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Our so-called biggest trading partner is poorer already and our percentage of trade with them has been decreasing for years.
They've shown their true colours lately as if we didn't know already.

Equivalence is not a panacea for the city, desirable yes, but there's plenty of other opportunities to explore.
ATM, there is no financial hub in Europe capable of fully replacing the 'city's' dealings.

I don't begrudge Scottish rugby fans shouting from the rooftops this morning, It's such a rare event, after all they haven't got much to celebrate with wee burney in charge.

Yes Suzy, I guess that's the price Löfven must pay to remain in power for the next 20 months. It was probably a prerequisite when they were touting around for partners trying to set up a government, that took more than 6 months if I recall correctly.
I know you agree with it, but that's the price you pay for proportional representation. Compromise and more compromise in the end nothing gets decided/agreed........ sounds familiar.

The governor of the Bank of England has rejected claims that his institution is violating its independence and directly financing government spending.
Andrew Bailey told a virtual event on Friday there was no “merit” to claims the central bank was backstopping the Treasury.

“I sometimes hear it said that the Bank of England has flouted the rules and thereby damaged its independence by purchasing government debt and lowering the government’s cost of borrowing,” Bailey told the London School of Economics’ German Symposium on Friday.

“I’m very glad that central bank independence is being vigilantly scrutinised. But I’m also sorry to have to be blunt but I don’t think these arguments have any merit.”

What chance now? The greens are taking over.....

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has announced a cabinet reshuffle affecting four ministers and their portfolios.
Green Party co-leader Per Bolund, who is currently Financial Markets Minister and Deputy Finance Minister, will become Deputy Prime Minister and Environment Minister – replacing Isabella Lövin, who left the government when she stepped down as Green Party co-leader earlier this year.

"To me there is no more important task in government than Climate and Environment Minister," said Bolund.

I see the Jokkmokk market has gone online this year. That'll give em more opportunities to promote their wares, wonder if the online sales contain any Sami way of life, under threat nonsense.
Jokkmokk municipal revenues will be down as a result making a mine up the road even more sense.

https://www.thelocal.se/20210204/sami-market-gets-under-way-online-for-the-first-time-in-four-centuries

36.11 @ close.

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/LLOY/lloyds-banking-group-plc/company-page

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has secured £975,000 ($1.3m) in refunds for Lloyds’ (LLOY.L) payment protection insurance (PPI) customers in the last year.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/lloyds-commits-to-975000-in-refunds-for-ppi-customers-after-regulator-action-134647693.html

I read that 'Super Mario' may be coming your way Bruce , well he saved the Euro, saving the Italian economy should be a doddle.
I think it will take considerable more time and effort to get that house in order.

Been on the sidelines of late, sometimes it's better to just do nothing, however......
Rightly or wrongly I've added LLOY and GLEN this week so 38p won't go amiss here.
Just had around 32p as the bottom of this mini rout, certainly not a lth.
Just saying.

The Internal Market Bill would have broken international law, but it didn't did it, so I'll ask again. What international agreements?

The covid vaccine chaos is in Europe snige not the UK. "Get used to it" what planet are you on.

The EU have admitted their mistake, the EU is unraveling before your eyes and you can't even see it.

What international law have we threatened for the EU to invoke article 16 snige?
Enlighten us.

This EU commission really are a bunch of amateurs.
They publish a redacted agreement with AstraZencca but you could read right through it when viewed on Adobe. At least they managed to cover up the price paid, but some berk in Belgium posted it on Twitter last month.
I just love it. Lolololololololololol.

Ursula von der Leyen is out of her depth, she wasn't even elected, fourth choice I believe.
Read this you EU remoaners, this is how they operate.

https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-in-the-end-it-was-a-backroom-deal/a-49449976

Everyone's desperate to vaccinate snige that's why Brussels is desperate.

Experts believe that 70% of the population will need to be vaccinated to achieve some sort of immunity. So far Germany has vaccinated 2.1% and France 1.6%, at this rate they will not make the 70% mark until 2024, no wonder Brussels is panicking.
Now don't get me wrong vaccines are for all, but I'm loving it, what a bunch of losers.

Think you got the wrong end of the stick there winstanley, bit more research required lol.

Israel's Netanyahu explains to Brussels how to do it.
Essentially, pay up, move fast. Whereas the EU haggled about the price, moved slow and did not sign contracts. Political vanity which will cost European lives

Another almighty f***up by Brussels, they're now going to withdraw article 16 and reinstate the border. You couldn't make it up even Eire didn't know about it and were protesting about the border closure.
What started as a bust up between the EU and a public company has turned into an international ruckus.
They're just digging a bigger hole.