Thought I'd start a new thread as this is going to be a major talking point this year...have not made up my mind yet...(unlike bucksfizz)....but thinking of voting for an exit as Europe is not doing Britain any good at all it seems....

Oh dear , playing out your fantasies again i see .

Eat your heart out Fred :-)



Dec 19, 2017 @ 09:57 AM  

The U.K. Tops Forbes' Best Countries For Business 2018



https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2017/12/19/the-u-k-tops-forbes-best-countries-for-business-2018/#7542595026de

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but won't the UK will still be within the EU throughout 2018? The Forbes article clearly states...

Britain's reign as the top country could be brief as companies' plans for Brexit unfold. London might lose 10,000 banking jobs as a result of Brexit, according to think tank Bruegel.

Max.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-economy-autos/uk-car-output-falls-in-november-as-domestic-demand-slumps-idUKKBN1EF008?feedType=nl&feedName=ukmorningdigest&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UK%20Morning%20Digest%202017-12-21&utm_term=UK%20Morning%20Digest

Max.

Read the first article:

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-imf-britain-eu/imfs-lagarde-says-pre-brexit-warnings-vindicated-by-slower-uk-growth-idUKKBN1EE1FC

Wow Fred , is this the first time ever domestic car sales have fallen ?

Lagarde Ha! Ha!

Lol , she said we would be a basket case by June 24th if we voted Brexit on June 23rd. More chance of her getting the lottery numbers right this Saturday.

I might as well claim that Cardiff City's best start to a season in my life time is due to us triggering Article 50 this year.

T May is trying to find a large enough basket!

George.

Don't worry we will be able to take back the colonies and the rest of the world in a few years time.

Only about 15% of UK car production is sold domestically. Only 2 days ago, the DT was reporting UK manufacturing growth at a 30 year high based on exports. That can't be bad, can it?
With regards to the Forbes piece, I assume that companies planning to invest in the UK in 2018 have already heard about Brexit and are planning on staying in business more than a couple of years. Some 10K banking jobs may be transferred to Europe but I wonder how many nationals from mainland Europe work in London banking firms? A lot more than 10k, I would guess. Returning some of them home may ease housing a tad and have nil affect on the economy. The concern fades into significance compared to the hundreds of thousands of Brits that lost their jobs in the mining and steel industries, most from villages and towns that had no alternative employment. Now that was a human disaster.

Earlier this year figures showed that London was the 7th biggest French city, whether that has changed I don't know.

One reason for the prices on some houses in London are dropping.

Management of "Maggie's" destruction of heavy industry was a disaster which many are paying the bill for.

T M is leading a country down a similar pathway.

London house prices dropping , that would be a good thing ,i wish house prices would fall by 50% all over ,so that average young folk could buy one and stop these ridiculous rent prices .

Fred really is a champagne socialist .

If house prices fell by that much the speculators would buy them up for rent and push prices back up. It's the market.

I thought they would buy them up and export them.

Cap rents (as they should be) that would put an end to speculators .

Three cheers !!!!

UK to get traditional navy blue passports back after Brexit in bid to 'restore our national identity'

Navy blue passports will be issued once more after Britain leaves the EU in 2019, the Home Office has confirmed.

Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis described the return to the traditional blue passport as a “unique opportunity to restore our national identity”.

The burgundy shade, which was introduced in 1988 under EU requirements, will be gradually phased out from October 2019 onwards.

Demands for a return to the blue passport were a major part of the Leave campaign ahead of the EU referendum in June 2016.

Mr Lewis said: "One of the most iconic things about being British is having a British passport.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/22/british-passports-will-return-iconic-blue-cover-brexit-confirmed/