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Chancer Osborne

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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Well I’ll be Double Dipped in Recession

  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?

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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Double-dipped in the poo

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

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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Foresight Saga

The #Nobel economy prize/Was awarded to 2 US guys/They may be quite smart/But when things fall apart/Seems economists share our surprise. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/10/bloomberg_articlesLSUS3D0UQVI9.DTL

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