stefanovich wrote: » A booming economy will cause the pound to rise and will keep inflation low. It is a consequence of success.
FreudianSlippers wrote: » Ireland couldn't make a trade deal with the US or UK until after they left the EU. Our 15y, 20y, 30y yield is exceptional at the moment. All ratings agencies have a negative outlook on UK futures and the UK 5y CDS is higher than Ireland. That's all brexit. The UK can certainly survive that, Ireland can't. We'd be literally out of business before we hit the end of our Transition Period.
says Brexit has caused "paralysis in policy-making". It has changed the outlook on the UK's current rating - which is a marker of how likely it is to pay back its debts - from "stable" to "negative".
Rjd2 wrote: » Maybe both are really bad and both parties should be held accountable ? Labour for the antisemetism surrounding it and Tories for the Islamphobia?
Bannasidhe wrote: » As opposed to: Islamophobia. Extreme far right ideology. Intent on driving the economy off a cliff. One is apparently toxic. The other is not. Strange times indeed.
Strazdas wrote: » No, I think she has a point. A privileged white man telling a Muslim woman she has Islamophobia wrong and is not taking a nuanced approach to it really grates on the ears : she says she has been working in race relations for 30 years.
stefanovich wrote: » Reminder that the ratings agencies all had positive outlooks for mortgage backed securities in the US. Blackrock are investing massively the in the UK at the moment I hear.
FreudianSlippers wrote: » 15y, 20y, 30y bonds are, by definition, not "short to medium term gains"
stefanovich wrote: » Investors are looking for short to medium term gains. Brexit puts a lot of them off. There is smart money flooding into the UK at the moment buying up undervalued businesses. Once the UK is out and the economy started rocking then it'd be a wise for Ireland to consider its position.
quokula wrote: » Caroline Lucas is on Marr tomorrow. Will be interesting to see what she says when inevitably asked about the Green Party supporting the Lib Dems. She wasn’t present at the launch, nor has she acknowledged the alliance at all on her Twitter feed which is otherwise pretty active. Given some of the scathing things she’s said about the Lib Dems recently I’m betting she’s not a personal fan of the decision.
stefanovich wrote: » You all need to arrive at the truth, which is that Brexit is a good idea. Ireland would be well advised to align themselves with the US and UK and get out of Europe too.
ArmaniJeanss wrote: » Week before the referendum he discusses that he will be voting to leave.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/john-cleese-i-back-brexit-a3269976.htmlhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/22/eu-referendum-which-celebrities-are-backing-remain-and-who-are-s/
John Cleese has suggested the only way to reform the European Union is to kill the European Commission president.
Tuisceanch wrote: » There is a mod warning in the OP about this. No more please.
Tuisceanch wrote: » Would you mind explaining that a little bit more? On reflection I infer that if we were to leave the EU then our credit rating would drop making government bonds less attractive to investors. Are our rates really exceptional though?
Bishop of hope wrote: » Even the UK haven't arrived at that decision yet��
lawred2 wrote: » John Cleese advocated for Brexit? Really? Bit surprised at that.
Tell me how wrote: » Interesting tweet here from someone who has previously been a pretty strong advocate for Brexit.https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1192999560148344832?s=19
CelticRambler wrote: » Yeah - two years after the referendum! 'Tis always shaky ground, selectively quoting a comedian's words in the aftermath of an episode of national idiocy! I would be prepared to revise my opinion if anyone can link to a (non-redacted) interview with him before the referendum took place.
quokula wrote: » While a lot of that is true in the past, in more recent times he’s made xenophobic comments, been pro-Brexit and and wasn’t his complaint when leaving Britain that the politicians hadn’t delivered Brexit yet? His changing views as he got older are like a living embodiment of UK demographics.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » His tweet from 2016 was nasty. He actually seems to be unwell based on some of the stuff he says in recent years.
Letwin_Larry wrote: » when a moderate like David Blunkett says this then you know there's something rotten at the heart of the Lab party. Thuggery & Antisemitism. “The behaviour of the hard left within the Labour party – the antisemitism, the thuggery, the irrational views on security and international issues, and the lack of realisation that you have to embrace a big tent of people in order to win – certainly makes me despair. “But it also makes the likelihood of an all-out Labour majority in this general election extraordinarily slim. The political landscape right now is completely different to what the hard-left would have you believe. “We are in a 1983 situation here, not a 2017 one – with not only the Lib Dems and the Greens, but the Brexit party, the Tories and the SNP all seriously vying for traditional Labour votes.” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/08/david-blunkett-says-he-despairs-about-labour-and-antisemitism
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