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NATO has failed to face down Russia. NATO without a strong and united EU would be a much weaker grouping.
Personally, I'd never underestimate an economic block with the Germans in the driving seat. They've been foolish with their energy policy but will learn.
I hope not Gateboy because in these uncertain times in a world full of bad actors, particularly China and Russia, it is one of the most important bastions of civilization. They held it together after 2008 with the Greeks and I think they'll do it again.
Some numpties over there, but also a lot of smart folk.
Gateboy- The UK will rejoin the EU whether any of us like it or not.
It is simple demography.
Look at the age-group breakdowns for Brexit/remain polls.
It's simply a matter of time. Nothing to do with politics. Demography and stats.
LTI. Think you have misunderstood.
It has been communicated to Johno that he shouldn't embarrass the Queen by calling a general election.
Because if he did, she would have no choice but to invoke the Lascelles principles which were designed to protect parliamentary democracy from unscrupulous meglomaniacs in instances just such as this where the ruling party has a large working majority.
Surely, you can understand that.
There will be no invoking the Lascelles priciples by the Queen because even Boris the thick-skinned oaf doesn't want his name to go down for generations as a complete and utter disgrace.
The signals have already been sent: Johnson won't call a General Election.
LTI
you cannot have a functioning parliament/government if no one is willing to take government posts and support the pm..
Indeed, that is why he has to go so a new leader can form a new government.
Do some reading LTI.
That is constitutional fact and the signals will already have been sent.
You can't have a general election when the government has a large working majority.
They just need a new leader. Johnson won in one constituency only.
'Most political commentators would say....deserved etc etc.
This is the kind of sloppy opinionated use of language that we were punished for as undergraduates back in the day.
What most (unquantified) political commentators( who exactly (would- not have actually said is pure speculation.
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That 'democratic vote' of the 1922 committee is a very limited and eccentric jurisdiction, and will be revised fairly soon if the thick-skinned charalatan isn't taken away by men in white suits fairly soon.
LTI 'He got voted in by the people of the UK with a landslide victory for his party.
er-no he didn't. He won in his constituency, other MPS won in theirs. Now-representing far more people than he does-they are removing him.
Pretty basic stuff for anybody who has any constitutional knowledge.
LTI.
What I'm talking about is this my learned and gracious friend.
You are saying there is something undemocratic about the removal of Johnson.
There is not. He has no personal mandate. He had a mandate in his constituency, irrelevant here.
He was chosen by a majority of his mps, who all have a mandate from their constituencies.They are now unchoosing him meaning that mandate has gone.
If you don't understand that, you shouldn't get involved in constitutional debates.
It doesn't get more democratic than that.
LTI- He doesn't have a personal mandate. He's not a president. You clearly don't understand our electoral system.
The conservatives and Brexit had a mandate. That is not embodied in one person: get a grip.
From the Guardian: maybe this is what we should be discussing. Doubling of the capital requirement for buffer against bad loans. This is going to hold us back.
BoE officials have ordered UK banks to set aside 2% of their capital – about £22bn – as part of the countercyclical capital buffer from this time next year.
The buffer – introduced in the wake of the financial crisis to ensure banks have a rainy day fund – was slashed to zero during the pandemic, releasing billions of pounds to help businesses and households. Officials stressed that they are ready to release the cash again, especially if the economy performs worse than currently expected.
Good post Nomlumgu. Fortunately, though, I see echoes of the later Major days( the comparison is with the era not the man whose boots BJ is not fit to wipe).
The number of crooks and perverts coming out of the woodwork seems to be increasing and soon, must irreparably damage the great clown.
Tricky-I'm sure I am correct-although I agree with all your comments about the UK and our dodgy government.
African currencies are correlated to the dollar not to the pound, as you are suggesting, and as I know to my cost as someone who regularly sends money to Africa. However, all our earnings are in local currency. When the dollar strengthens, while the pound depreciates against African currrencies, those currencies also depreciate against the dollar.
AAF has to make more Nairas, Kenyan Shillings, Tanzania shillings etc to keep up its dollar revenue and pay our div.
....is the problem here. The market thinks the dollar will stay strong and this effectively negates a large part of the revenue and profit growth. However, there is a strong argument that sooner or later the Fed will have to bring back QE and the dollar will slip back in our favour. Meanwhile growth of the customer base is relentless.
James....Vote brexit and I'll shift my factory to Malaysia..Dyson.
Sir Jim..Vote Brexit and I'll give your jobs to French people..Ratcliffe.
Tim....I'm so mypoic and stupid I think that because my business depends on poor brits buying cheap beer and badly made steak and kidney pies that brexit won't effect the general business climate...Martin.
Probably just the tip of the iceberg.