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UK PoliGAF thread of tell me about the rabbits again, Dave.
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louis89
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zomgbbqftw
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Great decision and good work to get the Chinese on side. Our bank has been talking about this for a while and if China is ever going to become a respected part of the international community then moves like this have to be made. This will lead to the eventual easing of the RMBUSD peg and free float of the RMB which is good for all of us.
Also look for this as the first of a number of moves to increase our trade with China. I expect our exports will increase from around £7bn last year to around £10bn this year and up to £20bn the year after. Not only that, but with London becoming the first real offshore trading centre for RMB the inwards investment from Chinese companies will be pretty huge and deals like the one we brokered last month will be much easier. This is great news for the UK and even though it seems like a small deal, it will eventually turn the UK into the first choice destination for Chinese business in Europe and second only the US in the world.
Deals like this will rebalance the economy in the long term and bring in fresh investment in UK PLC and as many people might have guessed I'm extremely pleased with it. It does, however, mean that I will be reassessing my move to China since China is now coming to London...
J Tourettes
Banned
Could you not still do China for a year or so?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...be-a-warning-about-hidden-UK-liabilities.html
Is it really as bad as it sounds or is this more scaremongering? These kind of articles make me feel so depressed...
Is it really as bad as it sounds or is this more scaremongering? These kind of articles make me feel so depressed...
zomgbbqftw
Banned
I expect so. I still haven't decided on whether to go or not.
It's not scaremongering. Britain is in very poor shape. As someone put it, we are the best looking horse in the glue factory. The country must reduce the deficit over the next few years, our deficit must be 2-3% of GDP by 2015 and eliminated by 2017. If the coalition can't achieve this (even in the face of the Eurozone saga) then they will have failed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16616790
Ugh, the Met continues to be a fucking parasite.
Ugh, the Met continues to be a fucking parasite.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
I'm a bit surprised at all the speaking clock stuff (doesn't anyone synchronise watches any more?).
Not in the least surprised at vast numbers of calls to directory enquiries, since under PACE 1984 s24(5)(a) for an arrest to be valid one of the key grounds is believing the arrest to be necessary in order to ascertain name and address of the suspect. Directory Enquiries seems a pretty good way of checking on the validity of details given by a suspect, and because it is independent of the police there's a good chance it will stand up in court.
Sure, it could doubtless be done more efficiently in-house, but the evidence could be challenged, you'd need to put more police officers/civilian employees into the witness box. I suspect on the whole the directory enquiries service ends up cheaper. Though what they ought to do is get a bulk discount of course.
Speedymanic
Banned
The hell is this shit?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/19/credit-rating-agencies-hospital-finances
Must be insane to think this won't end badly.
Is this what they meant by the NHS needing to adapt for a more aging population and allowing more patient choice? Your local hospital fails its credit check and is closed. Awesome for all those old people and for local people who need urgent care.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/19/credit-rating-agencies-hospital-finances
Must be insane to think this won't end badly.
Is this what they meant by the NHS needing to adapt for a more aging population and allowing more patient choice? Your local hospital fails its credit check and is closed. Awesome for all those old people and for local people who need urgent care.
Oh yeah, sorry it was the talking clock thing I was more annoyed about, the directory line seems to make some amount of sense.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Without a proper BritGAF thread I can't really think of a better place to put this, but I have provisionally accepted the job in Shanghai and I start at the end of January 2013. I will be a senior analyst of global markets, it's a pretty broad job title, but it just means I can work on any account I want.
zomgbbqftw
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CHEEZMO;34533778 said:
I'll do it before I go to China, if I get banned it won't matter anyway.
Vivalaraza
Member
CHEEZMO;34533981 said:
You watch Emmerdale?
I am disappoint.
Who here likes Jelly Tots? I can't get enough of freakin Jelly Tots.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
No. But it's fun when you call people Marlon or Mandy or somethng.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Oh, I left out the 2013! I'll edit that bit in...
It starts in Jan 2013, but I think I'll go in December to catch new years eve and sort out my living arrangements.
vandaliser
Banned
This country will never reach anywhere as long as the morons in charge think the city is the best thing after the North sea oil.
Where the fuck has manufacturing gone? This country economic output is seriously flawed and unbalanced. No wonder the germans are laughing at the brits.
Where the fuck has manufacturing gone? This country economic output is seriously flawed and unbalanced. No wonder the germans are laughing at the brits.
Do yourself a favour and stop reading The Sun.
Speedymanic
Banned
Is he wrong? I doubt the Germans are laughing at us, but the economy is far too dependent on the whims of the City.
Can't tax too much, can't shutdown the tax loopholes, let them off of millions of unpaid tax, etc, as it will drive them away.
It's all a bit hysterical, there's areas where we need to improve and drive forward but show me an economy that doesn't
Speedymanic
Banned
That wasn't his point, his point was that we're far too dependent on a section that will be all too happy to abandon us as soon we decide to get a little tough with them.
Focusing on increasing manufacturing would be a good idea going forward, it's working wonders for the German and many other economies and would help to drive down unemployment at the same time and it would serve as a nice buffer for when the city decide to screw the UK over...
And for those not paying attention, the UK officially passed the £1 trillion borrowed threshold today,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...ebt-passes-1-trillion-for-the-first-time.html
0_o
No doubt they've borrowed due to more people losing their jobs and ending up on JSA.
vandaliser
Banned
the sun? the fuck? you don't need be reading the toilet trash to know that this country's economy is serously imbalanced as hell.
precisely. There's no substitute for producing cold hardened materials ready to be exported.
The casino gambling marketeering lest we not forget caused this crash in the first place
Someone should make an Eng-GAF thread and let the Scot-GAF thread do it's own thing.
J Tourettes
Banned
The scantily clad chicks helped get the last one shut. If we can refrain from making the new thread look like a 12 year old's bedroom wall, I'm sure it'd be ok.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
Others were jealous of our beautiful British women, that's the reason the last thread was shut.
There needs to be a referendum first, though. And before that, we need to arrive at the format of the referendum.
That and looking like a tame issue of Zoo.
There needs to be a referendum first, though. And before that, we need to arrive at the format of the referendum.
Bryan Robson and Tintin are out ?
Red Liquorice
Member
ftfy.
Now this I like
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
But the OP was YE so I can't blame him.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
I could spend a whole day Lucy Pindering...
radioheadrule83
Banned
If any of you still like videogames, Jason Raize '75-04 (formerly Meus Renaissance) has already got us talking about this years Eurogamer Expo. I had a blast meeting up with a few gaffers last year and exploring the conference, it should be a good year for it this year too - it could be the first chance to play some Wii-U / Vita stuff outside of E3.
I'd consider any other excuses for a meetup too.
