Member Info for BruceJamieson

Why did us companies go to Ireland? because the corporation tax is about 70% less than US and the lowest in Europe, Look how the French are fleeing to UK why not Ireland?

No stranger than when 8vwent to St Kitts. The EUROPEAN had paid for the main road tight round the Island. I do not know why! Unfortunately a hurricane had destroyed a lot of it before we got there. Nearly got stuck on a 1 in 3 hill as the 1.4 Jeep thing we had hired was not powerful enough. My favourite Tory PMs were Disraeli and Alec Douglas Home. Labour Atlee who took a nap in the afternoon and fired people with comment " not up to the job". Ideally leaders should not be too clever and do very little the opposite of Blair.

Torquay absolutely right. Deadcat I certainly do not want a return to some pseudo Golden age in UK! I am not a that dim. Italy is about to implode with 8 banks failing stress test Monte Paschi ( where I bank sadly) is about to go down the plug hole after 500 years. The referendum will not go Renzi's way which looks like another appointed PM.q100,000 MPs on £100 k per annum for life all have a car unless a minister when they have two, with driver. Renzi trying to shed this. there are 1000 of them. Still better living here. IIt has gone wrong since the euro adopted when prices doubled ina a year and the economy gone downhill ever since debt 135% of GDP. Now we face Northern League a sort of parochial BNP, 5 star movement which are anarchists BERLUSCONI a busted flush. I do not view May as a proper Conservative and she never answers. A question like most politicians. TThache was a sort of tyrant Major a minor politician Blair corrupt Brown inflexible idiot, Cameron arrogant Tory boy. but who is there. perhaps Mighty Dead Cat Bounce could point is in the right direction. please do not be too pompous over it!

3 banks failed bad news

Not half the panic Lanour are in 14% behind, UKIP sprinting up on the rails and they are praising the ghastly tyrant Castro. but when will these silly people buy themselves brief cases?

The only way to make money in mutual funds is to use non trackers and the very best fund managers such as Nick Train, Woodford, etc This means using a framework like Old Mutual who have numerous external fund links. More expensive but the difference is phenomenal. In over 40 years of giving advice the only complaint I ever received over investment was using an Icelandic bank on the advice of an insurance company. Even then my client got all her money back.,

Monte Pasch suspended this am. 8 banks could go down apparently if Renzi loses. Talk of an appointed do PM to replace him to struggle on to next election in 2018. They have tried this before! What a shambles. And yet more earth tremors this morning.

On insurance I was A Chartered Financial,Planner andd Fellow of FPS somI did know a little of real world. Certainly it was sad when GA went. but there are still real insurance companies. On the life side Standard Life and Old Mutual. Legal & General,still good on both sides. For instance. Huge gambling industry in Italy. They take some of our,on line so could Germany. You do not mention UCITS3 as such. The big day is 8 th with Italian referendum. I do not like predictions as they are always wrong but it does not look good for Renzi. They have 1000 MPs who are on £100K minimum ALL have a car ministers have 2 paid for life even when they leave huge expenses. We heard yesterday of a coach trip where they avoided motorway toll as MPs on board. Huge waste and corruption. Court cases take years . BUT when we had a car accident repairs were quick much cheaper than UKmestimates invariably less.However, car and house insurance expensive. Earthquakes are sadly common because of the fault,lines.Webhave special earthquake insurance with Axa another reputable company also in UKS - French these days I think!.

Our little town house cost €140k. What would you get in UK for that? Views of 6000 feet mountains. Local seasonal food far cheaper than UK no additives nor out of season. Tomatoes and chickens that taste. We always get indigestion in UK. Decent coffee, calm peaceful,life, hardly any traffic jams. BUT awful bureaucracy, bad roads, dsngerous driving. Health service sometimes very good but you may get brand new X-ray machine with paint coming off the wall. Over all tons nicer than living in UK? Very nice friendly people here. That, however, is by no means universal.

probably buy a visa as suggested by Italian gov't. But we are already here and as migrants to UK there will be reciprocal arrangements.

It is not a free gor all in the EU.,Germany will not have our gambling companies as Merkel has state owned ones in BAvaria - quite illegal to deny them! France will not take our unit trusts in spite of the UCITS3 agreement, quite illegal. Indeed only 20% of our service industries are taken in Europe. But they stop us tracing elsewhere. however, we trade with Brazil without a trade agreement. By the way you cannot buy an Indian Jaguar anywhere - I gather they are a bit thin on the ground in North Korea. The EU is a busted flush it will fail soon anyway. Living in Italy it is clear we shall be back with the Lire within a year after the December referendum. The Italias have been more or less in recession since the Duro currency. Currently borrowings are 135% of GDP - non sustainable. EU enthusiasts are completely bonkers IMHO. When you see it from inside..........

So Is BKIR good value for money. On balance I think it is.

And who is paying for the Kinnocks Euro pensions - between them these useless pair were on £250k each tax free. At least Nigel Farage had a proper job paying Tax at one time and has a German wife to boot! As for Blair do you seriously consider this war monger supporter of G W Bush a Good THing. That is completely bonkers. Even his own party do not like him. And look how much he is worth

Worth a reminder that other Brexiteers include labour stalwarts Denis Skinner, Kate Hoey, John Mann and former DNP leader Jim Sillars! ,

no vote in Italy. I was BREXIT my wife against. Thought police does not allow dissension. Who do you mean " at the tiller". I have not rated any PM for many years. would you prefer Corbyn? Accompanied by his cohorts. Or Tony Blair or John Minor? Or Trump? For heavens sake man!

Think you are witty? Not just Sky News known for its impartiality! Another source is forums.digital.do.uk taken 5 days ago and make the point no change from the previous poll in October.

But Sky News this week now has 68% of UK wanting Brexit. The sooner the better get it over with and start grabbing the rest of the world (ex Trump) for excellent trading. Let the excitement of a Brave New Eorld begin. GLA ftom Italy - now that really is a shambles.

When I was 20 visited Devon on my own. Met some locals. Had a half of scrumpy in a pub. Went to another where they did not sell it so had a beer. Then at third pub had another scrumpy. brain seriously addled. VERY ILL INDEED

Thanks for info. Radar I know Scrumpy Jack. I would NEVER pay €200 for a white wine howver good. When I go to a local trattoria I have a quarter litre of house red which costs €1.50!!! Exvellent it is. Today's Nazionale have a rather sympathetic attitude to UK. Reading about Trump if he sit he's free trade he will find his orders for Boeings cancelled and replaced with Airbus ( source New York Times). The dynamic duo Major .& Blair sounds like rather a dodgy firm of down market lawyers. So Thatcher ( concealed paedophiles in and out of her party), Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron, May. All arrogant except for Major and either ineffective, mad (Blair), or. Putting things off - all of them EG projects, House of Lords, runways etc. Seems a long time since Brunel changed the gauge of the GWR from London to Bristol over one weekend. French built Paris to Lyons in 18 months I think. Pity it is not of much use. When is HS2 ready? When does it start? When will Heathrow be ready? Why not use Manston has the longest runway anywhere just needs infra structure and a rail link to Adhford. Would only take. A year or. Two. Heathrow is jammed both by the M25 and air pollution. S plague on all their houses!

as I always say use a proper broker not on line who will negotiate with the jobber ( in the trade come closer) that is within the spread. By the way spread is now 19% still outrageous . Shows they do not know which way it will jump.