pinfireman Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 26 minutes ago, Retsdon said: https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World Investment Report/Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx Not sure where the $65 billion figure comes from? Direct investment flows - inward $15090 and outward $99614 is what I can see in the chart above. Or perhaps the report above is out of date? 3 or 4 weeks ago........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Retsdon said: It rather looks like this isn't going to work out quite like people hoped it would... If you mean in as much as, the UK population voted to leave, but a bunch of remoaners in government are subverting democracy and won't allow it, then you'd be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Quote It rather looks like this isn't going to work out quite like people hoped it would... The voters simply voted to leave, without hopes or targets. That is because no-one knows what will happen. Anyone who claims to know the full script has a hidden agenda or is delusional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambone Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just now, Gordon R said: The voters simply voted to leave, without hopes or targets. That is because no-one knows what will happen. Anyone who claims to know the full script has a hidden agenda or is delusional. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinfireman Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 12 hours ago, hambone said: This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinfireman Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 The UK has held on to its top spot in Forbes’ global rankings of the ‘Best Countries for Business’ for a second year running, beating off competition from Sweden and Hong Kong, with only three EU27 countries making it into the top 10. Countries were ranked across 15 categories from ‘property rights’ to ‘red tape’, with the UK the only country to rank in the top 30 for every single one. Even in the ‘political risk’ category, despite Brexit… Strong November retail sales revealed this morning – up 1.4% month-on-month – have also underlined the UK’s economic resilience, with consumers continuing to spend despite being fed a relentless diet of negativity from economic forecasters. While the political class vacillates, the rest of the country is just getting on with it…Despite Project Fear! )Source WWW.order-order.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) But the Remoaners will not accept that! Edited December 20, 2018 by TIGHTCHOKE Spellage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 I see Mr soros won an award of the FT , wonder who runs that venerable paper these days ? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6516167/George-Soros-named-Financial-Times-Person-Year.html George Soros is named as Financial Times' Person Of The Year for being a 'standard bearer for liberal democracy Is that a different type of democracy to that which was enacted via the Brexit vote ? The vote he is trying to get overturned via financing various remain groups. Despite it being absolutely NOTHING to do with him ? Why does no European government besides Hungary (His birth country , where he is persona non grata) not investigate his meddling in sovereign affairs, including financial markets, political movements promoting division and migration ? How many politicians are on his substantial payroll ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinfireman Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) Ireland have once again confirmed that they have no plans to erect a hard border on the island of Ireland even if there is no Brexit deal. The Irish Government published their contingency planning for no deal yesterday, with Foreign Minister Simon Coveney confirming that Ireland has no plans to build a hard border in the event of no deal. The backstop is spurious – there is not going to be a hard border whatever happens… What the Irish Government has been doing as part of its contingency plans – and what the UK has not to any significant degree – is buying up land around their ports in order to have the space to build new infrastructure should it be required. Change Britain’s Ross Thomson makes the point that the UK Government must start “acting responsibly” by making the “necessary preparations including at our ports”. Regardless of whether there is a deal or not now, the Government will inevitably need some extra land at ports if it ever plans to leave the customs union… France has been buying up land near its ports as well, while Ireland, France and the Netherlands are all well into the process of recruiting extra customs officers. The UK should be miles ahead of its EU neighbours in preparing for no deal, yet in many areas it finds itself behind. Government Departments and the Treasury are still playing the blame game about why preparations haven’t happened sooner. Remainer attempts to stop the preparations outright are beyond daft. The bottom line is that the UK government has a paramount responsibility to implement no deal preparations at full speed now, whatever the politics of the situation… UPDATE: An Irish Government Minister said this morning that Ireland was “working towards” increased checks at Irish ports and airports in order to “satisfy single market requirements” in a no deal scenario. For over a year Brexiteers have been dismissed for saying checks away from the land border would work, now it appears to be Irish Government policy…...........And the BBC has reported ....NOTHING! Source www.order-order.com Fresh from giving his less-than-convincing denials about whether he called Theresa May a “stupid woman” or not at PMQs yesterday, Corbyn has tried to deflect from the row by angrily telling the BBC this morning: “you and your colleagues in the media seem utterly obsessed with this. The fact that a homeless man died outside Parliament has got no coverage whatsoever, and it should.” This is simply not true. In fact, as of this morning, the sad news had already been covered by the BBC, Sky, ITV, Guardian, Independent, Sun, Mirror, Mail, Metro, Evening Standard, HuffPost and more. Both events have rightly received lots of media attention, it is simply fake news for Corbyn to try to distract from one with a lie about the other… His usual tactic! 44 minutes ago, Rewulf said: I see Mr soros won an award of the FT , wonder who runs that venerable paper these days ? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6516167/George-Soros-named-Financial-Times-Person-Year.html George Soros is named as Financial Times' Person Of The Year for being a 'standard bearer for liberal democracy Is that a different type of democracy to that which was enacted via the Brexit vote ? The vote he is trying to get overturned via financing various remain groups. Despite it being absolutely NOTHING to do with him ? Why does no European government besides Hungary (His birth country , where he is persona non grata) not investigate his meddling in sovereign affairs, including financial markets, political movements promoting division and migration ? How many politicians are on his substantial payroll ? A lot! Half of the EU....no doubt! Edited December 20, 2018 by pinfireman spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Look at this, it didn't take long did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 35 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Look at this, it didn't take long did it? 😂😂😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 3 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Look at this, it didn't take long did it? Just when we thought A bot was the thickest Labour MP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 4 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Look at this, it didn't take long did it? Wha ? He thinks there will be massive drone incursions on ALL our airports and shipping ports if we have a no deal Brexit ? Wow ! Obviously followed by a zombie attack, and the inevitable WW3 ? Its a good job a (soon to be ex ) labour MP has proclaimed herself to be the second coming of Christ, so she can sort us all out 😂 Some peoples grip on reality is somewhat tenuous these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Rewulf said: Wha ? He thinks there will be massive drone incursions on ALL our airports and shipping ports if we have a no deal Brexit ? Wow ! Obviously followed by a zombie attack, and the inevitable WW3 ? Its a good job a (soon to be ex ) labour MP has proclaimed herself to be the second coming of Christ, so she can sort us all out 😂 Some peoples grip on reality is somewhat tenuous these days. Lord Adonis is a self proclaimed REMOANER and a fully paid up member of Project Fear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinfireman Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 4 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Look at this, it didn't take long did it? It rhymes with Anchor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Dave-G said: Just when we thought A bot was the thickest Labour MP He's not an MP, he never has been. He was brought into the government 'policy unit' by Tony B Liar and was given the title Baron Adonis of Camden Town in 2005. He's mad as a box of frogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, poontang said: He's not an MP, he never has been. He was brought into the government 'policy unit' by Tony B Liar and was given the title Baron Adonis of Camden Town in 2005. He's mad as a box of frogs. That's not fair on the frogs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Uk govt has been buying land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, oowee said: Uk govt has been buying land. What for? Mass graves for the coming Brexit apocalypse? Edited December 21, 2018 by TriBsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, oowee said: Uk govt has been buying land. Could you put your comment in to context please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Could you put your comment in to context please? To accommodate all the remoaners that pass in shock when we actually leave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, TriBsa said: What for? Mass graves for the coming Brexit apocalypse? Same reasons as eire and france. Pinefire was talking earlier ( poor it cannot do extensive quote) that Eire was buying land ready for border chaos unlike the UK. I was making the point that this is incorect. The UK has been making extensive preps on the land front. It has also been making contingency plans with armed forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Seems Varadkar's bottle is twitching now, he was insistent and gloating that the UK have no choice and must accept the only deal the UK are going to get out of the EU, including the Irish backstop, now he realises that the unthinkable may happen (a no deal Brexit) which will apparently have a financially devastating effect on Eire.....and the indications are the EU are starting to soften their stance too!........A negotiation brownie point for Theresa May for putting doubt in their bullying/arrogant minds!...those MP's and others that threaten to resign/fight/oppose a no deal Brexit are weakening the UK's bargaining position! proving the don't want any sort of deal, they simply want to stop Brexit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 45 minutes ago, oowee said: Same reasons as eire and france. Pinefire was talking earlier ( poor it cannot do extensive quote) that Eire was buying land ready for border chaos unlike the UK. I was making the point that this is incorect. The UK has been making extensive preps on the land front. It has also been making contingency plans with armed forces. Don't panic mate, as much as I'd like to see it, disMay will never give us a WTO brexit, I'm thinking of sticking a hefty investment linked to us remaining in alignment with the EU despite the fact it's the last thing I want to happen (except a free trade deal of course, but I can't see the EU being that reasonable) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinfireman Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 DESPITE BREXIT! The Treasury will have something to celebrate over Christmas with the news that UK’s budget deficit has narrowed to its smallest since 2002-3. The latest figures show public sector net borrowing of a mere £7.2 billion in November – the lowest for a November since 2004. Excluding net investment, the UK has actually run a surplus of £13 billion over the last 12 months. Osborne’s target of 2015 is long gone but better late than never… 5 hours ago, poontang said: He's not an MP, he never has been. He was brought into the government 'policy unit' by Tony B Liar and was given the title Baron Adonis of Camden Town in 2005. He's mad as a box of frogs. That,s a dis-service to frogs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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