[trendia]

A careful reading of this article will show that the authore made absolutely zero objective, measurable predictions. e.g. the author doesn't say that the banking system will fail, or the stock market will crash, or that average incomes will fall relative to their continental counterparts.

[barrkel]

However, the mood of the piece accurately captured my ambivalence about continuing to live in London.

I bought a house just before the election, but I'm finding it extremely hard to justify investing much in it because I can't really see a future for me in this country, if it continues to trend.

It's not about plummeting stock markets or failing banking systems. It's about living with the uncertainty as to whether I'll still be welcome as a non-citizen. The moment the UK state starts to vary treatment on important things like entitlements or tax rates, I'm out of here - I'm not like some cow to be milked for the benefit of the natives.

I reckon I'm 6 to 18 months away from leaving for someplace else.

[filoleg]

Oh yeah, definitely agreed, which is why I added "surely" at the end. It wasn't anything objective that the author claimed that he expects to fail, like banking, or stock market, or anything else, just his vague abstract notion of failure.