Brexit, the economy and house prices part 5

Eric_the_half_a_bee

ilovehouses wrote: »

Her actions yesterday would suggest the bigger picture for the DUP is trying to make sure there's no movement, symbolic or otherwise, of NI towards Ireland/EU and away from the UK.

Corbyn might be for another day but he's not a priority.

A false dichotomy. She can influence the deal and/or get rid of May without triggering a General Election

Arklight

ukcarper wrote: »

You do realise that very few boomers are over 65, the people you hate are those born during and before WW2.

People who actually remember the War and were affected by it voted Remain for the most part.


It's the boomer generations who seem afflicted with this peculiar rose tinted glasses view of three day weeks, fuel shortages, and Britain being the sick man of Europe.

mayonnaise

And while Treeza and the country as a whole are being held hostage by a handful of Creationists, life goes on...

Rail fare rise biggest for five years

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42234488

UK service sector growth slows while prices rise

Growth in the dominant UK services sector slowed last month while companies raised their prices at the fastest pace for nearly a decade

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42236422

Rinoa

Arklight wrote: »

It's the boomer generations who seem afflicted with this peculiar rose tinted glasses view of three day weeks, fuel shortages, and Britain being the sick man of Europe.

Three days weeks, fuel shortages, winter of discontent - all happened after we joined the EU.

movilogo

NI had been offered a deal that would probably result in massive improvements in our economy, and give us the best of both worlds, but it has currently been blocked by the DUP, because instead of wanting what is best for NI and what could drastically improve the lives of the people of NI, their main concern is defending the union.

Policies should be based on how overall population of a country gets benefitted and not to place a small subset of population.

If NI stays in EU then Scotland, London all would ask for the same. Hey, I can even ask my house's ground floor to stay in EU and upper floors out of EU

Customs union importance is overplayed. UK is net importer from EU. So if EU can raise trade barriers so do we.

I still think Ireland should leave EU and solve the problem in a creative way

lisyloo

London all would ask for the same

Sadiq Khan already has.

mayonnaise

Rinoa wrote: »

Three days weeks, fuel shortages, winter of discontent - all happened after we joined the EU.

It takes a while to turn a failing economy (outside the EU) into a prosperous one (inside the EU).
Looks like it wasn't until the early 80's when we started experiencing the benefits of membership.

buglawton

Which coincided exactly with Thatcher getting in as PM and detoxifying certain aspects of the UK economy e.g. union cartels and the stock exchange. Cause and effect? jury still out m'lud.

Herzlos

movilogo wrote: »

Customs union importance is overplayed. UK is net importer from EU. So if EU can raise trade barriers so do we.

Customs barriers will hurt everyone, potentially the importers more.

Delays can mean factories sitting idle, food spoiling before it gets to stores, inventory cost increases.

Customs barriers also mean transaction costs - compliance paperwork, handling fees, and overhead costs - customs agents, warehousing, inspections etc.

Everyone loses from losing the customs union, but we are worse off as we EU trade is a larger percentage of our trade than it is of the EU's trade. If costs go up too far, both sides will look for alternative sources of stuff, and in again in this case the EU wins - it has more trading agreements, purchasing power and better logistic links to most of the world.

movilogo

Out of EU's 4 freedoms, namely goods, people, service, capital - I think only people part is contentious and led to Brexit.

Since it is not a science formula, something could be negotiated on this. But it has now became a game of nerves on either side.