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Oxo you are spot on. We pretend to negotiate but use the time to prepare. Rather like Napoleon politely talking to Austrian and Russian army and feigning weakness before beating them at the battle of Austerlitz in 1805. Napoleon was a certainly tyrant but he got this one right.

Nokesa Mrs Thatcher governed in the national interest and not in miners etc. Only time we have had a competent pm since Churchill. May, Blair, Brown, Cameron all spineless idiots who jump to the civil services whistle.

Nokesa I would just say political uncertainty doesn't always manifest itself in economic downturns. Some experts on here were predicting the end of the world on trump being elected. The ERM debacle shares many similarities with brexit, ERM mrmbership was a back floor mechanism by the civil service to force us to join the single currency project. This is deal is another such mechanism to force us to remain in the Eu. At some point however we might have a politician that decided to govern in our own national interest rather than in the EUs.

Nokesa look at what happened when left the ERM. That's the nearest recent event. I think the impact of this will be near identical. Certainly its far less significant than the oil crisis of the 70s or the collapse of Bretton Woods. Imho. Carney begs to differ tho. But he's normally right?

Uphigher this is supported by tnav. The lowest this will go is 48p. 30p on a Marxist government perhaps.

Of course they are but the black economy is actually a vital stimulus to the over taxed and over regulated economy. Plumber etc doing cash in hand work means that ppl keep more of their own money which they can spend how they best see fit. This ability to avoid tax increase total wealth which has an accelerator effect on the rest of the economy. Government stealing half of ppls income through exorbitant rates clearly reduces the total wealth created. Personally I'd rather ppl kept their own money in their pockets. Well done the tax avoiders you are making UK richer overall!

Looking at the stress results Vs the base arrears position the Lloyd's portfolio seems to be getting too harsh stress results Vs its peers. Comparing to nationwide which has similar ltv and arrears as lloyds on mortgages the RWA at Lloyds seem more sensitive to the scenarios. This looks like a model forecasting issue here which Lloyd's need to resolve. Mortgages with with the same arrears and LTV should give the same result under stress not hugely different.

The brexit crystal ball would be great. This deal awful though it is may just win enough labour remainers to vote it through. If Labour MPs knew their history, which they certainly won't, they'd be aware Tory Robert Peel relied on Whig support to repeal corn laws. If they supported this they would split the Tory party asunder and win power for at least 10 years. Such a strategy would however require wit and half a brain, things most idiots in parliament do not have.

Paragon looks a very cheap share if you take the view we can avoid a Corbyn government. Sold out near 5 but it's back at 4 quid.

Stop projecting and get a life greyman, jealousy is a terrible thing.

And no I'm not saying their fans come away annoyed. I'm saying they'd have more appeal if they left the politics out of it. If these ppl are so passionate about politics they should enter that arena. I'm not out of touch, what do you do that makes you do in touch exactly?

I sell analytics in the city grayling want some? Watch this you might learn something. https://youtu.be/RWsx1X8PV_A

I don't think ppl want social/morality lectures when they go to be entertained personally. It's harming the entertainment business when they go on about politics as you are sure to annoy half your audience. Its not smart business on their part. I don't give my clients social lectures when I'm selling to them. Ppl don't watch Hollywood or care about it so much now because they are tired of being lectured at by ppl like George Clooney. If ppl want morality lectures they have the church for that already.

Whatever happens things will be clearer by March. Personally think a clean brexit where we leave with no transition would end the uncertainty and would be more a damp squib than anything else. Kicking cans down road doesn't work in any walk of life with any problems.

No silver spoons between us lol

Utt I'm Nottingham too Hyson Green. Luckily I climbed out if my bucket of milk by churning the milk to buttrr and ended up in the park just by listening to my teachers and working at school then uni. We need that social mobility and aspiration back in this country.

Tfe this is what in poker is known as the kicker. If we don't approve a deal with the EU we leave with a clean brexit by law. There is nothing parliament can unless another bill is passed.

Troajan here are the stats on part time working in the EU. It actually shows part time working to be highest in the member states with the highest rates of unemployment. So yr post is simply wrong. Part time working highest in Greece, Italy and Spain.

https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1196&newsId=2535&furtherNews=yes

Troajan, so the triumph of socialism is to create unemployment? What a fabulous achievement! Not really progress to pay ppl to sit on benefits, good for no one that is it. Would you pay yr own grown up child to sit in their backside? Anyway we have one of the highest minimum wages in EU so to suggest we are a bargain basement economy is actually arrant nonsense.

You are the high priest of EU, great for you but don't be so absurd to suggest views are poisonous if they don't agree with yrs. When I combat you with facts you start whataboutery. Ehy is high unemployment in EZ ok, please answer?? What Iies have I told? None, I don't lie. This isn't a moral argument and it's ridiculous to suggest it is it to believe yr views make you a better person.