The Metropolis

We're all doomed/fine [delete depending how drunk you are]

Mike Pollitt | Monday 12 December, 2011 12:34

“Shoppers spent an estimated 10% less than last year on the first day of a traffic-free weekend in central London, figures have suggested.”

Oh good god no! We’re for it now, everyone knows our economy is overly-reliant on consumer spending. Oh look here’s another story about the same thing.

“Christmas shoppers hunting technology goods and winter clothes helped to give the West End a £280 million sales boost over its first traffic-free “VIP Weekend”…Total takings were £50 million up on last year’s one-day closure”

What? That doesn’t…but I though you said…oh well…Huzzah! Everything’s fine thanks to the plucky British consumer with his unquenchable thirst for electronic goods and his trusty credit card. Let’s all keep drinking and borrowing and stop trying to understand the news. I’m sure everything is absolutely fine and there’s no need to worry because everything is just fine.

BBC News – Christmas shopping: London West End retail takings fall
Evening Standard – Tills ring out on Oxford street for traffic-free weekend

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