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Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
So true.
So if China won't buy Europe who will?
Maybe the aliens.
What if there are no aliens.
Then we are screwed.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
Got to be a hoax.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostComment
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I don't mean to brag or anything but I saw this coming back in 1991 with Britain's attempted entry into the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) - remember how successful that was ??!?
I realized all those years ago that there was a push to get into Europe (economically) but I knew back then that would have been a terrible mistake (me travelling extensively to Europe and observing this) - there were some countries that were poor in output per worker and poor in technological advancements, I saw the freeloading lifestyles that people had over there e.g. old ladies hat had never worked or married but were legally claiming their dead father's military pension etc., people retiring at 40 and living off the state etc. Countries trying to get into the European Community to grab money for their 'oh so needed projects'. A big mistake for Britain to join Europe in any capacity. I think Britain should pull out totally.Last edited by sbakoola; 30 October 2011, 09:02.Comment
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Originally posted by sbakoola View PostI don't mean to brag or anything but I saw this coming back in 1991 with Britain's attempted entry into the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) - remember how successful that was ??!?
It was also when I realised that any politician must be thick as pig-shit if they still advocated it afterwards (stand up Ken Clarke, Tony Blair and any LibDem you'd care to mention).Comment
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Postany politician must be thick as pig-shit if they still advocated it afterwards
Aren't they just puppets on a string? I expect there's an equivalent to the USA lobbyist system where money and influence gets results.
After all they can't be expected to know their role to any intellegible degree. They aren't qualified economists, doctors, or anything other than politicians. Hence why they can shuffle the cabinet everytime someone cocks up.
Supposedly they have an army of civil servants who guide them, regardless of who's in power. i.e. you can change the colour of the team in charge but the advice and recommendations may be the same.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View PostI'll sum up the EU bailout in five words...
"Throwing good money after bad."Comment
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