Boromir Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I know the £ is doing **** as well but what about the euro and Greece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricko Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 The Greek, Italian, Irish & Portugese economies were always unsteady, especially when the Euro was introduced. If the Euro, as a currency fails, then it will be the thin end of the wedge, more trouble will be on the way. If i remember correctly, the Greek government were selling off islands to prop up the economy 12-18 months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Yes. It's just a question of when Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 It certainly will - and there'll be one hell of a **** storm float over Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricko Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Thank goodness we stayed out of it, although it is handy not having to keep changing currency all the time when going on holidays to European countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 perhaps it will get to the point where our pound is worth more than the euro and it would be worth going abroad again as it would be cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boromir Posted June 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) Well I think there could be another big war on soon US aint doing any good either. Just heard a rumour 3 months and Greece will fall. Edited June 25, 2011 by BFG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I personally can't see the Euro lasting another ten years and sooner it fails the better in my opinion. I don't think the Greece issue will cause it to fall though. I expect the EU to cast Greece off. That might also bring Cyprus down with it although the EU could easily support such a small economy. If anyone has read Gerald Durrel's book on the Greek economy they might believe that he was quite far sighted and accurate in his predictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I read somewhere that another falklands war is brewing. The yanks are siding with the argies even calling them the malvinas (dont think that is right spelling) because there is supposed to be massive oil reserves and the yanks will get there hands on it easier through a south american country, and also will appear to be against imperialism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) The euro was based on a huge amount of optimism but little common sense. However, while we can be grateful we stayed out we all need to be very afraid because the implications are massive and hugely damaging. We will be massively caught up in any aftermath. ******** politics from beginning to end. Anyone with even a jot of sense could, or should, have seen it could never have worked but it was like the Empourer's new clothes anyone who spoke out was castigated as a fool. Now the chickens are coming home to roost and Europe faces years , decades? , of economic limbo sorting it out. Edited June 25, 2011 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) ... and the moon is made of green cheese.... .... the future currency will be primers, powder, wads and church roofs. Edited June 25, 2011 by Floating Chamber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) ... and the moon is made of green cheese.... Realistically, how could France and Germany have tied their economic future to countries like Spain, Portugal, Greece and Ireland? Why would they have wanted to? It seems like simple madness, not even a chance in hell it could have worked out long term. How could anybody be so commited to a political dogma that they couldn't see the risks? Edited June 25, 2011 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I read somewhere that another falklands war is brewing. The yanks are siding with the argies even calling them the malvinas (dont think that is right spelling) because there is supposed to be massive oil reserves and the yanks will get there hands on it easier through a south american country, and also will appear to be against imperialism You are right. The Falklands have never been part of Argentina. They were British nearly 100 years before Argentina was created but if we don't sign the oil over to America you can guess what will happen. We will roll over as a token appeasment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjsc Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Dont worry about the europeans.....if there is any trouble brewing up in their countries......they will just all come over here and go on the rock and roll!! It must be bad if most of our banks are pulling out of Greece and other European banks. But the big thing that everyone has got to remember is that GB Ltd does approx 40% of our trading with Europe, thats a lot of money to lose.....more job cuts!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuffy Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 it was always about the mep's and eurocrats lining there own pockets . and the super state system let them . WHILE WE ALL WATCHED . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC45 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 It was doomed from day one. Politicians never learn. The fallout might be significant for the rest of us, personally I don't care, the little man will always lose, whatever happens!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmitemania Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 The sooner the Euro and this whole STOOOOOOPID European alliance fails the better, every country in it holds contempt for every other country in it, the only ones who genuinely want to be part of it are the emerging countries who know they will be proped up by the rest of us, good riddance to bad rubbish I say, and dont belive all the claptrap about us loosing exports if we pull out, its just scaremongering BS, if everybody in the euro stopped trading with us because we wanted out they would be going without a lot of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Its weird how we are supposed to be capatilist, but everything ends up communist. Someone borrows too much everyone pays up. A country isnt making as much money as other countries, all the others give it. Its why everything has ground to a halt. You used to go abroad because it was cheap, after the euro it was a level playing field so no one botherd so the countries arnt raking any money in, just like all the businesses in this country. If things are cheap people will spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) You are right. The Falklands have never been part of Argentina. They were British nearly 100 years before Argentina was created but if we don't sign the oil over to America you can guess what will happen. We will roll over as a token appeasment. Still, its not like we've binned our aircraft carriers, lost our harriers and announced to the world that we are about as battle ready as the WI. Maggy had to beg the yanks for the use of Ascension during the war and even then they didn't want to assist us. They've never got over the fact that they were once one of our colonies and have always hated our Imperial past. The ****ers destroyed us financially at the end of WWII by with holding the last part of the lend lease payments and then screwed us for the repayments whilst begging us to assist in the Gulf. Americas business is business. The *****. Edited June 25, 2011 by ack-ack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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