The British are saved!

[Mega]

"A Beacon to the World"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...it-crisis.html

Er.............so thats why the £ has lost 30% then?
Mike

[GRG55]

Re: The British are saved!

"A Beacon to the World"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...it-crisis.html

Er.............so thats why the £ has lost 30% then?
Mike

Doesn't have quite the same ring to it as "fighting them on the beaches" and "we shall never surrender", does it...:rolleyes:

[D-Mack]

Re: The British are saved!

But playing the victim and blaming others is a starting point

Mr Brown blamed international factors for the slump in Britain, insisting the country had been "the victim of a global downturn".

He said it was "unfortunate" that the UK had been "unable to avoid being affected" by events elsewhere.

Do they still like him over there ?
It seems like he has a personal PPT for his ratings down, up, down....

April 13, 2008

GORDON BROWN is facing a cabinet revolt over controversial new terror laws amid concern in the government about an unprecedented collapse in his authority.

Brown’s personal rating has plunged further and faster than any other British leader since political polling began in the 1930s, a new poll for The Sunday Times reveals.

...

Brown’s poll rating has fallen to minus 37, down from plus 48 last August. The collapse is the most dramatic of any modern-day prime minister, worse even than Neville Chamberlain who in 1940 dropped from plus 21 to minus 27 after Hitler’s invasion of Norway.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3736241.ece

But Gordon Brown's improved poll rating seems due to voters' belief that his experience is to be trusted in an economic crisis.

So if that crisis is worsening, that could be to his advantage.

By 2010 if we are out of the worst, then perhaps the country would be more willing to risk change by voting Conservative.

Many commentators have drawn the parallel with Winston Churchill who was, of course, much loved during the war and then dumped at the 1945 election.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7791772.stm

[GRG55]

Re: The British are saved!

But playing the victim and blaming others is a starting point

Mr Brown blamed international factors for the slump in Britain, insisting the country had been "the victim of a global downturn".

He said it was "unfortunate" that the UK had been "unable to avoid being affected" by events elsewhere.

Do they still like him over there ?
It seems like he has a personal PPT for his ratings down, up, down....

Maybe one reason Churchill was "much loved" during the war is because he didn't say asinine things like...

"...it was "unfortunate" that the UK had been "unable to avoid being affected" by the Blitz..."

[GRG55]

Re: The British are saved!

...well, maybe not quite yet. Seems to be unravelling rather quickly over there.

Zavvi goes into administration
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 24 December 2008 13.45 GMT

The financial crisis claimed another high street victim today when entertainment chain Zavvi fell into administration, putting 2,500 jobs at risk...

...Yesterday, two other high street names went into administration. Whittard of Chelsea was promptly bought by private equity firm Epic through a "pre-pack" administration procedure designed to keep stores running and workers employed. Officers Club, the menswear chain, also went into administration, with 118 of its 150 stores being quickly sold to the company's chief executive...

...Further retail casualties would be a heavy blow to the UK economy, which is sliding steadily into what could be a deep, prolonged recession. Official figures released yesterday showed the economy shrank 0.6% between July and September, the most severe contraction in close to 20 years.


The sector is a key employer of full-time and temporary staff. About 27,000 Woolworths employees will be unemployed from January 5 when the last store closes, which is likely to push the number of people out of work over the 2 million mark next year.


Other companies hit by the downturn include furniture chain MFI, which ceased trading last week.