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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The UK lost our AAA credit rating and we’re not spiralling into decline and irrelevance at all!

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Yes but the GBP is not the reserve currency of the world (any more).