UK economy slowed because of the Royal wedding.

notageek

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14275637
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John-Boy · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:03 am Post subject:

Gawd bless her majesty
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BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1499 Location: U.S.A.

More likely it slowed because of Obama threatening to let the U.S. default rather than cut his drunken-sailor spending. That's the "world of uncertainty" politely referred to in the article.

We dd have a discussion about the true economic cost of this debacle (the wedding), if you recall. :lol:

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Naib · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:28 am Post subject:

Only on OTW where a topic about the UK economy for a quarter was slowed due to a British Royal Wedding could be blamed on Obama :roll:

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BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1499 Location: U.S.A.

I would expect such a response, but your jacking yourself off.

If you think the Royal Wedding had slowed the British economy on the order portrayed in those charts, you're smoking crack. Temporal coincidence does not imply a causal relationship. Besides, weren't you one of the ones in here blathering about how much money the Royal Wedding would make the country and denying that it's economic cost would be significant?

The faltering U.S. economy (e.g. the last unemployment figures, consumer price index figures, and the debt ceiling gridlock) has been broadly affecting markets. It may not be the sole cause, but it's a lot more likely than the Royal Wedding. :roll:

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Naib · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:00 am Post subject:

I don't think the wedding caused such a drop. Business still has to occur and would have occured - where I work we still had to deliver x number of units even with 2extra days off... (likewise if someone needs a new pair of trousers they will still need a new pair of trousers, a royal wedding doesn't change this, just when they can buy - likewise supermarkets were still open...) - the wedding money coming from the royal coffers (that got filled up over years from money already taken from the British people) was partly re-injected into the economy via the companies contracted for the likes of food,flowers,transportation...

I am just amazed you can bring Obama into this :roll:

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notageek · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:18 am Post subject:

Tell me one thing though. Is it a crime carrying capital punishment for having pictures of Mrs Kate Charles Middleton Whatever, in your bedroom?
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John-Boy · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:25 am Post subject:

notageek · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:43 pm Post subject:

Is it a man, who has this poster?
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John-Boy · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:02 pm Post subject:

notageek · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:03 pm Post subject:

Must really make your day. :lol:

Wear a republican t-shirt or something man.
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John-Boy · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:10 pm Post subject:

notageek · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:14 pm Post subject:

Yeah your republican t-shirt wouldn't be the brightest idea TBH.
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BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1499 Location: U.S.A.

There is only one solution: Ex-Lax cookies.
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szczerb · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:19 pm Post subject:

It might in the end make him get the "you're morons" speech of his chest :lol:

EDIT: That's about the t-shirt, not the cookies...

pjp · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:19 pm Post subject:

pitcrawler · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:53 am Post subject:

The royal wedding (i.e. the extra public holiday) is one of a number of factors. Try not to count an OTW post title as a whole article.