Category Archives: It’s the economy stupid!

The blindingly obvious with the benefit of hindsight, denial & socialism

A deep double dip!

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Shades

Walking past our information screens at work today, I did a big double-take on seeing this headline. Waiting around for a couple of minutes with my phone-cam primed, it popped up again. The economy is obviously much worse than people … Continue reading →

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The four elephants of the election apocalypse

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Shades

Last week, I saw a cracking blockpost about the four elephants in the room that none of the Political parties are mentioning. Trouble is, I can’t find it again. Does it ring any bells with either of my readers? It … Continue reading →

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The debt timebomb ticking Prestissimo…

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Shades

Click through to see what the clock is up to now. Frightening. (Hat tip- City Unslicker)

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Somebody had to say it…

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Shades

I bet you won’t see this on the BBC- Dan Hannan MEP calls the Prime Mentalist’s bluff. Daniel Hannan and Douglas Carswell wrote the plan- and Gordon doesn’t feature in it. (Hat tip to Bristol Dave, where I saw it … Continue reading →

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It’s the economy stupid…

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Shades

When I was a teenager, I spent a lot of time in Newcastle Central Library. I spent a lot of time in the 700 series shelves, in particular 720 and 792. In the building engineering section, there was a substantial … Continue reading →

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