Make your mind up BBC...

[williamp]

On the bbc news this morning. A feature on the strong pound, saying how good it is for our holidays, bad news for exports. Cue a sheet metal manufacturing business (is there any other in the BBC world??) saing how tough it is

Immediately followed by an article be ex-pats in Spain. You know, those types who wanted everything from life without paying for it, moaning that the weak pound has meant they havent done as good as they thoguht.

[Simpo Two]

Or is it the start of a subtle move to get us to adopt the Euro?

'Look at all these problems the pound is causing us. If only we had the euro everything would be wonderful'.

Well they did it with Europe ('It's inevitable so we may as well sign') and look at the st that got us into.

[Watchman]

Britain's position to now join the Euro is stronger than ever now. Who wants to be inextricably linked to failing economies like Greece, which has just voted-in a govt who is not accepting the austerity measures necessary to comply with the recent bail-out)?

[mattviatura]

Watchman said:

Britain's position to now join the Euro is stronger than ever now. Who wants to be inextricably linked to failing economies like Greece, which has just voted-in a govt who is not accepting the austerity measures necessary to comply with the recent bail-out)?

Freudian

[Watchman]

Oh yeah.

now = not

[EDLT]

williamp said:

On the bbc news this morning. A feature on the strong pound, saying how good it is for our holidays, bad news for exports. Cue a sheet metal manufacturing business (is there any other in the BBC world??) saing how tough it is

Immediately followed by an article be ex-pats in Spain. You know, those types who wanted everything from life without paying for it, moaning that the weak pound has meant they havent done as good as they thoguht.

So they were showing more than one side to a story and you would like this to stop?

[Watchman]

Might be useful if there was some acknowledgement that there is a link and not just two contradicting stories. As it stands, there appears to be no editorial appreciation that these two stories contrast.

[rpguk]

I don't see the problem. A strong pound is good for spending abroad and a problem for exports. Both are true

[Simpo Two]

But it can't be both weak and strong at the same time.

[Eric Mc]

Definition of an economist - someone who always says "on the one hand... and on the other hand".

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

Definition of an economist - someone who always says "on the one hand... and on the other hand".

Or 'Hindight is a wonderful thing'.



No actually that's IFAs.

My cousin, a former IFA in the bad old days, defined a stockbroker as 'A man who invests your money - until it's all gone'.

[limpsfield]

Simpo Two said:

But it can't be both weak and strong at the same time.

I think there was a typo in the original post where the Marbella dwellers should have been complaining about a weak euro not paahhnnd