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His lordship is referring to me.

There's a pattern emerging.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/mark ... -thin.html
Be interesting to see the public reaction when the story gravitates from the business news to the front page.

More and more mainstream financial media are asking the same question.
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/03 ... ty-puzzle/

One only has to look at South Korea.
There most airports currently run at a loss.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 055957.stm
Notice that one of the main reasons is the high speed rail network,a lesson for our planners perhaps?

Just got this.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-1 ... -drop.html

Be interesting to see if TPTB can maintain it's divide and rule policy as States enforce severe austerity measures. If ever the Tea Party and the left realise that the gulf between them isn't a political no man's land,but economic common ground,then expect Tahrir Square to migrate to Times Square. A...

Joseph Goebbels had more than one quote suitable for the 'Big Society'.
"The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly,it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over".

RenewableCandy wrote:That's three things.

Doh!!!!!

Two things to consider. 1.Desertification due to climate change. http://www.euranet.eu/eng/Dossier/UN-Climate-Conference/Warming-up/Climate-change-in-Spain-Desertification 2.Climate refugees moving north from Africa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6228236.stm http://www.economist.com/node/1...

The rest of the world may have other ideas.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/10/markets ... /index.htm

The silence from meemoe is deafening.

UndercoverElephant wrote:
What good would an uprising do them?

Perhaps they may realise the gravy train is running out of track.

If Wikileaks was seen as a catalyst for the Tunisian uprising,I wonder how long before the people of Saudi Arabia put two and two together regarding their country's future?

the mad cyclist wrote:Creating cycles of boom and bust is a fail-safe way for the rich to siphon off large amounts of money from the workingman. While the rich are in control, it will never end.

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And what happens when developing countries emulate our high tec industries?
Would you like fries sir?