I hope to be around for a few decades more. And to continue with the full employment it has brought. (View Post)

Its yearning for a magic wand. Leave the EU and all our problems will go away. Rejoin the EU and all our problems will go away. Neither is true and nor is any other magic wand solution. (View Post)

Unemployment seems to be: UK 3.9% Germany 5.6% France 7.1% Italy 7.8% Spain 13.2% https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/unemployment-rate?continent=europe So significantly higher in comparable Eu… (View Post)

Its noticeable that the people who predicted mass unemployment after Brexit are now bewailing full employment. It was also predicted that house prices would collapse and pensioners would be made dest… (View Post)

Brown had created a seriously unbalanced economy and thought he'd 'abolished boom and bust'. There were already numerous red lights flashing even before the GFC started at Northern Roc… (View Post)