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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
That's tinkering around the edges. Germany’s GDP fell by 10% in Q2, the UK’s by 20%. Shops and pubs can't explain most of that difference.
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It's simple fact, the UK economy is much more tied to the service industry than Germany's hence why we performed so poorly.
the figures are also skewed by the fact that a majority of European nations were exiting out of lockdown whilst we were still in lockdown
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Originally Posted by Carth
Fed up of seeing it reported as 'UK suffers biggest recession ever'
Why do news outlets insist on taking some news, and then dressing it up as the biggest disaster to occur, ever, in the history of the World 
Is it some modern thing that needs to be done to generate sales/viewing/discussion? Is it done as a means of getting one over on others due to having the best sensationalist headline . . that everyone then copies?
It's like bloody advertising, I don't know about you lot, but 99% of the adverts thrown at me - in whatever form - immediately make me vow to steer clear of their products  |
Sensationalism sells