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Why Brits Aren't Especially Bothered About Going Over the Fiscal Cliff

The World

December 27, 2012 · 1:50 PM CST

Host Lisa Mullins

Reporter Christopher Wirth

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Christmas shoppers walk along Oxford Street in central London December 20, 2012. British retail sales were flat in November, despite a boost from tablet computers, reflecting still weak consumer confidence and increasing the chance that the broader economy will contract in the final quarter of 2012. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)

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We get reaction from Brits hanging out on this holiday in an East End pub. They're not happy about the potential for a global economic fallout, but they also don't believe it will actually happen.

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