Economic News In Brief

Oh dear, what a shame, lackaday!
They've taken our nice Triple-A;
But on we will forge,
For it turns out that George
Didn't care for it much anyway.

He's dug us a nice little pit,
And of course we're the better for it.
This little downgrade
Just means that his spade
Needs biggering up by a bit.

There's nothing so terribly wrong:
The economy's really quite strong.
It is surely the case
That it has a firm base
On this bottom we're bumping along.

If Moody's, or Standard and Fitch
Proclaim there's a bit of a hitch,
The opprobrium falls
On Brown and his Balls,
And the fact that the poor are too rich.

So why are we not celebrating?
Whence comes all this Gideon-baiting?
Just look what he did!
We're finally rid
Of that beastly old Triple-A rating!

Gideon Fatwick