The sales started yesterday. That statement gives away that this is not 'somewhere in England'. Nevertheless, in the interests of the globalised economy Angels went forth to consume. And did consume.
Consumed a cashmere (80% ,the rest is magic ingredient to make the cloth hang right, not attract dirt, keep its shape when wet etc, that the textile industry can do so well now with all the investment in manufacturing industry and research) winter coat. It is cut precisely as is a man's coat for wearing in town. Not fitted exactly but skimming the shape of the ideal human form. The sleeves flare imperceptibly to reach past the wrists but stop before the knuckles. It reaches just below the knee. The androgenous overcoat to die for. Yet it buttons the right way.
"We have only this one, " the assistant warned a hopeful Angel, "This was the model". Now, having saved all that money, there is lots over for gloves and a suitably severe scarf.
See, a a helpful attitude, onside, one of us. All that's needed to save England is fill the shops with things any sane person will want to buy. Which is only a decade or so of investment in research, manufacturing, design, and supporting systems, away.
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It is so depressing how the mismanagement of the British economy resulted in so many of our formerly-successful industries dying or moving abroad. The textile industry is particularly upsetting considering how that is where it all started. We - as a nation - used to be at the forefront of textile development and now we are left with importing the latest Nike and Adidas stuff at ever-increasing prices.
Allowing the textile industry to collapse was the last word in defeatism. First they tried to drive down labour costs to unbearable living standards; then to import cheap labour (that did damage enough all on its own, and not just to the working and wage conditions of textile workers); then, still failing to compete with starvation wages and 24/7 hours, they gave up. Elsewhere the resources from other parts of the society were being put into producing textiles that met modern life styles. We could have done that. It would have been a proper use of governmental powers to favour a research and technological change environment. But Labour was ideologically committed to nationalisation of everything and the planned economy model, and the Conservatives to defeating the working people's organisations promoting state control, and thus, the working people.
It's a tragedy in the true meaning of tragedy. The inevitable unrolling of confrontations that should never have developed. One side wanting to wrest powers of decision-taking from entrepreneurs and featherbed any and all of those without the means of production other than labour, the other determined to put labour in its proper relationship with other means of production. And the whole served up whipped with notions of class and bitter resentment from both sides.
Hegel is wrong. Or England would have resolved this opposition and moved on like the rest of the advanced capitalist countries by now.
Only a woman shopping in the sales would think they are saving money by spending it!
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We have the full support of the government of the United Kingdom AntiC. Oh.They're mad aren't they.
Mrs Quango too AntiCitizenOne.
She took the car in..
"They were doing four tires for the price of three!"
"But we only needed two.The front two like I said?"
She put hands on hips and gave me her best 'why are you so dense' look and said
"Four tires for the price of three!That's a saving."
I retreated.
HG where did you get the coat from?
It's here ...
I went to the music shop today to get my boy's books for his grade 1 exam. I asked the shopkeeper if he'd had a good Christmas. It had been slow for the time of year but he was worried about next month.
The next arrival of stock is going to cost him 20% more than the last. Over night people are going to see imported goods increasing in price by at least a fifth.
By February doubters (and there are still many of them) will stop their doubting.
Bill.
Double glazing has to have been the worst racket in that regard (like tyres)
"We got our [perfectly good] hardwood windows replaced with PVC at discount !"
BQ, the coat was at Prada but is campionario, designers offer models to Prada; it's not Prada. Much more severe.
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