Err Uk is not is not in a recession unlike Spain (I think you were previously stating that the UK was going was going to end up in a triple dip recession which didn't happen, oh and the IMF forecasts that you love have progressively upgraded the UK growth forecasts)
Technically, you're correct that the UK is not in a recession ,since there has been (minimal) growth for the last two quarters.However I was principally rebutting the notion that Spain was bankrupt,which it is patently not.Spain and the UK's economies are broadly performing at the same level,with the significant differences that there is much higher unemployment in Spain (especially youth unemployment)and Spain is trapped in the Euro and cannot devalue its currency as the UK has effectively done, by over 20% since 2010.
It certainly seemed ,until recently,that there was a chance the UK might end up in a triple dip recession.Nothing more than a chance.That's all.
However, I don't think the last UK growth figures of 0.6% indicate anything other that a stuttering recovery
might be underway.As far as the IMF latest revised growth forecasts for the UK are concerned, I believe I'm correct in saying that they envisaged an annual growth forecast of 1.1% for 2013.In order to achieve pre-2010 levels of growth by 2015 the UK economy would have to grow by some 3.3 % a year,which in current circumstances, would indeed be an economic miracle.
Out of interest do you have any views of your own other than Keynes, Muslow or The Guardian? Oh and the fact apparently you teach Economics and business studies ( I could be wrong, so please correct me) Can i ask what business have you ever run?