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minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoThe UK lost our AAA credit rating and we’re not spiralling into decline and irrelevance at all!
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoYes but the GBP is not the reserve currency of the world (any more).
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-219 days agoI think that train (i.e., “Decline-of-the-UK-Express”) started after WW1, if I’m recalling the statistics portion of my contemporary history class in university.
The UK lost our AAA credit rating and we’re not spiralling into decline and irrelevance at all!
Yes but the GBP is not the reserve currency of the world (any more).
I think that train (i.e., “Decline-of-the-UK-Express”) started after WW1, if I’m recalling the statistics portion of my contemporary history class in university.