Wids, we"Luckily we dodged that bullet on the 12th" and walked into the minefield. When people say it could have been worse it usually implies something bad has happened in the first place.Individually we do it all the time , when the establishment says, it's propaganda.
Wids, yet again you know the FTSE pays a high dividend in comparison to other markets which will support it. BTW I welcome the improvement in the current account to £-15.8bn in the third Q but in crude terms we need to flog a Cobham and a £1bn fin tech every month to cover the deficit. Any ideas apart from a recession to improve it?
Wids I know you're not that daft. Also the FTSE 100 has only recently surpassed the 1999 peak around 7000 while the Dow Jones has risen from 11,000 to 28,000
Livestock,the markets would react badly to any breakdown in a union.The EU will get their £33bn from the WA and whats not to stop them from spending a third of it on a good deal for Scotland. We need to make our union more attractive, offer them total devolution within it that would fix the issue for good.
livestock, "But Lloyds should benefit over the next year from Boris Johnson's commitment to 'get Brexit done'. Shares have been weighed down by uncertainty, but on the day of the Tories' victory last week Lloyds jumped 5 per cent." How is Boris Johnson going to turn around Lloyds SP?
Scotland wants to be in a union it understands the strength of a union but with less shackles. If the UK can offer them what the EU offered us then I think they'll want to stay in our union because of the additional family ties they have south of the border. It will mean all revenue raised will stay in Scotland and a similar payment as the UK paid to the EU, which would amount to around £1bn year as Scotland GDP is 1/10th of UK even though access is only to a market of 60m consumers.
Gate, it's going to take you a long time to heal. Try to hug 10 Guardian reading,Extreme Rebellion,Lefty,multi cultural people a day and by this time next year you'll be cured, that's an order from Boris!
Gateboy you did say on 11th Oct"I’m 2p short of my average still but am confident these will rise into the 80s and beyond once this Brexit fiasco is finally put to bed properly and we’ve left the EU." As you can see "we've left the EU", transition is only for trade talks. One thing I have discovered with you and others who think like you is you are far ruder than our side.Notice i'm following the peoples government advice and not mentioning the L & R words!
Had to double tap the economic barometer (Lloyds) and i just can't see Gateboy's prediction of beyond the 80's by the 1st February. What he doesn't understand I've wished like him for Lloyds to reach a £1 for 10yrs,i wonder where we would be if we'd made a different decision in 2016? Still things are getting better please remind me what the deficit and growth figures were.
LTI, I think you're far too sensitive if you think everything which is posted is for political reasons. What if I only thought you wrote this because it was a political dream of the Tories? "It's certainly premature to be cutting rates, without knowing what the effect of held back investments going into the economy will be." Why will this investment come to the UK ?
Taverham,"No wonder the pound has fallen today . You could not make it up!" I wouldn't think it fell today due to Mr.Bailey being appointed as the governor of the B of England, I would say the markets were disappointed with a rather flat Queens speech, all known and with very little if any growth.
LTI, I agree with you on business investment being held back, this is one of the reasons corporation tax taken has equalled that of Labour's as a % of GDP-higher profits. You need to explain why business's will invest,will the UK grow faster,become more competitive or will Boris spend/borrow more. Saying business will be just more optimistic is a bit airy fairy.
Wrong Gateboy, it takes two equally matched sides to paralyse the system, rewriting history again I see. " For 3 years Remoaners and democracy deniers paralysed our political system"
For all the parties but especially Labour as they are complaining about the doorstep response would be to get their local councillors to start knocking on doors, they are paid to represent us. Each ward is approx. 400-500 homes, go through a list of 10 issues (tick list) 5 mins a house average twice a year and report up the chain. Democratic and good data.