Economy & Banks

Can this thread be renamed 'Is it worth selling Scotland to save the economy?'

No It should be renamed: How badly can call me Dave fuck up the economy before Scotland (and possibly Surrey) declares independence and jumps ship.

Didn't know Peebles had a hockey team. Used to play against Peebles high school at rugby when I was at school and also the Peebles 1st XV occasionally when I played for North Berwick.

An Independent Surrey - Now that would be amazing.

Blue phone boxes, maybe a slight orange pin striping on the post boxes, plenty of potential.

To really stand out they could drive on the right

Would make coming off the A3 exciting

Are Surrey going to adopt the Euro as their currency?

Or the Thai Bhat - you know so that all the middle class swingers don't have to worry about changing money when they go on their sex holidays?

Would we have to pay a toll to enter/travel through it? Passport control?

Maybe the Seuro.

I anticipate blitzkrieg tactics by foppish types in skinny jeans and deckshoes to annex Kingtson and Gatwick in order to establish a capital city and a runway.

You'd have to get a visa Scoot, points system like Aus, points for degrees, cars per family, deck shoes,length of driveway, points deducted for scars, regional accents and time spent living away from home.

Dang, getting the train back home to Swansea would be a total hassle.

Unfortunately I don't think you would be able to travel from Wales to Surrey directly without diverting via Manchester due to anticipated diplomatic issues........ Sorry

Ha ha.. I live in Edinburgh and play for the Peebles 1st XII hockey team!

Small world.

what kind of hockey has an XII ? Or are you the no. 12 ? carrying the sponge and slicing the oranges ?

New motorways and railways would have to be built, skirting the borders of the county.

I carry sticks and help wash them down in the showers afterwards.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-14/bernanke-tells-senators-federal-reserve-has-no-plan-to-aid-european-banks.html

http://www.infowars.com/december-16-ron-paul-moneybomb-launches/

Anyone have any hard data/strong opinions on whether the austerity measures will actually help the UK economy? The theory goes that making hard cuts in a recession slows down the economy, thus getting deeper into debt, whereas an increase in spending will increase growth, increase revenue etc.

them being the hockey sticks or your fellow players ?

Both dicki... I am very much a team "playa"

Anyone have any hard data/strong opinions on whether the austerity measures will actually help the UK economy? The theory goes that making hard cuts in a recession slows down the economy, thus getting deeper into debt, whereas an increase in spending will increase growth, increase revenue etc.

no data but spending can stimulate growth. Keynes advocates that you save in the good times so you can spend in the tough times. Unfortunately we mounted up a lot of debt during the good times so we don't haven any surplus to spend now.

on top of that if you do borrow and your borrowing is deemed unsustainable the risk attached to your borrowing increases and subsequently the interest on your debt will increase. so you end up borrowing to pay off interest.

It feels like we are waiting for something big to give at the moment really.

this website is good for doom mongerers http://www.zerohedge.com/

Getting rid of Woking would be a massive win in anyones book.

Forget it, you'll never put a stop to people's love of Asian cuisine.

^^ As well as William Patterson, founder of the Bank of England.