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QFT.Originally posted by DinoDoc
The reforms Thatcher brought to the island.
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QFTOriginally posted by DinoDoc
The reforms Thatcher brought to the island.THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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Unlimited was poor wording, there's no such thing in a modern country. But the 50's-60's saw very widespread immigration from india/pakistan/west indies, this would be masked somewhat as we had high natural population growth too, but the immigration was pretty large scale.Originally posted by Kontiki
The UK grew by 7.7% from 1971 to 2005 from 55.9 million to 60.2 million. That's an interesting definition of "unlimited immigration" and "population booming".Comment
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Why do the only people who like Thatcher seem to be c0ckney, Spink and dodgy right wing Americans?Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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My fellow dodgy American, Eli, and I, cannot answer that
THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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I was little young to really know her when she was in her prime (i was 10 when major took over) but the results alone show she was right about a lot of things. I did economics A-level, no further but my heavily old labour, welsh mining family teacher grudgingly admitted she was the right man (Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Why do the only people who like Thatcher seem to be c0ckney, Spink and dodgy right wing Americans?
) at the right time. All labour really needed to do was make the bank of england independent and watch the golden years come in.
The big blunder economy wise was getting the UK in the E.R.M, it wrecked us in the early 90's and is imho the main reason we aren't in the single currency now.Comment
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We're not talking about economic growth in the 50s and 60s, though, we're talking about it now. And your population growth hasn't been "booming" for quite some time, especially compared to places like Canada, the US, Australia or even France.Originally posted by thesilentone
Unlimited was poor wording, there's no such thing in a modern country. But the 50's-60's saw very widespread immigration from india/pakistan/west indies, this would be masked somewhat as we had high natural population growth too, but the immigration was pretty large scale."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Originally posted by thesilentone
I was little young to really know her when she was in her prime (i was 10 when major took over) but the results alone show she was right about a lot of things. I did economics A-level, no further but my heavily old labour, welsh mining family teacher grudgingly admitted she was the right man () at the right time. All labour really needed to do was make the bank of england independent and watch the golden years come in.
The big blunder economy wise was getting the UK in the E.R.M, it wrecked us in the early 90's and is imho the main reason we aren't in the single currency now.
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What is the E.R.M.?...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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Exchange Rate Mechanism.
It was a precurser to the single currency in a way. It set our exchange rate within a tight band against the other euro currencies in an attempt to harmonise them in advance of the single currency coming in.
I can't remember the exact details but either we were booming and euroland was stagnating or vice versa but having our currency fixed to the euro rate ended up causing a stock market crash. (george soros saw it coming and profited greatly from it..)Comment
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We got raped!Comment
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Ah, ok. Thanks for the explanation.Originally posted by thesilentone
Exchange Rate Mechanism.
It was a precurser to the single currency in a way. It set our exchange rate within a tight band against the other euro currencies in an attempt to harmonise them in advance of the single currency coming in.
I can't remember the exact details but either we were booming and euroland was stagnating or vice versa but having our currency fixed to the euro rate ended up causing a stock market crash. (george soros saw it coming and profited greatly from it..)...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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Unfortunately sonny, an economy needs heavy industries as a basis to rely upon.Originally posted by Doddler
Because there's only banking an industry in an economy?
We have focussed on the things we are best at, Germany might move on from stagnation if it did the same.
And as i said, those are crumbling right now in the UK because for over 15 years there wasnt any money to make the investments needed to sustain your competitivness.
And Germany is doing quite well if I compare the number of German versus the number of UK products in the market.
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