Exactly yfs. Without the strong economy spending on certain areas would be a lot harder. I wish we had capitalised on the North Sea oil the way the Norwegians have though.
The last 8 years --> http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1360925.htm More thanks to Brown who will be taking over for Blair when he steps down after the election Not to mention Howards view on the War in Iraq (Blairs only rival but who agrees with Blairs Iraq Policies)
Aussie News (ABC) is a great objective source, that I agree with, Blair I do not agree with He is nothing more than a frontman for the oil companies and the Bank of England as Bush is also. These men represent "business & industry", not the people
As far as voting because of the US..I benefit from where the US economy is at. The dollar has never been weaker so goods from the US are dirt cheap. Good if you are selling products in Europe from the US. Or hosting your sites in the US
I know very well your feelings on Blair but this is an election. Present a better alternative like you are pitching it to the UK masses and you may have a point. The lesser of two evils is still evil So heres your choice: 1.)War with Iraq, Stong Economy or 2.)War with Iraq, Shite Economy
The labour government has also been really good for business startups like myself with their business gateway, and investNI. For tories to get any votes they would have to have been a bit different than Labour. But as that article states, the tories have been too similar to Labour this term. It'll be interesting to see who is elected PM when Blair stands down, as long as Labour win the election of course
Was the economy in depression before Blair Because it seems to me that you all may be blowing smoke on the economy issue If the USA economy leads the world economy, then you can expect a downturn no matter if Blair is elected or not.
With the formation of the EU, that isn't nearly as true as it used to be. And as far as the UK economy, there were definatley some hard times. This particularly affected Ireland.
China is where all the growth is today, the EU is a great force and the UK will be forced to join the EU if they let the threat of terror and fear sway the nation. Our own policies will lead us into privacy invading and intrusive government that will watch everyone like they are a criminal. If our policies toward other nations were not so intrusive on them we would have no need to fight terror and intrude on our own citizens treating the entire population like criminals. Big Brother government is coming being brought about by bank fraud and terror fear. Internet bank fraud and identity theft (ID Chips in your body = solution for bankers) is a bigger threat to our privacy than terror as banks push laws that will attempt to identify every transaction (every person via biometrics) and will report every transaction to the governments.
You are correct..I thought you might have meant that. There is more than economical issues to that though. The national pride for the Pound is huge. I wish they would just switch as it would be a huge boost to Ireland and the EU but I honestly don't see it happening in the near future. Their priority seems to be their heritage, not the economic benefits.
I couldn't have put it any better. The good news is a few companies are moving into the Internet security market quite fast. They can see the $ signs.
Mate ! I am a brit and don't feel threatened at all !! - Media Hype.... Oh, and talking about rigging elections !!!! - Bush is the master at that ! (or at least his family are hey!) - How many people were unable to vote last time because of minor offences ? - oh they could appeal, but it would be too late by then ! - Just consentrate on sorting out the nutta you have in power and leave Tony B to us ! - His leadership is not going to last long i don't think !
heh! You signed up on the forum to drag out a post that's over a year old to reply to little ol' me And the best you can offer is Bush rigged elections! ROFL! I'm flattered! Too cute! Welcome to the forum, BTW. Unless of course, you're an old face with a new nic
Well, I don't like the war because I think it's a waste of money. All that money going into bombs, bullets, schools, roads and their healthcare - I don't know why we should bother spending billions on rather 'backward' countries which noone in the UK cares about. Also, our immigration needs to be sorted out. It's well too easy to come over here and work/get benefits/abuse our schools/abuse our healthcare. They say it's beneficial to the economy but I disagree, if it's essential to have a constant influx of foreign people to fill minimum wage jobs then our economy simply isn't working the way it should. As far as 'Asylum' is concerned, it seems to be a bunch of 40 year old blokes driving 15 year old BMWs wearing leather jackets - the ones who are supposed to be fighting to wars in their supposedly wartorn countries, not women and children. What's always baffled me is - if they're escaping these 'wartorn' countries, what's wrong with France or Germany? Why do they make the extra effort to travel hundreds of miles through completely peaceful countries to cross into our borders? Because we give them more money and we're too generous. But yeah, down with Tony Blair