Why the UK is doomed - sell your sterling

[sasguru]

http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_...is-doomed.html

1. North sea oil drying up
2. City money drying up

I would add:

3. Can't even make aero-engines properly any more

What do we sell?

[zara_backdog]

Can't even make aero-engines properly any more

What do we sell?

RR seem to be doing OK ( apart from the Trent on the 777)

Goodrich and Dunlop also OK and provide Systems to other aero-engines.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Old man dies !
The note he left was signed 'Old Father Thames'
- it seems he's drowned;

Selling England by the Pound.

Citizens of Hope & Glory,
Time goes by - it's the 'time of your life'.
Easy now, sit you down.

Chewing through your Wimpey dreams,
they eat without a sound;
digesting England by the Pound.

Young man says 'you are what you eat' - eat well.
Old man says 'you are what you wear' - wear well.


You know what you are, you don't give a damn;
bursting your belt that is your homemade sham.

[BrilloPad]

Old man dies !
The note he left was signed 'Old Father Thames'
- it seems he's drowned;

Selling England by the Pound.

Citizens of Hope & Glory,
Time goes by - it's the 'time of your life'.
Easy now, sit you down.

Chewing through your Wimpey dreams,
they eat without a sound;
digesting England by the Pound.

Young man says 'you are what you eat' - eat well.
Old man says 'you are what you wear' - wear well.


You know what you are, you don't give a damn;
bursting your belt that is your homemade sham.

That was from 1974/1975? There is always a scare story about.

The city will bounce back.

[DimPrawn]

I thought all this doom was just right-wing propaganda written in right-wing papers?

[Mich the Tester]

What do we sell?

Lemon curd
Datsuns
Pornography

[Doggy Styles]

1. North sea oil drying up
2. City money drying up

Damn, now we've got to work for a living like my dad did.

What happened to those Welsh gold mines?

[foritisme]

Damn, now we've got to work for a living like my dad did.

What happened to those Welsh Pot Noodle mines?

[Svalbaard]

We are still a world leader in automotive and architectural design.

And, er...

[AlfredJPruffock]

We've got Posh and Becks - oh wait theyre moved havent they - erm Kate Moss then.