Sir Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, has revealed that he has been asked to draw up plans in the increasingly likely scenario that Britain will have to leave the Pound.
Posted: Apr 6th, 2013
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David Cameron is said to be ‘fuming’ after the Bank of England admitted that it does have a magic money tree growing in its vaults after all.
Posted: Mar 8th, 2013
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The Bank of England has admitted that the decision to print £375 billion of new money was thwarted by the extortionate cost of the inkjet cartridges used by the Royal Mint to print the new banknotes.
Posted: Nov 10th, 2012
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‘We’ve tried to get him doing some positive stories about economic growth, but he thinks he’s the poster boy of economic Armageddon.’
Posted: Nov 2nd, 2011
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Several gifts have been rescheduled, to reflect changes in value since the list was first drafted. 50th Wedding anniversaries are now celebrated with a two-foot length of copper pipe, but the new 60th ‘Full Tank of Diesel’ anniversary has been criticised as ‘extravagant’ by some economists.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2011
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