Leading economies are showing a steady growth trend overall, although Britain is doing particularly well and Japan and Germany are showing signs of losing pace, the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) said on Monday. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesHere's why the above-rate British growth:
Aug 11th, 2014 - 10:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/11/spain-gibraltar-idUSL6N0QH2CT20140811
Pirates will be pirates.
And oh Spain was right. Gibraltar is indeed a lawless gang-smuggling haven.
aaaahhhh - I love the smell of envy in the evening!!!!
Aug 11th, 2014 - 10:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What's that? you're not envious - noooo and we believe you
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Aug 11th, 2014 - 11:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0EU has just declared a British run territory a lawless gang ridden smuggling center and that's all you two have to say?
Aug 12th, 2014 - 12:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0You act almost... argentinianly.
No, Titi Boy Envious of Argentina.com, just declared it that.
Aug 12th, 2014 - 03:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0Which only just makes the news all that more satisfying.
Rant on dear boy, Rant on!
Organised crime gangs may be smuggling ....
Aug 12th, 2014 - 05:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0May be!
.... found potential links...
Potential!
... include indications of the involvement of organised crime...
Indications!
For some
Yes - the organised crime gangs are SPANISH. Recently, in La Linea, a Spanish policeman was arrested under suspicion of being a cigarette smuggler.
Aug 12th, 2014 - 05:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0Alistair Nigel (EUian) should learn not to jump to conclusions!
I think its worth focusing on what the article is saying and avoid responding to the noise.
Aug 12th, 2014 - 07:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0'This was also the case for Britain, a member of the European Union but not of the Euro zone, “where growth momentum remains above-trend rates'
Great job Britain a growing economy at rates above most other western countries.
And I am sure that the other day someone here was telling us that the Recovery in the UK was a big lie LOL
Aug 12th, 2014 - 10:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0The envy and insecurity @1 is palpable.
Aug 12th, 2014 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0...
Good news for the UK. You're past your pre-crisis peak, but beware the errors of the past.
@ 1 & 4. 'Although Britain is doing particularly well'. Lol
Aug 12th, 2014 - 02:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Comment removed by the editor.
Aug 12th, 2014 - 03:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ooh! I got censored @4 !!!
Aug 12th, 2014 - 08:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Scandal!
Thing is, I can't even remember what I posted!
Was it so bad?
:)
anyone remember?
Conqs been drinking again.
Aug 13th, 2014 - 12:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0@9
Aug 13th, 2014 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It is a half-lie at least. A lot of those numbers are fabricated. That's not me saying it, that's tons of British citizens in YOUR newspaper comment sections, in UK Yahoo answers, and other Fora.
Yet you lie about who you are.
Aug 13th, 2014 - 10:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Trolley-boy: Living the Lie not the Dream.
A sad epitaph indeed.
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