In some other British cities like Coventry this istrue, others like Newcastle had their older parts devestated by planners.
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In some other British cities like Coventry this istrue, others like Newcastle had their older parts devestated by planners.
Cool. I am trying to work out what the tower by the camera is. If it is St. Mary's then All Souls College is sticking out into the High St.Never let it be said I never did anything for (nice architecture/posh) England. My current model creation features the Radcliffe Camera as well as a church in Corbyn's constituency ^_^
So the top image is of the famously domed Radcliffe Camera?It is St. Mary's, yes.
St. Mary of Islington, that is.
So you want to talk about politics? Ok then, if we must.
The chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak has just reported that the UK GDP will contract by "11.3%, the largest fall in output for more than 300 years". We do not know what he is talking about, but it is consistent with previous statements by the state media outlet:
So what they are saying is that the last comparable change was 1711, which:
The chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak has just reported that the UK GDP will contract by "11.3%, the largest fall in output for more than 300 years". We do not know what he is talking about, but it is consistent with previous statements by the state media outlet:
So what they are saying is that the last comparable change was 1711, which:
- From a quick google does not seem a particularly remarkable year
- Was 2 years after the highest rise in the time period, and 1709 was not that remarkable, and is about equal to the loses the 2 subsequent years.
By coincidence I was just reading this article on the Graun:
Deadly frost and war with the French: Britain's recession of the 1700s
Economic distress caused by pandemic is the first in a very long time to have been brought about by the natural world
The chancellor has said the government will borrow a peacetime record of almost £400bn this year in the face of the worst recession the UK has experienced in more than 300 years. But how many of us know what happened at the time of that distant milestone?
Three centuries ago, Britain looked very different. The country was still largely agricultural and as such was completely at the mercy of nature – though 2020 has shown that perhaps, in a way, it still is. Nonetheless, in the early 18th century it was the success or failure of the harvest, which depended on the weather, that had a profound impact on the rate of economic growth.
In the early 1700s, an expensive war with the French inflicted such a strain on the economy that in 1706 the national output plummeted by 15% – an even worse contraction than the 11% announced by the chancellor on Wednesday. Historians argue that as well as wars, political disarray contributed to the economic chaos of this period. Indeed there were several general elections between 1701 and 1706.
Three years later the deadly Great Frost of 1709 froze swathes of Europe and Russia and lasted for three months. Contemporary accounts describe the extraordinary cold of that winter as unlike anything in living memory, with fish freezing in water and birds dropping dead out of the sky. The consistently low temperatures saw food shortages as crops withered, livestock froze in barns and people froze to death. The economy was toppled once again, declining by 13% to 14%.
In the centuries that followed, economic downturns have largely been linked to the consequences of wars, inflationary booms or policy blunders. The economic distress caused by the coronavirus pandemic is the first in a very long time to have been brought about by the natural world. But the reach of its economic impact, compounded by factors that have been man-made, may yet prove exceptional.
Economic distress caused by pandemic is the first in a very long time to have been brought about by the natural world
The chancellor has said the government will borrow a peacetime record of almost £400bn this year in the face of the worst recession the UK has experienced in more than 300 years. But how many of us know what happened at the time of that distant milestone?
Three centuries ago, Britain looked very different. The country was still largely agricultural and as such was completely at the mercy of nature – though 2020 has shown that perhaps, in a way, it still is. Nonetheless, in the early 18th century it was the success or failure of the harvest, which depended on the weather, that had a profound impact on the rate of economic growth.
In the early 1700s, an expensive war with the French inflicted such a strain on the economy that in 1706 the national output plummeted by 15% – an even worse contraction than the 11% announced by the chancellor on Wednesday. Historians argue that as well as wars, political disarray contributed to the economic chaos of this period. Indeed there were several general elections between 1701 and 1706.
Three years later the deadly Great Frost of 1709 froze swathes of Europe and Russia and lasted for three months. Contemporary accounts describe the extraordinary cold of that winter as unlike anything in living memory, with fish freezing in water and birds dropping dead out of the sky. The consistently low temperatures saw food shortages as crops withered, livestock froze in barns and people froze to death. The economy was toppled once again, declining by 13% to 14%.
In the centuries that followed, economic downturns have largely been linked to the consequences of wars, inflationary booms or policy blunders. The economic distress caused by the coronavirus pandemic is the first in a very long time to have been brought about by the natural world. But the reach of its economic impact, compounded by factors that have been man-made, may yet prove exceptional.
So you want to talk about politics? Ok then, if we must.
The chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak has just reported that the UK GDP will contract by "11.3%, the largest fall in output for more than 300 years". We do not know what he is talking about, but it is consistent with previous statements by the state media outlet:
So what they are saying is that the last comparable change was 1711, which:
And this is without considering that in this time period you had 2 world wars, the year without a summer, multiple pandemics and the potato famine. Who is pulling which numbers from what arse.
- From a quick google does not seem a particularly remarkable year
- Was 2 years after the highest rise in the time period, and 1709 was not that remarkable, and is about equal to the loses the 2 subsequent years.
It is also near the end of the Spanish Succession war that broke the appetite for military power of the DutchRepublic because of the very high cost. But likewise the financial cost for France and the UK were really huge. So France is also a veggie for a while but comes back in 80 years with Napoleon.
The only real winner of the Spanish Succession war was the UK at high financial cost.
A bit like with the Napoleontic wars for the UK that caused a huge national debt, but not aGDP hit and in fact the start of the British global supremacy and therefore that high debt a good investment.
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From memory UK outspent Napoleon 2-1 with 1/5th the population.
UK economy doubled in size 5 times in 18th century. Wasn't just the IR.
Think that's something like sustained growth at 3.5% approx for 100 years. Someone better at math can probably work that out better than I can.
An example of the widespread institutional racism in the UK?
London, United Kingdom – Tesco, the UK’s biggest retailer, has drawn accusations of racial profiling and fuelling discrimination after displaying anti-shoplifting signs in Romanian.
The development came to light this week after a Romanian woman in the UK shared an image of the posters in a Tesco supermarket on social media. Her post was subsequently picked up by Romanian media.
The signs at Tesco’s Telford branch, in the English Midlands, warned would-be Romanian thieves of prosecution.
They were used in 2019 and produced by the local West Mercia police department.
Writer Vasile Ernu, in a column for the Romanian daily newspaper Libertatea, said: “The idea that ‘the Romanian is a thief’ is programmatically induced in the masses. That is, to be Romanian means to be a criminal.
“This phenomenon is a very serious matter. Terrible violence has taken place in history around these phenomena.”
The development came to light this week after a Romanian woman in the UK shared an image of the posters in a Tesco supermarket on social media. Her post was subsequently picked up by Romanian media.
The signs at Tesco’s Telford branch, in the English Midlands, warned would-be Romanian thieves of prosecution.
They were used in 2019 and produced by the local West Mercia police department.
Writer Vasile Ernu, in a column for the Romanian daily newspaper Libertatea, said: “The idea that ‘the Romanian is a thief’ is programmatically induced in the masses. That is, to be Romanian means to be a criminal.
“This phenomenon is a very serious matter. Terrible violence has taken place in history around these phenomena.”
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Seems effective, the romanians notice it 
Looking at the statistics, they should put up that poster in albanian too!
What, they're having public service provided in their language tongue and still complain?
Can't say that right? "racism" yada yada yada... (what "race" are the romanians?) Let's be honest, no one wants to spend money in precautions or warnings against theft unless they have to. The romanian woman might not have liked it but I doubt the locals would have printed that just to piss her off. People shouldn't play the offended virgin so much.
Looking at the statistics, they should put up that poster in albanian too!
What, they're having public service provided in their language tongue and still complain?
Can't say that right? "racism" yada yada yada... (what "race" are the romanians?) Let's be honest, no one wants to spend money in precautions or warnings against theft unless they have to. The romanian woman might not have liked it but I doubt the locals would have printed that just to piss her off. People shouldn't play the offended virgin so much.
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Agreed it's not a good idea. But let's not throw around the word "racism" over everything. I blame the media, they encourage and perhaps outright invent many storms in teacups.
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