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Old 11-03-2010, 08:55   #30
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Re: what a clever scam by the royal mint

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf View Post
I wouldn't worry too much about Mancie...his knowledge of simple economics is even less than his knowledge of recent British history. For instance, he seems to know nothing whatsoever of the Pound's devaluation under Attlee and Wilson's labour governments - both at the time, far more traumatic than Black Wednesday and he seems to ignore the simple fact that in 1979, Callaghan's socialist government was rejected because the UK economy was in such a mess that people could not even bury their dead. We really were the sick man of Europe.

Still, a website such as this does need people like Mancie. He gives good comic value and I like him for that.
Think in Mancie's case Tealeaf its called selective amnesia
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