Life in the slow Lane-(Mark 2)?

[Tangled up in Blue]

http://gu.com/p/2m8e8

This seems to me to be an interesting article.It encapsulates some of the comments made to me by Spanish and French businessmen and women recently, with regard to the future of business in Europe.
I'd be interested to know what other zoners think.

 

[Rob Noxious]

"Beware the eye of the tiger" - ancient Shrimperian proverb. :Naps:

 

[blues_r_best]

I'd be interested to know what other zoners think.

Please post fewer links to the Guardian.

Many thanks.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Please post fewer links to the Guardian.

Many thanks.

Once a day too much for you?:unsure:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

"Beware the eye of the tiger" - ancient Shrimperian proverb. :Naps:

Suitably gnomic.:winking:

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

http://gu.com/p/2m8e8

This seems to me to be an interesting article.It encapsulates some of the comments made to me by Spanish and French businessmen and women recently, with regard to the future of business in Europe.
I'd be interested to know what other zoners think.

I did read it, but I seemed to miss both the interesting bits and the bits regarding the future of Spanish and French business in Europe. I was going to re-read it, but the Grauniad site caused my internet browser to crash.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I did read it, but I seemed to miss both the interesting bits and the bits regarding the future of Spanish and French business in Europe. I was going to re-read it, but the Grauniad site caused my internet browser to crash.

You'd be one of those people perhaps who thinks the UK is not really a part of Europe? "Ask not for whom the bell tolls" and all that. :unsure:

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

You'd be one of those people perhaps who thinks the UK is not really a part of Europe? "Ask not for whom the bell tolls" and all that. :unsure:

How on earth do you get to that (wrong) conclusion?

 

[Napster]

Uk isn't a part of Europe. It's a part of the global economy. Certainly my old company made more money from BRIC and US companies than it did European. When we led the Commonwealth we didn't have to worry about propping up failing countries. Why should we bother now?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Uk isn't a part of Europe. It's a part of the global economy. Certainly my old company made more money from BRIC and US companies than it did European. When we led the Commonwealth we didn't have to worry about propping up failing countries. Why should we bother now?[/QUOTE]

Um....we're not.
I think you'll find that the major part of our exports go to the EU,regardless of where your old company made its dosh from.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

How on earth do you get to that (wrong) conclusion?

Extrapolation? I did say "perhaps " remember.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Extrapolation? I did say "perhaps " remember.

I still don't see how it's possible to extrapolate that conclusion from it. Unless you think the likes of Indonesia, Mexico, India and China are part of Europe?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I still don't see how it's possible to extrapolate that conclusion from it. Unless you think the likes of Indonesia, Mexico, India and China are part of Europe?

Actually,I know(for a fact)they're not.:smiles: