Brexit, The Economy and House Prices (Part 2)

gfplux

This is the 7 page letter David Davis sent to the committee for exiting the EU. Dated 8th August.
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-committees/eu-select/Correspondence-2017-19/09-08-17-Letter-from-David-Davis-MP.pdf

gfplux

cogito wrote: »

Have you not heard that the EU plan to harmonise corporation tax rates throughout the bloc? The Irish in particular are very hacked off about it.

It's your drum, you bang it as often as you like.

Arklight

After years ridiculing those on the forum hpc.co.uk and their eternal prediction for a house price crash, it is really quite fitting seeing the right wing Kippers on this forum turn into them.

Sold the UK to rent in 2016 and then reliant on ever more desperate self delusion to convince themselves that Europe is about to collapse and they've made the investment coup of a lifetime.

Europe has been about to collapse about 30 times according to these people. Now the "news sources" that satisfy their confirmation bias are coming from Breitbart, while the UK sinks into economic malaise as the EU powers ahead without us.

I wonder if there's a UKIP Jonathan Davies, considering Nigel Farage appears to have disappeared.

Except this time, it's everyone's house these numpties have sold off, not just their own.

A_Medium_Size_Jock

Blimey, I haven't seen that much of a rant since the days of Alf Garnett!
Strangely the content seems similar as well as being as accurate.


Now, since there was talk in this thread about German auto manufacturers and the possible strength of workers' voices since it is these very workers whose livelihoods are threatened, read this report released today. But note that this report is not about Brexit per se, more about the power that the auto industry (and hence the workers in it) wields.
"VW labour leaders warn politicians not to put jobs in jeopardy"

"Volkswagen is being criticised, in parts justifiably so, but we need to be rational, because it is about the future of thousands of jobs. Workers are worried and politicians should take this seriously," the carmaker's powerful labour leader Bernd Osterloh said in a statement on Thursday.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-volkswagen-election-workers-idUKKBN1AQ152?il=0

mayonnaise

The UK's construction output fell in the second quarter

There was more evidence the UK's construction industry is suffering this morning, after official figures showed the sector's output fell 1.3 per cent cent in the three months to June

http://www.cityam.com/270057/uks-construction-output-fell-second-quarter

cogito

gfplux wrote: »

It's your drum, you bang it as often as you like.

And ignoring it makes it no less true.

mayonnaise

gfplux wrote: »

This is the 7 page letter David Davis sent to the committee for exiting the EU. Dated 8th August.
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-committees/eu-select/Correspondence-2017-19/09-08-17-Letter-from-David-Davis-MP.pdf

Interesting read, thanks.

What about this bit?

The EU has also confirmed that their offer only guarantees residence rights in the Member State in which a British national was resident at the point of our exit from the EU. It does not guarantee the holder of those residence rights any right to onward movement within the EU

Am I hearing this right? Is David Davis bemoaning the fact that UK citizens will lose free movement rights in the EU?
Isn't this exactly what the country voted for in June 2016?

A_Medium_Size_Jock

mayonnaise wrote: »

Interesting read, thanks.

What about this bit?

Am I hearing this right? Is David Davis bemoaning the fact that UK citizens will lose free movement rights in the EU?
Isn't this exactly what the country voted for in June 2016?

Why did you not continue?
Because by doing so you disregard this:

We have questioned whether this is consistent with the principle of reciprocity,and also with the Commission’s desire to protect rights currently enjoyed under EU law.

It has nothing to do "what the country voted for in June 2016"; it has to do with yet another example of EU disregard for their own rules.
Except for when it suits them, of course.

A_Medium_Size_Jock

mayonnaise wrote: »

The UK's construction output fell in the second quarter



http://www.cityam.com/270057/uks-construction-output-fell-second-quarter

And yet .......
"UK industrial output beats expectations .. "

In June alone, industrial output jumped by 0.5 percent on the month compared with forecasts in a Reuters poll for a 0.1 percent rise.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-economy-idUKKBN1AQ0WF?il=0


As is usual, there follows in that article the by-now-obligatory "but" negative news too.
Can't overdo any positive news you see; you gotta love the meedja.

Private_Church

Herzlos wrote: »

What's the difference between the standards? Presumably the EU one is stricter?

The UK standard means the firing pin and part of the bolt must be ground away , the barrel /breach must be blocked up , a hole drilled in the barrel but the weapon can be cocked and dry fired. They can also be field stripped . The EU regs means on top of the above the bolt must be welded shut so it can't be dry fired , the gun must. E altered so as not to be field stripped and as I said this all comes at an additional cost to the owner. The UK method is perfectly fine and they can't be re-activated . The main reason de-activated guns have been targeted (excuse the pun) is down to Eastern European countries such as the Czech Republic half hearted laws on de-activating guns which meant people only needed to knock a metal bung out of the barrel and hey presto its a live firing firearm again