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Europe. Is. Doomed. (x) - Poor UK | 25 comments (25 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

I think we had the "Europe.Is.Doomed" moniker in mind for stories about unreformed, illiberal "Europe" by UK and US commentators, as in "Britain and Europe" (two separate entities).

Can the UK population be included in that series? It's a fair question, and I'm tempted to say yes.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 07:52:12 AM EST

Re: Consistency alert! (4.00 / 2)

I.e., we talked about economies said to be spiralling downwards. I think In Wales's diary fits less into that line, but the connection with the last quoted line is perfect.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 08:06:50 AM EST
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Re: Consistency alert! (4.00 / 2)

Well I was going to call it 'Working lives intolerable' or something and then realised that Jerome's comment summed up what I was attempting to say and so I shamelessly jumped on the Europe Is Doomed bandwagon in an attempt to get more comments...

I don't mind if it goes in EID or Anglo-disease.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 10:50:06 AM EST
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Re: Consistency alert! (4.00 / 2)

While UK commenters continue the outpouring of drivel about the evident and inevitable Doom of Europe, the truth about the UK economy is less sparkling than they assume.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 08:15:05 AM EST
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Re: Consistency alert! (4.00 / 3)

I'd rather put it in the "Anglo Disease" series.

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 09:00:10 AM EST
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Britain&EuropeIsDoomed (4.00 / 4)

All of youse guys is doomed. Doomed, I say.

But, yeah, having worked as a temp in a warehouse in the US, this sure seems like an important face of the Anglo disease to me.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 09:24:52 AM EST
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