What I still find utterly bizarre is that the consumer economy seems absolutely booming. I'm struggling to get hotel, restaurant bookings, concert tix etc. The media-bond-market complex are tryi… (View Post)

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Ok. I'll give you my home town. Where I have a shop. Two commercial properties have closed in the past month. They're both filled already. The takeaways are booming. The pubs are full. If a… (View Post)

It is so utterly different to what I have experienced. I travel a lot for work - small towns, provincial cities, and capitals. I see more every day wealth now than I have done since the mid 00s. I wa… (View Post)

Ok, lets look at the lower end. Costa is full. The sports bars are full. Primark is full. I don't see the doom that others are predicting. I wouldn't want to have bought a house in the last… (View Post)