To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
Apr 28th 2011, 4:06 pm
#91
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Apr 28th 2011, 4:15 pm
#92
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
Wonder when there wasn't a time. Although one should acknowledge that live for many in Britain is not and has never been easy.
Apr 28th 2011, 4:23 pm
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
Indeed. Recall the add brought out by the Torries in the late 70s,with nthe British Isles sinking under the sea with the heading,Bye Bye Britain.
Wonder when there wasn't a time. Although one should acknowledge that live for many in Britain is not and has never been easy.
Wonder when there wasn't a time. Although one should acknowledge that live for many in Britain is not and has never been easy.
Apr 28th 2011, 4:34 pm
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
[QUOTE=the troubadour;9331932]Indeed. Recall the add brought out by the Torries in the late 70s,with nthe British Isles sinking under the sea with the heading,Bye Bye Britain. QUOTE]
Two (actually three) critical events took place to improve things from the dreadful predicament that the UK found itself in around that time in the late 70s as manufacturing declined:
1. The arrival of North Sea oil
2. The big bang - and the preeminence of London as a global financial centre
which then benefited other UK cities and
A matter of opinion - 3. The reining-in of the destructive actions of some powerful unions
And some new groups such as youth and graduates have never seen it so hard to find any employment.
Two (actually three) critical events took place to improve things from the dreadful predicament that the UK found itself in around that time in the late 70s as manufacturing declined:
1. The arrival of North Sea oil
2. The big bang - and the preeminence of London as a global financial centre
which then benefited other UK cities and
A matter of opinion - 3. The reining-in of the destructive actions of some powerful unions
Although one should acknowledge that life for many in Britain is not and has never been easy.
Apr 28th 2011, 4:38 pm
#95
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
[QUOTE=Pistolpete2;9331968]
I would add:
4. Thatcher's deregulation of the financial industry.
Which ironically, IMHO, led to the exact situation the UK finds itself in today. Ditto for the US, which went through a frenzy of business deregulation under Reagan, continued by Bill Clinton, that ultimately led to the collapse of the economy in 2008.
Indeed. Recall the add brought out by the Torries in the late 70s,with nthe British Isles sinking under the sea with the heading,Bye Bye Britain. QUOTE]
Two (actually three) critical events took place to improve things from the dreadful predicament that the UK found itself in around that time in the late 70s as manufacturing declined:
1. The arrival of North Sea oil
2. The big bang - and the preeminence of London as a global financial centre
which then benefited other UK cities and
A matter of opinion - 3. The reining-in of the destructive actions of some powerful unions
Two (actually three) critical events took place to improve things from the dreadful predicament that the UK found itself in around that time in the late 70s as manufacturing declined:
1. The arrival of North Sea oil
2. The big bang - and the preeminence of London as a global financial centre
which then benefited other UK cities and
A matter of opinion - 3. The reining-in of the destructive actions of some powerful unions
4. Thatcher's deregulation of the financial industry.
Which ironically, IMHO, led to the exact situation the UK finds itself in today. Ditto for the US, which went through a frenzy of business deregulation under Reagan, continued by Bill Clinton, that ultimately led to the collapse of the economy in 2008.
Apr 28th 2011, 4:43 pm
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
[QUOTE=sallysimmons;9331973]
I would add:
4. Thatcher's deregulation of the financial industry.
Which ironically, IMHO, led to the exact situation the UK finds itself in today. Ditto for the US, which went through a frenzy of business deregulation under Reagan, continued by Bill Clinton, that ultimately led to the collapse of the economy in 2008.
That's the Big Bang! my #2.
I would add:
4. Thatcher's deregulation of the financial industry.
Which ironically, IMHO, led to the exact situation the UK finds itself in today. Ditto for the US, which went through a frenzy of business deregulation under Reagan, continued by Bill Clinton, that ultimately led to the collapse of the economy in 2008.
Apr 28th 2011, 5:21 pm
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Apr 28th 2011, 5:28 pm
#99
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
And his name says it all......................
Apr 28th 2011, 5:47 pm
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Apr 28th 2011, 6:05 pm
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
2 million well-informed Daily Mail readers every day. 7.5 million if you count the top six papers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/tabl...nal-newspapers
Apr 28th 2011, 6:09 pm
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
My mother is one of those two million. She gets irate about the weirdest things that have supposedly happened in America (but actually never did). Like the time President Obama repeatedly insisted on calling BP "British Petroleum" in a deliberate snub against all Brits. Only he didn't - he actually said it once and then a spokesperson apologized. I tried to tell her this, and even sent her links to articles with the true story, but all to no avail. It must be true, because she read it in the Daily Mail 
Apr 28th 2011, 6:11 pm
#103
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
My mother is one of those two million. She gets irate about the weirdest things that have supposedly happened in America (but actually never did). Like the time President Obama repeatedly insisted on calling BP "British Petroleum" in a deliberate snub against all Brits. Only he didn't - he actually said it once and then a spokesperson apologized. I tried to tell her this, and even sent her links to articles with the true story, but all to no avail. It must be true, because she read it in the Daily Mail
Oh yes plus his wife touched the Queen!!!
Apr 28th 2011, 6:14 pm
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Re: To those who have moved back, whats it really like ?
Don't forget the time he gave Gordon Brown some DVDs, only - in true American style - his staff hadn't realized that DVDs are region-specific, so Gordon Brown couldn't watch any of them. 
That was seen as another slur by The Daily Mail.
That was seen as another slur by The Daily Mail.
Apr 28th 2011, 6:16 pm
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