ewerk 26192 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 (edited) You voted for increased economic growth yet it has gone the other way. Time to admit that you were duped? Edited March 13, 2018 by ewerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Just now, ewerk said: Avoiding a recession isn't exactly the mark you should be using for success. It’s not, it’s just what the remainers told us would happen just for voting out. Guess we were right to ignore the experts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30257 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Must be hard trying to work out which government economic forecasts are correct and which are made up and can be ignored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 1 minute ago, ewerk said: You voted for increased economic growth yet it has gone the other way. Time to admit that you were duped? We haven’t left yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Pretty much every forecast has this down as economic self-sabotage, are they all wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Just now, ewerk said: Pretty much every forecast has this down as economic self-sabotage, are they all wrong? So far, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30257 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 But we haven't left yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Then why have we got the slowest growth rate among the G7 countries? If it isn't Brexit then it must be the government's handling of the economy. Which is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 11 minutes ago, ewerk said: Then why have we got the slowest growth rate among the G7 countries? If it isn't Brexit then it must be the government's handling of the economy. Which is it? You know what it is, I know what it is. Cmon, you’re the Irish Paxman, you’re better than this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 It was a trick question! Because it's a combination of Brexit AND Tory mismanagement of the economy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19744 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Business as usual tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Unpatriotic twaddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19744 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 18 minutes ago, ewerk said: project fear at it again. it's business as usual on the streets of boldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19744 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Chief Economist Lucy O’Carroll comments: “The Chancellor was always clear that today’s event was to be a modest one, and he kept that promise. But there is little to cheer by way of economic progress. A woeful growth outlook by past standards. Potentially massive dislocation for the economy just around the corner. And all subject to huge, Brexit-related uncertainties. “Mr Hammond was keen to push a message about there being light at the end of the tunnel. It’s true that the country’s debt burden is about to fall. It’s also true that for the first time since the financial crisis the UK is borrowing only to invest, rather than to fund day-to-day spending. “But the Chancellor has made it clear that we’ll remain in the tunnel for a while yet: there will be no fundamental reassessment of the UK’s spending needs until 2020. That will mean, in effect, a decade of austerity – unprecedented in the post-war period. “Austerity has come at a cost, particularly for local authorities facing a dual squeeze from declining budgets and increasing social care costs. And if any of the impetus behind the Brexit vote was due to increasing pressures on public services, austerity may have given the UK a long-term economic legacy, too. “The Chancellor is right to be cautious with the public finances, but the continued emphasis on austerity is more of a political choice than an economic imperative. At the very least, financial markets have not been particularly troubled by the UK’s debt position, with government borrowing costs remaining low by historic standards. Against this backdrop, loosening the purse strings to fund productivity-boosting investment makes sense. Today’s Spring Statement may quickly be forgotten, but we await the Autumn Budget with interest.” no fucking shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19744 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 good news: the OBR forecasts we will stop paying the brexit bill in 2064 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17633 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 CT didn't vote for a recession. He just voted for the worst economic growth of any advanced nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30257 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Just now, Renton said: CT didn't vote for a recession. He just voted for the worst economic growth of any advanced nation. And, tbf, that's exactly what he got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17633 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: good news: the OBR forecasts we will stop paying the brexit bill in 2064 I will almost certainly be dead. Nice one CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17633 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: project fear at it again. it's business as usual on the streets of boldon It just goes to show the value of spin. Hammond made us out to be an economic powerhouse this morning. Don't think he mentioned the B word once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Basically we are going to be completely unable to enforce any form of customs or regulatory checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30257 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Literally no fucker on any side of the argument voted for this What an asbolute shambles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13989 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 If only there had been some kind of project, let's say, to inform people's fears about precisely this kind of thing. It could have been called... oh I don't know... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13989 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 I was thinking the Concern Campaign, but that'll do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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