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Off course people will pay more tax on the affected imported goods from China if they "choose" to buy those imported goods. They don't have to buy Chinese goods. Admittedly and without looking into it in fine detail it would probably prove difficult to avoid imported Chinese produced goods. But certainly not impossible.

Obviously buying only US goods, or Imported goods from countries that have not yet been hit with Trumps tariffs could mean paying more as those goods are not produced in Chinese sweat shops where "Poor Chinese People" have been exploited for their cheap Labour... many of which opting to chuck themselves off the factories roof, where the factory hasn't already installed suicide nets to stop them.

But anyway, I digress... If there is going to be a global shift away from the Globalisation that ultimately only the very rich benefit from. The exploitation of open borders and outsourced production for the exploitation of cheap Labour... if there's going to be a major shift away from this via protectionism measures... it's not going to be quick, it's not going to be clean and there is going to be some economic pain.

I think most people against rampant globalisation and the aforementioned negative aspects of it recognise this. I do, and I think it's a necessary evil to reach a better place for Western civilisation, because at the moment the way our respective Western countries are going we will all be economic basket cases drowning under a mountain of debt, with half the 3rd world moved in and changing our values, culture and way of life beyond all recognition.

Any vehicle uses oil to produce the plastics and tyres used in it's manufacture I mean*

The fact is there is no single or combined raw material capable of replacing Oil. Oil isn't just used to make the fuel for Vehicles, Aircrafts and boats... it's used to make almost everything essential for supporting the 7.3+ Billion people on the planet.

Oil based Fertilisers, Herbicides & Pesticides to grow the crops needed to produce the food needed to feed the global population. Vehicle tyres to go on the vehicles required for transportation of said foods. In fact any vehicle tyre regardless of whether it's powered by Petrol, Diesel, Hydrogen or Electricity is manufactured using Oil based plastics and tyres.

And that's just for starters, there's tonnes of things made using Oil. We might be able to use alternative energy sources, but we haven't yet discovered an alternative raw material capable of replacing oil.

At best the alternative energy sources take some pressure of oil demand, to allow the oil in the planet to last a bit longer. But that's as far as it goes. The increased in the global human population over the last 100+ years is directly correlated to the increase in fossil fuel production. Remove that and bye bye most (not all) of the global human population.

I haven't been gone, just had no time to post here. I posted last night on the Glen board breifly.

If you don't like how I express my opinions, why not challenge them with some logic instead of looking pathetic.

respective countries*

Treason May is creating uncertainty for Business in the UK by trying to Bully Parliament into accepting her Remain dressed as Brexit plan, by giving them an ultimatum. Either accept and vote for her plan, or it's a no deal. She's completely ignoring the far better Canada Style agreement that the EU has already proposed instead of her pathetic plan!
A Canada style agreement would keep the majority of Remainers and Leavers happy simultaneously. It could actually re-unite the country, as both sides would feel like they are getting a good deal. It protects trade, but ends the 4 freedoms including the freedom of movement. On rich Ex-Pats would moan about it until their was a reciprocal agreement between the EU and the UK on "Citizens already living in their respect countries". After that how could anyone be unhappy about it? It delivers on what both sides want.

What sort of signal do you think this "publicised ultimatum" is sending to international businesses operating in the UK? An example of which is Honda who today warned that a No Deal Brexit would cost them tens of £Millions.

She does not have to do this. She cares more about saving her own face after surprising her Brexiteer MP's with her underhand plan that she had been concocting behind their back in secrecy. She cares more about this pathetic plan than the Democratic Will of the British people. Anyone who can't see this is blind. These are facts, not opinion.

Also on HL's platform for example you can setup a regular investment amount each month for only £1.50 per trade in investment trusts. So that cuts out the bigger trading fee of buying individual stocks too.

Anyway, just a suggestion. Do your own research. There are other funds such as Biotech that sometimes out perform UK smaller companies over the long term, but they tend to have very random growth spurts, rather than more regular so I prefer UK Smaller Companies.

You pay a capped fee on the platform, not a percentage of the overall value like Unit Trusts. So that doesn't eat into the returns the same way. At least that's the way it works with Hargreaves Lansdown.

If you look at this link, change it to UK smaller companies, then click on the (Performance price) tab, then click on 10 year annualised return... you will get an idea of how the funds normally perform over the long term. Some have hit 19% per year, compounded that's a bigger return than most people will ever manager doing it on their own. And that's not including re-invested dividends. http://tools.morningstar.co.uk/uk/cefquickrank/default.aspx?Site=UK&Universe=FCGBR%24%24ALL&LanguageId=en-GB

Just a thought... if they don't need access to the money until they are 18. If they're quite young... why not look at UK Smaller companies investment trusts. (Not Unit trusts)... investment trusts trade on the stock exchange just like stocks. There's no percentage based platform fees destroying returns, only an inbuilt fee into the share price of the investment trusts.

They tend to perform at 12 to 19% compounded + dividends... In my opinion over the years they will beat the returns you make buying individual stocks, unless you take a big risk and are lucky on a small cap, which is obviously very silly.

That's not advice, just a suggestion.

Personally I could not care less if he had sex with prostitutes. Or any of the other things the sore loser Liberals (Aka Fascists) try to label him as.

He is standing up for his country, which is a damn site more than our pathetic PM is, who's submissive to the EU, but bully's the MP's of lower hierarchical standing than her into accepting her weak subservient Remain dressed as Brexit plan.

I agree completely with both of you. Mainstream Media does not represent the views of the majority. In fact it gives preferential treatment to minorities who often abuse their special status in society to gain power over others.

✅ Ends free movement of people
❌ Lies.. Freedom of Movement is not ending. No Visa's required, preferential treatment of EU citizens.

✅ Ends the role of the European Court of Justice in UK affairs
❌ Lies.. The European Court of Justice will have final say over the Chequers Common Rule Book.

✅ Enables the UK to reach separate non-EU trade deals
❌ Lies.. The UK is NOT able to make separate non-EU trade deals if this infringes on Common Rule Book.

✅ UK can choose to "maintain a common rulebook for goods"
❌ Lies... The UK cannot "choose" to maintain the EU's rules over goods with the Chequers plan. It keeps the UK subservient to the EU, with no say over the common rule book of EU rules.

Conclusion = Treason May is ignoring the fact that the EU has already said they do not like The Chequers plan. The EU has already proposed a Canada Style agreement. That means Free trade without accepting the 4 Freedoms including the Freedom of Movement (AKA uncontrolled immigration)

Do you honestly think people are stupid enough to fall for what you type?

It's not a prediction Billy. I have no idea what's going to happen... if I knew with 100% certainty I'd put the house on Short the FTSE haha

All I know is, since Trump started the trade war... nothing has changed. I don't know of any tariffs being removed, do you?

Tariffs make producing in China unviable for a lot of companies.

Any repatriation of manufacturing from China to the USA, means jobs lost in China.

Jobs lost in China means debt defaults on Unsecured lending (loans, credit cards etc) and Secured Lending (Houses).

If that snowball starts rolling down the hill, it'll get bigger and bigger... then bang market crash. (Assuming neither side backs down for a while)

Agreed, there's nothing Conservative about them. They are Conserving nothing. 282,000 Net Migrants despite promising immigration in the tens of thousands since 2010.

Labour are even worse, ruled by looney tune Marxists/Communists who will let in even more migrants than the Conservatives already do.

Both Parties are not fit for purpose, they do not represent the majority.

So here's Treason May trying to bully MP's again, this time into accepting her Remain dressed as Brexit Chequers plan by giving them a Rock or Hard place to chose from. Either voter for her plan, or it's a no deal. She cares more about her plan than the fecking country.

She's too weak and feeble to actually attempt to negotiate herself, despite stating she is taking over negotiations... she's been accepting almost everything the EU has put forward. With next to nothing gained for the UK.

Despite both Leave voters "AND" the EU stating they are not happy with her Remain dressed as Brexit Chequers plan, she is still pushing ahead with it. Barnier has already rejected her plan and proposed a Canada style agreement for the UK instead... why she's blatantly ignoring this I do not know.

A Canada Style agreement would keep BOTH Leavers and Remainers happy. Leavers want to take back control, particularly over our borders. And Remainers go on about the economy and trade suffering. A Canada Style agreement would kill both birds with one stone... it would take back control, and it would protect the economy... yet she ignores it, and wants to push ahead with her hated Chequers plan.

David Davis and the rest of the Brexiteers that she had hired for the Cabinet and to plan Brexit.... they had been making a full Brexit plan, completely unaware that she simultaneously making her own plan behind their backs... she then springs it on them at Chequers after taking their mobiles off them and telling them that if they wanted to resign they'd need to phone a taxi as they would be denied use of the ministerial cars. Now she's trying to force our entire parliament into accepting her Rubbish plan. You could not make it up.

How anyone can admire this absolute incompetent bully I have no idea.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45543609

Clicking on Freya(Aka BobChampion's) username seems to yield page not found. It seems the resident troll has gone?

At least until it's dynamic IP address renews

A simple observation...

Remain voters think Money is more important than Freedom.

Leave voters think Freedom is more important than Money.

Leave voters also know that the Remain voters can't win the argument on Freedom, so they resort to scaremongering.

Could it be that people on Holiday tend not to make PPI claims? It seems logical that there would be a massive rush towards the deadline as people have FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)