Highest unemployment increase in Britain for two years

Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:37 am » by **Tuor10**

icarus1 wrote:englands fucked imo, its fate is directly linked to the eurozone which is on the verge of collapse, the germans cant keep bailing out bankrupt countries like greece and the republic of ireland, france and spain look to be on their knees , if ireland goes under england lose half of their exports overnight and on top of that theres going to be the biggest mass walkouts in generations, remember those kids that wrecked london a month ago ? only a few thousand did all that damage, what will happen when their parents take to the streets in their millions? anarchy approaches

Britain's fate is not linked to the eurozone. It is the eurozone that is fucking Britain. Britain still has a commonwealth. Closer trade and economic links could be made with said commonwealth countries.

Fact is, Britain still has a lot of skill and innovation, but it chooses to export it as opposed to invest in it. Take wave power technology for example. Exeter university leads the world in utilising wave power. The Japanese, I believe, are now further pioneering this because the British government will not invest.
Brand Britain is still very sought after. Just look at the success of companies like McLaren, who have one of the most high tech car factories in the world. They now are building super-cars for the commercial market. Although they will not be mass producing them, they are tailoring them to a certain market and maximising profits.
The same sort of ethos needs to be breed back into Britain from top down.

Ireland fucked itself with its generous benefit system.
That's socialism for you.

Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:42 am » by **Icarus1**

if europe goes under who will buy your goods?

Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:46 am » by **Tuor10**

icarus1 wrote:if europe goes under who will buy your goods?

Does Europe represent the world?
I think not,
Britain does more trade out-side the Euro-zone.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog ... ts-imports

Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:56 am » by **Icarus1**

well i hope your right man but i cant see it lasting more than 6 months , theres a real fear in europe that the whole banking system is on the verge of a catastrophic collapse

Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:59 am » by **Tuor10**

icarus1 wrote:well i hope your right man but i cant see it lasting more than 6 months , theres a real fear in europe that the whole banking system is on the verge of a catastrophic collapse

That is true.
I don't know how it will all pan out.
Doesn't look good though.