNorthLand and has an economy that has its own dynamic now
    This ^ the couple of times I have visited Westfield I have felt like a country bumpkin. The place if flooded with new cars and shops selling tulip that is beyond expensive and all this from Stratford (a place that you would drive through with your doors locked when I left London ten years ago...)

    There is no doubt in my mind that London has been mostly fine...

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  • sasguru
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    Apart from a couple years (2008-09) with the pain concentrated in the City, I doubt very much that London has been in much of a recession at all. I'd like to see official figures for London vs rest of UK.
    It's my opinion that London has decoupled from ScotNorthLand and has an economy that has its own dynamic now

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    That's not pragmatism, that's naivety.
    No that's roughly enough money to buy a cup of tea

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  • bobspud
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    The trick is to plan your silly spending to last no longer than half the next cycle allowing you to save a war chest as well as enjoy the hay...

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    What about Zimbabwean pragmatism?

    That's not pragmatism, that's naivety.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Looks like QE worked after all, contrary to what you cretins spouted
    British pragmatism is not such a bad thing.
    What about Zimbabwean pragmatism?

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  • Ketchup
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Looks like QE worked after all, contrary to what you cretins spouted
    British pragmatism is not such a bad thing.

    Unlike Portugal, where I'm told Pingo Doce (Portuguese Tesco) now has armed guards in many supermarkets, due to a spate of hold-ups.
    Going there soon, will be interesting to catch up with my contacts, one of whom has installed security gates and bought a fierce dog.
    To protect his trolleys in the carpark?

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    No More Boom and Bust!

    oh sorry that was another chancer
    His statement has been correct since the moment he became pm. It's been bust ever since

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  • vetran
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    No More Boom and Bust!

    oh sorry that was another chancer

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  • sasguru
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    Looks like QE worked after all, contrary to what you cretins spouted
    British pragmatism is not such a bad thing.

    Unlike Portugal, where I'm told Pingo Doce (Portuguese Tesco) now has armed guards in many supermarkets, due to a spate of hold-ups.
    Going there soon, will be interesting to catch up with my contacts, one of whom has installed security gates and bought a fierce dog.

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  • NorthWestPerm2Contr
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Let's enjoy the boom while it lasts then!

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  • DimPrawn
    started a topic When it's all Boom, it usually means Doom

    When it's all Boom, it usually means Doom

    Lots of Boomed! new contract 18 monther, pay much higher, just down the road.

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    House prices 'rising at fastest pace for three years' - Telegraph

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    Goldman Sachs predicts FTSE 100 will top 7,500 - Telegraph

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    UK retail sales bask in best July for seven years | Digital Look


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    Certain Doom round the corner.

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