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Created by dipity on Jul 14, 2009
Last updated: 10/05/10 at 02:31 AM
Failed New Labour chancellor Alistair Darling defends the revised 0.3% GPD figures. He forgot to tell viewers that the ONS has rigged the figures to include "government spending", in other words, all that funny money they printed. When you strip out the figures from this funny money, the UK is shown to be very much in recession, the UK never left recession. Luckily, the press is non-questioning of these figures, so New Labour will continue to claim that the UK recession is over, when it is not. Recorded from Sky News, 26 February 2010.
Gordon Brown is a psycho, he's ruined the uk's pensions system, ruined the economy, enabled the police statet, spent borrowed money like a drug addict, spent taxes like a drug addict, created the uk's longest recession in history, created the deepest UK recession in history, caused the first run on a UK bank in over 110 years, and dropped interest rates to unsustainable low level, and STILL the Conservatives have not got a decent opinion poll gap between them and New Labour. What are the Conservatives doing wrong that they can't better results even though New Labour has destroyed the UK? Recorded from The Daily Politics, 24 February 2010.
Part 3 of 3: So everyone claims the UK is out of the recession with 0.1% growth. One of the depressing things is one of the so called experts on this panel discussion says the most stupid thing. The worse problem he claims is the amount of debt households have run up. No sir, that is not a problem, there are (or were before New Labour stole their money) more savers than borrowers in the UK, except the savers have been raped for 13 years by New Labour to keep the feckless borrowers happy with cheap credit, and abnormally low interest rates. If a borrower over-extends themselves, that's their problem. If an idiot government like New Labour have gone on a credit and spending binge for 13 years, the resulting mess that we have today in the UK is EVERYONE'S problem. THAT is the difference. Consumer debt is not a problem, it is government debt that is the problem for the economy. Stealing money from private pensions and savers savings accounts will not be sustainable to keep the feckless in their lifestyles, whilst New Labour try to buy the feckless votes via the benefits system. Recorded from Newsnight, 26 January 2010.
Part 2 of 3: For a change, Jeremy Paxman has a right go at failed New Labour chancellor Alistair Darling. Darling's blink rate is going overtime, indicating he's lying he face off on how great New Labour and how well they have managed the economy. Recorded from Newsnight, 26 January 2010.
Part 1 of 2: Peter Mandelson shows he's had something funny in the way he claims that New Labour are the party to trust on the economy, when it was New Labour that stole from private pensions, and savings, gave it to the feckless, and they went on a free for all spending spree, along with the New Labour government who racked up £2.5 trillion of debt for what little taxpayers are left to pay off. Recorded from Channel 4 News, 26 January 2010.
Part 2 of 2: bbc's Daily Politics looks into the claim of the UK leaving recession, a recession that New Labour created in the first place, and has not actually ended, because the not independent ONS have rigged the figures to make it look good for New Labour just before the general election. Recorded from The Daily Politics, 26 January 2010.
The ex-CBI boss Digby Jones gives his opinions on the laughable claim that the UK has got out of recession, with a claimed GDP growth of 0.1%. Recorded from Sky News, 26 January 2010.
Despite the UK exiting recession, some businesses say they're still struggling and will have to wait to feel the effects. . . Follow us on twitter at twitter.com
Tory Bear and Emily Nomates bring you the latest analysis of the ailing British economy - from the GMTV sofa!
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Holiday shoppers pack the High Street in Nottingham despite reports the UK economy is still in recession.
The UK economy shrinks by 0.2 per cent in third quarterEconomy declined by 6 per cent since peak in the first quarter of 2008
(FT) -- The UK
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_europe/~3/E3-epsW6nCE/index.html
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12:17pm UK, Tuesday December 22, 2009 Kat Higgins, Sky News Online The UK economy is still in recession as figures show it shrank by 0.2% between July and September. The UK is seriously lagging behind other countries who are already out of recession
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Sky News
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/UK-Fails-To-Exit-Recession-In-Third-Quarter-Of-2009-After-Another-Revision-Of-Figures/Article/200912415506361?f=rss
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The economy shrank by a worse-than-expected 0.2% between July
and September as the UK's record recession dragged on, official
figures showed today.
Experts had predicted a 0.1% third-quarter decline but a bigger-
than-expected fall in output for the UK'
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24Dash.com
http://www.24dash.com/news/Central_Government/2009-12-22-UK-recession-drags-into-sixth-quarter
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...the sharp upgrade to construction output was offset by weaker services and industrial production output. Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, the consultancy said: "While any upward revision to GDP is welcome news, there...
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Times Online
http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440135/s/8044965/l/0L0Stimesonline0O0Ctol0Cbusiness0Ceconomics0Carticle69648240Bece0Tcid0FOTC0ERSS0Gattr0F1185799/story01.htm
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...out next week are expected to show a more modest contraction in the third quarter, analysts are not forecasting that the UK exited recession. Last week, Alistair Darling outlined measures to return Britain to health and cut its £178 billion deficit in...
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Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article6960255.ece
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"Both 2009 and 2010 are looking slightly better than we imagined six months ago," said GroupM futures director Adam Smith.
Speaking to Media Week, he added: "It is fair to say these conditions do look like the precursor to some kind of recovery.
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Brand Republic
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/971831/Martin-Sorrells-GroupM-predicts-end-UK-ad-recession/
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It is now accepted wisdom that the recession has essentially come to an end. And as it recedes, observers are beginning to look at the damage wrought as well as how retailers, manufacturers and consumers changed their behavior. A new report from The
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Nielsen Wire
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NielsenWire/~3/XqqZRm6oc-s/
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Becky Barrow, Daily Mail
1 December 2009, 7:37am
Canada, the other country lagging behind the rest, had resumed growth in the three months from July to September, going up 0.1%.
Britain was left lagging global rivals when official figures showed it
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This Is Money
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=495125&in_page_id=53946&ito=1565
Despite the ONS doing their best to revise the rigged GDP figures to please New Labour, the UK is still in recession, the longest recession the UK has ever been in, and all thanks once again to a Labour government. New labour continue their record breaking run of the worst statistics you could imagine. Recorded from Sky News, 25 November 2009.
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The UK recession was shallower than previously thought between
July and September, but the economy continued to decline, revised
official figures showed today.
New estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed
a 0.3% fall in UK output
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24Dash.com
http://www.24dash.com/news/Central_Government/2009-11-25-UK-remains-in-recession-for-sixth-successive-quarter
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...to return to growth in the third quarter of 2009. Gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.4% - meaning the UK is still in recession. The findings were unexpected, as economists had predicted GDP – a measure of the total goods and services provided by...
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Which
http://www.which.co.uk/news/2009/10/uk-economy-still-in-recession--187111.jsp?src=rss156452
... but the UK public are NOT shocked that the UK has not left recession. The economists live on another planet. But no doubt they will revise the figures just in time for the general election to make it look like New Labour were right all along and they really are economic geniuses (that wrecked the UK economy). New Labour continue to re-write the record books, with now the longest recession in the UK's history to add to their long list of record breaking failures. Recorded from Channel 4 ...
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...think the situation will improve and will continue to improve over the went few months," he said. 18 months of recession has left the UK's national income down 5.9 per cent. Every industry of the economy shrank in the third quarter, but the worst performer...
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ABC Online
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/24/2723171.htm
UK economy in worst ever Recession
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THE UK economy shrank by 0.4 per cent in the third-quarter, indicating that the deepest recession in a generation is not yet over.
From a peak in the first quarter of 2008, the UK economy has now contracted by 5.9 per cent, the Office for National
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Irish Times
http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/851/f/10847/s/6c12100/l/0L0Sirishtimes0N0Cnewspaper0Cfinance0C20A0A90C10A240C12242573928320Bhtml/story01.htm
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...recession is the longest since records began Oct 24 2009 Jason Beattie GORDON BROWN'S hopes of a Christmas economic recovery were dashed yesterday as the UK entered the longest recession since records began. Figures showed the economy shrank between June and...
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The Daily Record
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2009/10/24/uk-recession-is-the-longest-since-records-began-86908-21769797/
www.timesofearth.com LONDON -- The British economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.4 percent in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, meaning the economy has contracted for six consecutive quarters, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Friday. The data indicates that Britain is still in recession and the recovery will be long and fragile. Prior to that, economists predicted that the economy would turn to positive growth of 0.2 percent in the third quarter. Compared with the same period last year, the economy suffered an annual decline of 5.2 percent in the quarter. Britain witnessed a peak-to-trough GDP fall of 5.9 percent during the current recession, slightly lower than the 6 percent between the second quarter of 1979 and the first quarter of 1981. The ONS said a disappointing decline in output from the services sector was the key factor behind the GDP drop. The sector contracted 0.2 percent in the third quarter led by the distribution, hotels and catering sub-sector, which dropped by 1 percent. In addition, the production sector fell 0.7 percent over the quarter, with manufacturing and construction sub-sectors dropping by 0.2 percent and 1.1 percent, respectively. The British economy would shrink 4.4 percent this year and the economy would grow by merely 1.3 percent and 1.5 percent in 2010 and 2011, respectively, according to a forecast made by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. Thus, the institute ...
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...UK is now in the grip of the longest recession since records began, according to gloomy official figures. Hopes for an end to the recession were scuppered as the economy shrank by a shock 0.4% between July and September - a record sixth quarter in a row of...
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Virgin Media
http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/uk/2009/10/23/no_end_to_recession_for_uk_economy
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The UK is now in the grip of the longest recession since records began, according to gloomy official figures.
Hopes for an end to the recession were scuppered as the economy shrank by a shock 0.4% between July and September - a record sixth quarter in
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Ealing Gazette
http://www.ealinggazette.co.uk/ealing-news/world-uk-news/2009/10/23/uk-s-recession-is-longest-on-record-64767-25000878/
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Gordon Brown's economic revival lay in tatters as shocking figures showed the economy slumped 0.4%.
Official figures showed the worst recession since the Thirties continued between July and September in a devastating blow to the Government.
The figures
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This Is London
http://rss.thisislondon.co.uk/c/365/f/11085/s/6bdfaf6/l/0L0Sthisislondon0O0Cstandard0Ebusiness0Carticle0E23760A1750Erecession0Estill0Eon0Egdp0Edown0E0A40Bdo/story01.htm
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...British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has cast doubt over the UK’s exit from recession in the third quarter. Many reports are suggesting that the UK will emerge from recession in the July to September, however the leading business group said while business confidence...
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ABCMoney.co.uk
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/co/sKKL/~3/s5XT8SKuFQE/BCC-cast-doubt-over-Q3-recession-exit,196277.htm
Foreclosure notices are up but foreclosure sales are down www.mercurynews.com MBA: Foreclosures, unemployment to peak next year www.google.com Whats The Real Reason Banks Arent Foreclosing housingstorm.com What happened to global warming? news.bbc.co.uk Recession Over, unemployment seen at 10 percent LOL www.reuters.com
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...However, the readings were still in negative territory, "making it difficult to argue that the UK has already emerged from recession". The British Retail Consortium added to the cautious mood, declaring that confidence was "trickling back" to the high street,...
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The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-faces-another-quarter-of-recession-1801891.html
Part 4 of 4: After the ordinaly people Newsnight Panel, the supposed experts digest what has been said, and give their own views on what is needed to pull the UK out of it's recession / depression. Recorded from BBC Newsnight, 18 September 2009.
Part 2 of 4: A Newsnight Panel look into the politicians and what they promise about what is needed to pull the UK out of it's recession / depression. This carries on from the "UK public sector arguments over cuts, part1" video. Recorded from BBC Newsnight, 18 September 2009.
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...positive news for the UK jobs market in 17 months. However, it is too early to speculate whether this signals the end of the recession. "One important factor to watch over the coming months will be how the public sector is coping with the financial and economic...
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The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/car-sales-to-drive-uk-out-of-recession-1783892.html
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...is that we're certainly serving more visitors than we were last year on a like-for-like basis," says the head of Starbucks' UK and Irish business Darcy Willson-Rymer. Starbucks founder and chairman Howard Schultz drew a furious response from British business...
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TVNZ
http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/starbucks-sells-well-in-uk-2962462
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...Confidence Monitor (BCM) has moved to positive territory for the first time in two years. "This quarter's BCM suggests that the UK recession is at an end," said Michael Izza, chief executive of the ICAEW, predicting half a percent of growth in gross domestic...
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AMERICAblog
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Americablog/~3/cMprKp8Apps/report-uk-to-move-out-of-recession-this.html
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...growth over the same period. Michael Izza, chief executive of the ICAEW, said: "This quarter's BCM suggests that the UK recession is at an end." But he added: "While there is no doubt that the UK economy is on its way to recovery, we shouldn't underestimate...
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Business Week
http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/JjdStBB0KY0/gb20090824_482592.htm
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...constructs its index based on responses from 1000 chartered accountants every quarter. “This quarter’s BCM suggests that the UK recession is at an end..However, the recovery is very fragile and I would urge policy makers not to take any actions that could...
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Times of India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/UKs-recession-seen-over-Survey-/articleshow/4929913.cms
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...to 4.8, the largest quarterly improvement since the survey began in 2003. The group's third quarter survey "suggests that the UK recession is at an end," said ICAEW chief executive Michael Izza. "While there is no doubt that the UK economy is on its way...
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The Seferm Post
http://www.sefermpost.com/sefermpost/2009/08/uk-recession-coming-to-an-end.html
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...this quarter, breaking five quarters of falling output. ICAEW chief executive Michael Izza said the findings suggest that "the UK recession is at an end". He added: "While there is no doubt that the UK economy is on its way to recovery, we shouldn't underestimate...
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Pakistan News.net
http://feeds.pakistannews.net/?rid=27265084&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc
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...saw a big rise in confidence Confidence among business professionals has seen the biggest rise for two years, suggesting the UK recession is at an end, a survey has said. The Institute of Chartered Accountants' index of business confidence rose to 4.8 at the...
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BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8217122.stm
Peter Mandelson gives his warped version of the UK economy, must have got sunstroke from his recent holiday to come up with the rose-tinted version of events. The UK was first into recession, and thanks to the £2.5Trillion debt run up by New Labour, the UK will be the last out of recession. New Labour claim the drop to 0% growth for one quarter is not valid as a quarter of no GPD growth and so can't be used in the how many months in recession the UK has been count. New Labour will fiddle any statistic to make themselves look good. Recorded from Sky News, 14 August 2009.
; Club Med lost: www.telegraph.co.uk French shoppers sceptical of recovery: www.guardian.co.uk Bradford & Bingley posts loss, bad debts soar: www.telegraph.co.uk Mortgage lenders turn backs on those in risky businesses: business.timesonline.co.uk Repossessions to rise sharply: www.telegraph.co.uk Europe and US still at risk from deflation trap: www.telegraph.co.uk There's no quick fix to the global economy's excess capacity: www.telegraph.co.uk Colonial BancGroup becomes biggest bank ...
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...to remain well below its 2% for the next two years, indicating a long period of subdued economic activity. He said the UK recession had been deeper than feared and that paralysed bank lending could yet unravel a recovery. The UK economy now looks in poor shape...
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This Is Money
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=489565&in_page_id=53946&ito=1565
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Both leading European economies posted positive growth between April and June - signalling the end of the downturn.
But figures showed today that the UK was still deep in recession, despite Europe surging out of it.
German and French output grew by 0.
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Daily Express
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/120391/Eurozone-grows-but-UK-stuck-in-recession/
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08/08/2009 - 15:06:29
Young people in Britain are less gloomy about the recession than their parents appear to be, according to a report published today.
A generational divide has emerged, with 18 to 25-year-olds proving better at shrugging off the
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BreakingNews.ie | Breaking News from Ireland
http://feeds.breakingnews.ie/~r/bntopstories/~3/61kPGGePK4g/
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...is much later than the recession in the UK, which the report revealed is forecast to end within just three months.The BDO Output Index claimed that the prompt fiscal stimulus package and bank recapitalisation scheme is behind the speedy recovery of the UK....
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The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/5961117/Recession-to-last-longer-in-Europe-than-in-the-UK.html
Pernille Brunn-Jensen, Managing Director Global Small Business at Intuit UK, discusses top tips for small business owners to survive the recession. *What step can small businesses take to help themselves?
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