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....

UK manufacturing output pushes GDP up 0.6%, says thinktank


Manufacturers benefit from weaker pound and stronger global economy, according to analysis from the National Institute for Economic and Social Research



Richard Partington and Larry Elliott

Wed 10 Jan ‘18 11.03 GMT


The longest spell of rising output from Britain’s factories in 23 years has left the economy on course to record its fastest rate of growth since late 2016, one of the country’s leading thinktanks has forecast.

The National Institute for Economic and Social Research said it was pencilling in expansion in gross domestic product of 0.6% in the final quarter of 2017 – up from 0.4% in the previous three months and above the latest City estimates.

Amit Kara, the institute’s head of UK macroeconomic forecasting, said activity had picked up in the second half of 2017 following a weak start to the year in which GDP increased by just 0.3% in both of the first two quarters.

“The recovery has been driven by both the manufacturing and the service sectors, supported by the weaker pound and a buoyant global economy, while construction output continues to lag,” Kara said.


He added: “In November we had forecast final quarter GDP growth at 0.5% and as such today’s revised estimate suggests that activity has strengthened by more than we had previously anticipated.”




More: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/10/uk-manufacturing-output-rises-eighth-month-in-row

I blame Brexit and for recent record levels on the FTSE100.

Three cheers for the happy leavers , remoaners numbers dwindling by the day along with their credibility.

Cue Fred just to prove my point :-)

Dil,

Dream on!

There we go , happy as bloody Larry ... as always :-)

Another awe-inspiring speech of platitudes by Theresa Speech to-day, while petulant David Davis is scolded by Brussels and "hoisted with his own and Brexiters' petard".

What a party.

Dil, you should become a paid-up member of it.

I was once. There was only one club on Barry Island and it was a Conservative Club. You had to swear your allegiance to the party when you became a member. Overwhelming majority of the club were Labour voters including me.

I won the Christmas crib tournament in 1987 and haven't been back to defend my title since.

Jesus wouldn't let you in!

Nah he wasn't a member , I would have remembered him if he was.

8-)

Wow is that a smile from Freda or a belch? Wonders will never cease!

Jesus is injured but when fit he is nailed on, has a decent cross.

For the Neo-cons and Kippers.

KING NIGEL !!!!!!

By God! Isn't he extremely good looking?

It's a little bit like looking in the mirror, IMHO.

He is seriously creepy looking, Doc! He dresses like a spiv, and I'd even go so far as to say he looks like a paedophile - maybe he should get a job in panto as the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

I doubt he would like you either hilary !

Now now hilly, if theres one thing Farage is not, it's a paedo...indeed there cant be much on him at all.

Those fearless newshounds, not to mention The €U, would have dug up anything they could use by now.

What utter rubbish, hilary!

Here's my opinion of the man pictured in the photograph.

1. Very kissable cheeks (wifey's comment, not mine)
2. Holds a cigar well.
3. Excellent choice of a shirt collar.
4. Hand stitched suit.
4. Knots his tie perfectly.
5. Well manicured fingers.
6. Neatly groomed, perfect length hair.
7. Humorous and thoughtful type of smile.
8. Overall, a very likeable and very classy guy.

Can looks be deceptive? Well, yes, of course they can. But I'm not particularly interested in any of them, really.

I've also heard this man speak and I do like what he has to say and how he says it. Particularly so, when he is rabbiting on about the negatives of the EU.