Brexit, The Economy and House Prices (Part 2)

Thrugelmir

gfplux wrote: »

I admire your faith. Just ask a British worker aged 47 if he or she has the same faith.

Could equally be an EU national.

posh*spice

setmefree2 wrote: »

If Barnier is warning of poor progress - I'd say most of that was down to him....he's useless...and the EU are greedy....it's no wonder it takes the EU decades to sign trade deals...

I agree he really does seem to be useless... No sense of urgency or purpose other than " Give me a £100 billion" *use Arnie Voice* !!!!!!? Dont't you a want a fta idiot?

Thrugelmir

ilovehouses wrote: »

If you trip up and knock out your front teeth is it any consolation to you if someone else does the same?

The relevance of this analogy in relation to state pensions is?

Thrugelmir

posh*spice wrote: »

I agree he really does seem to be useless... No sense of urgency or purpose other than " Give me a £100 billion" *use Arnie Voice* !!!!!!? Dont't you a want a fta idiot?

Only a voice piece. No actual power to negotiate. Has to relay constantly back to his masters. Funny how all we were hearing a while back was how unprepared the UK was. Now appears if the EU are floundering. The election result appears to have gone in the UK's favour.

Thrugelmir

ilovehouses wrote: »

Yeah every day the Tories must thank their lucky stars they had the foresight to squander their majority.

As a consequence the Cabinet is far more balanced, experienced and diverse. The EU wanted Mrs May to crush the internal opposition. As actually saw this as weakness to exploit to their advantage.

mayonnaise

Rinoa wrote: »

UK based EU citizens can live anywhere they like in the UK after Brexit.

However, the EU have stated that UK citizens currently living in an EU country can only live in that country after Brexit, they can't decide to live elsewhere in the EU.

UK based EU citizens can live anywhere they like in the UK after Brexit.
EU based UK citizens can live anywhere they like in their EU country of residence after Brexit.

Looks pretty equitable to me.

mayonnaise

posh*spice wrote: »

I agree he really does seem to be useless... No sense of urgency or purpose other than " Give me a £100 billion" *use Arnie Voice* !!!!!!? Dont't you a want a fta idiot?

Fact check:

Did Barnier say 'give me 100 billion'? Did Barnier even mention 100 billion?

Answer : No

Mr Barnier insists there will be no final number for the Brexit bill until the end of the Brexit process.

https://www.ft.com/content/29fc1abc-2fe0-11e7-9555-23ef563ecf9a

Carry on.

always_sunny

Thrugelmir wrote: »

As a consequence the Cabinet is far more balanced, experienced and diverse. The EU wanted Mrs May to crush the internal opposition. As actually saw this as weakness to exploit to their advantage.

The EU wanted (and still wants) an orderly UK departure from the block by March 2019.

gfplux

Those pesky economic experts again.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-27/brexit-to-hit-aberdeen-worst-as-london-set-for-2-6-output-fall?cmpid=BBBXT072817_BIZ&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=170728&utm_campaign=brexit

Brexit will hit Scottish oil capital Aberdeen the hardest of all Britain’s cities, with London also ranking highly and facing a medium-term blow to economic output of as much as 2.6 percent, academics at the London School of Economics said.

gfplux

This is good news, more meetings, more agreement and less space in between for talking heads to throw spanners.

http://www.politico.eu/article/both-sides-want-to-speed-up-brexit-talks-by-meeting-more-frequently/

The U.K. and EU’s chief Brexit negotiators David Davis and Michel Barnier both want to quicken the pace of Brexit negotiations by holding more frequent talks over the summer and fall, according to individuals familiar with the position in both camps.