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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (73921)	5/8/2010 1:40:47 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

nah, the govt will function right along while they sort out who gets the biggie power next. that's the boring part of govt that carries on regardless. and there is not quite like here, none the parties (cept maybe bnp) are that far apart on certain things.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (73921)	5/8/2010 2:14:11 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

The world markets are worried about the Greece mess spreading to the rest of the PIIGS...... Now we hear that Britain's hung parliament could cause the British situation to become one like Greece. Didn't think Britain was in such bad shape that they would be doing worse that the PIIGS. They're not........their debt as a percent of GDP is better than Germany's. Click on 2 on this interactive map: nytimes.com However, both Germany and the UK are above the 60% threshhold considered acceptable by the EU. What the big worry is with the UK is that a hung Parliament will take their attention away from their economic problems at a time when they should be focused 120% on those problems.