[geeks] Socialized medicine [was Re: nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro]

[Mike Meredith]

On Mon, 26 May 2008 16:01:08 +0100, Mike Meredith wrote:
> > "Britain's economy will grow about 4 percent this year despite the 
> > recent stock market plunge, but growth may slow to 2.5 percent in
> > 1988, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, said today."
> 
> I'm mystified about what you're trying to say by dredging up ancient
> history. That's pretty nearly 20 years old!

I've just twigged. Sure there was growth in the economy in the late
1980s, but it was somewhat localised to the South-East (and in
particular the financial sector). This didn't have a big impact on the
old heavy industrial areas in Wales and the North.

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