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Lok

Depends how he is played...Not forget in 2023 Mr Donald Trump declared "it's great to be home" when he touched down in Aberdeen before visiting his golf course nearby... He also much admired the royals and is reported he will be putting Winston Churchill bust back in the Whitehouse..

So we watch and wait as Trump count down the time we he takes over office. Trump always had the soft spot for Uk lets see if Labour not totally destroy that.

The devastating floods in Spain should be a wake up call for weather security. Uk hardly invest anything in mitigating the effects of weather anomalies.

If predictions about the not to distant cyclical collapse of AMOC are to be believed, and it does look like it reaching a tipping point, they need to get their skates on...

Wind only producing 18% today. has been as low as 3% in the past week due to the current anticyclonic gloom.

Asimpleinvestor..

Respect.

Is important to look at these things as for sure international students will be. Not forget also private schools in the Uk fall into line with most of those in Scotland by losing their charity status (unless they were responsible for teaching children with additional support needs)...and will be required to pay full business rates liability.

Politics of the envy in full swing with this one... Make no sense to me...

Asimpleinvestor

Bros. respect but this whole can a worms a lot more complex than you realize..

"Diplomats, international schools and VAT on private education: a question of reciprocity?

"No other European country imposes VAT on private education. The EU VAT principle of fiscal neutrality prohibits treating similar services differently for VAT purposes. With the UK no longer bound by EU regulations post-Brexit, it has the freedom in English law to decide how and what to charge VAT on, leading to this contentious issue"...

contd...

https://www.farrer.co.uk/news-and-insights/diplomats-international-schools-and-vat-on-private-education-a-question-of-reciprocity/

Evening bros.

For sure we are not off to a good start with the new POTUS. Our elected leaders have disrespected him in a very public way.

The markets in the Uk at best marking time.

Europe is in turmoil . From the slow train crash German economy to the rain in the Spain not staying on the plain...

No doubt in my mind we have seen the first shots on the war on the "wealthy"... How this will play out only the time will tell.

Still two crypto tycoons Changpeng zhoa and Brian Armstrong very happy with the result.. and a lot richer.

Tzap

As they will in due course find out...

"“You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud.”

— Jodi Picoult

Not that I am suggesting Mr Trump he a vindictive man..

Lol.

For sure that is the case. be it individuals or corporate giants.. As with all American policies follow the money...

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Quick one this..

Trump is a protectionist politician. Expect tariffs galore.. Including the UK.

Like most things in life this may turn out as a curates egg political tenure.

STP

I hope this help....

https://awareness-days.co.uk/awareness-day/stress-awareness-day/2024-11-06/

Skier1

Trouble is with that one it was Blair that lowered the drawbridge and the Tories that kept it down...

STP

No doubt in my mind mass uncontrolled immigration play a big part in his "success"... Similar sentiment sweeping across Europe as the positive v negative impacts become apparent..

Morning Bros..

Well the US election it over as i say a while back the wheel fell off the Ms Kamal Harris wagon and Mr Trump he back. Plenty of scores to settle.

How it leave the Uk time will tell but he can be a loose cannon. No doubt UVL and Mr Zelensky will be having the sleepless nights.

Interesting yesterday that with the Dunkelflaute (dark wind lull ). Only 3-4% of Uk power in the morning and evening could be generated by wind... gas making up 60%....

Quick post this one Bros..

Any thoughts on Schroders and where Lloyds going with its tie up as Schroders Personal Wealth . Or as I sees it untie up with the Scottish widows as things they is shaping up?

Apart from the US election....😫😫

What we thinking BoE it do on the Thursday? reduce by the 25bps be my call on this

Bros.

is a week to go now till the US election and Ms Kamala Harris looking like a wheel fell off her election wagon. So what if Mr Trump he elected.

What his close ally Mr Elon Musk say ..

"Elon Musk predicts ‘hardship,’ economic turmoil and a stock-market crash if Trump wins"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/kaboom-elon-musk-predicts-hardship-economic-turmoil-and-a-stock-market-crash-if-trump-wins/ar-AA1tadV5?ocid=BingNewsSerp

The Tin hat time?

GateBoy

Respect. You says

"gilts tanking, pound sinking "..

Not really the case that one.

Bit of movement ok....

Key SONIA rate not moved... SONIA is referenced in over £90 trillion of new transactions each year by BoE.

https://ycharts.com/indicators/sterling_overnight_index_average_sonia

Lets see how this plays out.. If bond really had the hissy fit then markets would have reacted much more....

Media full of the clickbait....

Asimpleinvestor..

Respect but you says.

" those from war torn Ukraine are now classed as asylum seekers so can't work"...

I am led to be believe about 4 out of 10 have found work in the Uk and can do so legally.

"Offer work to people who have come to the UK from Ukraine"...

https://www.gov.uk/offer-work-ukraine

Stagecoach.

You are a wise man that is for sure..

Ukraine would be one example. After 1991 individual Ukrainian citizens could buy up to 100 hectares, and there are a lot that did. Of the 160,000 that have arrived here you would think a some of those would be happy to do that kind of work as we have given them refuge and are helping in their war..

UK 17 million Hectares agricultural land

Ukraine 42million Hectares agricultural land.

During our major wars I believe it was the women who worked the land.. (WLA)

asimple. My friend who has a farm 700 hectares grade 1 silt divided into 4 farms. he has European students ...

Saying that sophisticated machinery has massively reduced his need...

I has to say this. Budget was the curates egg for many but when you look around the globe at what going on we should be grateful we live on this blessed island.

Amen..

Sparhawk..

Where are we ...10-year gilt at around 4.21%?

Was up when Ms Reeve announced changes to fiscal rule a week or so back..

Something to keep a eye on..

In US they is circa 4.08%

Was a good budget that imo... Most important no change to Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), keeping the annual subscription limits fixed at the £20K British ISA put in the bin where it belong. Was a nonstarter that one...