tzijlstra Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 UK annual growth for 2016: 4.3%. Best since 2011. I'm not sure what the source for this is? What I am sure is that I have said, time and time again, that the UK needs immigration to keep its economy going. There are now signs on the job market that vacancies are not being filled, this is going to increase in severity and will lead to my prediction coming through: Kill immigration, kill the economy. That is the choice. As soon as May stamps down on EU migrants coming here and starts demanding visas for those already here the economy will hit a deep recession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 UK annual growth for 2016: 4.3%. Best since 2011. Only in your fantasy world. "In 2016, the UK economy grew by 2%, slower than the previous two years, which showed growth of 2.2% and 3.1% respectively". https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/26/uk-gdp-figures-2016-brexit-economy "Looking at 2016 as a whole, growth slowed modestly to 2 percent from 2.2 percent in 2015 and 3.1 percent in 2014." http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/gdp-growth ---------- Post added 13-02-2017 at 19:59 ---------- I'm not sure what the source for this is? A tendency to justify his arguments by telling easily refutable lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 I'm not sure what the source for this is? What I am sure is that I have said, time and time again, that the UK needs immigration to keep its economy going. There are now signs on the job market that vacancies are not being filled, this is going to increase in severity and will lead to my prediction coming through: Kill immigration, kill the economy. That is the choice. As soon as May stamps down on EU migrants coming here and starts demanding visas for those already here the economy will hit a deep recession. Indistrial output growth, not GDP growth. My bad. Got it from BBC's Andrew Neil. Can't find the original source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 A thought-provoking play set in a post-brexit England aired this afternoon. Well worth a listen if you have 45 minutes available: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08dnhjx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Inflation has gone up to 1.8%, but wages are going up at 2.7%; so we cannot complain I guess its the increasing minimum wage that is going up fast, perhaps middle earnings not so good? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38966692 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I'm not sure what the source for this is? That'd be the Brexit alternative facts market I suspect... :sigh: Real figures are here. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/ihyq/pgdp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) That'd be the Brexit alternative facts market I suspect... :sigh: Real figures are here. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/ihyq/pgdp If Obelix had not childishly blocked me, he would be aware that I've already corrected this mistake and apologised. But never mind. Indistrial output growth, not GDP growth. My bad. Got it from BBC's Andrew Neil. Can't find the original source Edited February 14, 2017 by unbeliever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I post and ooh look - another post from my stalker immediately appears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) I don't think I owe anybody an apology for closely following my own thread (albeit one which I started to replace one of Tim's). Edited February 14, 2017 by unbeliever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelFargate Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 That'd be the Brexit alternative facts market I suspect... :sigh: Real figures are here. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/ihyq/pgdp Could you explain these figures. They are meaningless without an explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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