"Over the course of the next parliament, 2015-2020, wexpectct real government spending to decline by 2.1% as spending cuts kick in". It said the "parlous state of the UK's trade position" could also become a significant issue for the economy.
As robots and other automated technologies have become more mainstream, there has been a growing number of suggestions that robots are going to destroy our jobs and leave humanity in a parlous state.
In an area well served with professional clubs, Kidderminster struggle to get people through the turnstiles – this season's average gate is 2,003, the ninth-best in the league – and by the time Serrell became involved, 22 months ago, the club's financial position was parlous.
Even today a tax specialist told me he thought shipping tycoons would quit Britain if Mr Miliband becomes prime minister - although he did not think they would relocate back to Greece, in its current parlous condition.
But before Coventry finally moved in 2005, and because of the club's parlous financial state having failed to regain a Premier League spot, a deal was struck that meant they became tenants in a stadium jointly owned by a local charity and the city council.
Emma Sky, the civilian adviser during the occupation, saw Maliki's parlous situation as the result of the White House's own policies: Bush and Obama had invested so heavily in Maliki, and made him so powerful, that his authoritarian behavior became inevitable.
The FA Cup final can come and go without football's parlous finances noticeably worsening.
Subsequent events took an even bloodier turn, leaving Thailand in a parlous state.
Football administration is in a parlous state.
The country's finances are parlous.
