Tag Archives: economy

Swervin Mervyn

Posted on August 8, 2012 by twitmericks

I know an old fellow named Mervyn/ Whose forecast for growth keeps on swervin/ It got worse today/ & for the UK/ The outlook is rather unnervin. /// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19174649

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Chancer Osborne

Posted on July 26, 2012 by twitmericks

The Chancellor of the Exchequer/ Is trying to keep up his pecker/ And stick to plan A/ As friends melt away/ And newspapers brand him a wrecker. /// http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/vince-cable-denies-chancellor-ambitions-as-pressure-mounts-on-george-osborne-1-2434091

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Hague Attacking, But Just Who’s Slacking?

Posted on May 13, 2012 by twitmericks

Hague says UK lack of growth/ Is due to our businessmen’s sloth/ Labour hits back/ It’s the government’s slack/ So maybe it’s actually both. // http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18048963

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Well I’ll be Double Dipped in Recession

Posted on April 25, 2012 by twitmericks

  This government gave the impression/ Way back in the 2010 session/ That greater austerity/ Led to prosperity/ Instead we are back in recession.

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National Debt = How big can it Get?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a very big debt/A scary 1 trillion, & yet/If we keep to this track/& persist cutting back/A recession may be the real threat. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/24/uk-national-debt-borrowing-economists?newsfeed=true

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Autumn of Discontent

Posted on November 29, 2011 by twitmericks

The honourable MP for Tatton/Has let UK growth figures flatten/Osborne’s #autumnstatement/Reveals no abatement/Of this undesirable pattern.

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Double-dipped in the poo

Posted on November 28, 2011 by twitmericks

The wonks at the #OECD/In their latest predictions foresee/A Euro recession/And global depression/It’s difficult not to agree. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15915627

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Cannes They do it? No they Cannes’t

Posted on November 3, 2011 by twitmericks

The G20 summit in Cannes/Should have come up with a plan/In the afternoon session/To end the recession/But somehow I doubt that they can. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/11/03/pol-harper-obama-europe.html?cmp=rss

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Fiery Tyrie?

Posted on October 1, 2011 by twitmericks

The Chair of the Treasury Committee/Finds government policy bitty/MP Andrew Tyrie/Tho well short of fiery/Shows Osborne et al little pity. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8800825/Leading-Tory-Andrew-Tyrie-attacks-Coalition-economic-plans-for-growth.html

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Growing pains

Posted on August 17, 2011 by twitmericks

The French and the Germans are both/At zero-ish levels of growth/Sarkozy & Merkel/Are praying their work’ll/Pull Euroland out of this sloth. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/aug/17/angela-merkel-nicolas-sarkozy-summit

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