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    #41
    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Can I have some of what you're smoking?
    Plenty of financial/economic specialists have come out recently to say that they consider Brexit will be infinitely worse for the economy than a Labour government.
    Indeed - in fact lots of specialists have been saying the UK should have already disappeared up it's own arse and should have done that moment we voted for brexit

    and yet here we are..

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      #42
      Originally posted by original PM View Post
      Indeed - in fact lots of specialists have been saying the UK should have already disappeared up it's own arse and should have done that moment we voted for brexit

      and yet here we are..
      Brexit hasn't even happened and all I can see in the news is a raft of established big businesses going into administration and manufacturing plants closures. Not a single major investment.

      No, the record level of "employment" is not an indicator of booming economy, when the incomes are falling in real terms across the board. It's the same amount (or less) of work divided more ways.

      GDP is stagnating and even going down in the last Qs

      Every respected economist is saying that Brexit in any way or shape will be damaging for the economy in short-mid term with no real real prospects of outperforming even in the long run.

      The only people claiming otherwise are populist politicians gunning for votes - keep drinking the kool aid, just excuse us if we don't share your unfounded optimism about the post-Brexit future of the UK.

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        #43
        Originally posted by sal View Post
        Brexit hasn't even happened and all I can see in the news is a raft of established big businesses going into administration and manufacturing plants closures. Not a single major investment.

        No, the record level of "employment" is not an indicator of booming economy, when the incomes are falling in real terms across the board. It's the same amount (or less) of work divided more ways.

        GDP is stagnating and even going down in the last Qs

        Every respected economist is saying that Brexit in any way or shape will be damaging for the economy in short-mid term with no real real prospects of outperforming even in the long run.

        The only people claiming otherwise are populist politicians gunning for votes - keep drinking the kool aid, just excuse us if we don't share your unfounded optimism about the post-Brexit future of the UK.
        The issue since March has been uncertainty. A50 should never have been extended. Once the UK leaves, certainty will return.

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          #44
          Originally posted by sal View Post
          Not a single major investment
          5 minutes searching, and:

          JLR £1bn
          Jaguar Land Rover gives GBP1bn vote of confidence | Business | The Times

          Hitachi £400m
          Hitachi wins GBP400m contract to boost factory in County Durham - Chronicle Live

          According to UNCTAD figures, the UK is currently ranked 2nd in world for FDI, with $65.5 billion of FDI coming into the UK in the first half of 2018 alone, just behind China on $70.2 billion.

          EY
          UK found to be hottest investment destination despite Brexit

          Many more mentioned but link-searching is too time-consuming when I'm supposed to be working!

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            #45
            WHS. ANd I agree this is about uncertaintty more than anything else. Once a final decsision is made about Brexit and it is acted up on, then the money will start rolling again.

            As for the High Street, that is more about internet shopping and the total mess that is business rates than anything more international.
            Blog? What blog...?

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              #46
              Originally posted by malvolio View Post
              WHS. ANd I agree this is about uncertaintty more than anything else. Once a final decsision is made about Brexit and it is acted up on, then the money will start rolling again.

              As for the High Street, that is more about internet shopping and the total mess that is business rates than anything more international.
              Doubtless true, but other EU countries are also currently stagnating to some extent - Only last week I heard on the radio that Germany was practically in recession.
              Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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                #47
                Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                Only last week I heard on the radio that Germany was practically in recession.

                You are DimPrawn and I claim my €5

                …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                  #48
                  Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                  Doubtless true, but other EU countries are also currently stagnating to some extent - Only last week I heard on the radio that Germany was practically in recession.
                  Must be me putting my hourly rate up by another €10 per hour for the new contract causing that
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                    #49
                    Originally posted by Platypus View Post
                    5 minutes searching, and:

                    JLR £1bn
                    Jaguar Land Rover gives GBP1bn vote of confidence | Business | The Times

                    Hitachi £400m
                    Hitachi wins GBP400m contract to boost factory in County Durham - Chronicle Live

                    According to UNCTAD figures, the UK is currently ranked 2nd in world for FDI, with $65.5 billion of FDI coming into the UK in the first half of 2018 alone, just behind China on $70.2 billion.

                    EY
                    UK found to be hottest investment destination despite Brexit

                    Many more mentioned but link-searching is too time-consuming when I'm supposed to be working!
                    +1

                    In spite of Brexit, the country is actually not doing too badly.

                    I am not a usual Tory voter, I lean towards more liberal politics. However, I am old enough to remember the shambles before Thatcher got into power, then the complete incompetence of Brown and Balls with the economy after the 1997 election, I still don't forgive them for dipping into our pension funds.

                    Please remember, it was Brown who introduced IR35 and as much as I hate the fact that Hammond and co pushed forward with the reforms, we still don't know what the future holds.

                    Will BJ and SJ keep with the IR35 reforms? Probably, but we know the Tories generally run a good economy, the dilema is knowing how badly Korbyn would destroy it all again. What we do know is that Korbyn would raise taxes significantly and probably tighten the IR35 noose around our necks even more.

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                      #50
                      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                      Vote Boris or Farage?



                      Tory stance on IR35 is disgusting, so I'm leaning towards the Brexit Party.

                      Yes vote Farage, the self made millionaire with a German passport has your interests at heart.
                      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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