Brexit, the economy and house prices part 5

Theophile

cogito wrote: »

We haven't said that we will do any of those things.

Memory loss or deliberate obfuscation?

Hammond threatens EU with aggressive tax changes after Brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/15/philip-hammond-suggests-uk-outside-single-market-could-become-tax-haven

cogito

Theophile wrote: »

Memory loss or deliberate obfuscation?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/15/philip-hammond-suggests-uk-outside-single-market-could-become-tax-haven

Have you actually read the article? He didn't actually say any of what the Graun headline suggested.

You must try harder.

Tromking

Theophile wrote: »

You're very much welcome to keep your head buried in the sand though.

Just waiting for the oft prophesied "disaster" to unfold rather than burying my head in the sand.

Herzlos

cogito wrote: »

We haven't said that we will do any of those things. It would appear that you are in favour of the EU interfering with the internal affairs of a sovereign state.

We have. Plus cutting tax and regulation is the modus operandi of the Tory party.

They've already made groundwork - consultations with industry about regulations that can cut to make their business more competitive, and reduction in various protections under the human rights act, for instance.

cogito

Herzlos wrote: »

We have. Plus cutting tax and regulation is the modus operandi of the Tory party.

They've already made groundwork - consultations with industry about regulations that can cut to make their business more competitive, and reduction in various protections under the human rights act, for instance.

You are aware that there is a difference between regulation and regulations. Here's a dictionary:

https://www.google.gr/search?q=regulation

tracey3596

cogito wrote: »

You are aware that there is a difference between regulation and regulations. Here's a dictionary:

https://www.google.gr/search?q=regulation

I'm sure that will be ignored, as is usual for the dissenters.
Supposedly worried that the UK will reduce the number of useless EU regulations, maybe?
Whatever happened to our knowledge of quangoism and why do so many remainers refuse to accept that this is what the EU is?

Democracy - and a new report shows
"Less than half of EU countries are 'fully democratic' "

Three EU members — Malta, Spain, and France — had the steepest score declines in 2017

http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/01/less-than-half-of-eu-countries-are-fully-democratic-report


Despite the polarization caused by Brexit it seems that the UK remains one of Europe's most fully democratic countries.
Maybe not perfect and room for improvement certainly but the UK along with some EU members are amongst the nineteen fully democratic countries globally.

gfplux

Brexit will be a disaster. I don’t have any doubts about that.
It will not be a disaster as a single event like the sinking of the Titanic or the Great fire of London but a slow creeping effect.
There is, have been and will be many many small painful events that in ten to twenty years time will be described as the great Brexit disaster.
Brexiters continue to kid themselves that because there has not been one huge single bad piece of news everything is fine.
The cumulative effect of all the small bad things will without doubt add up to a disaster.
One caveat. While it will be a disaster as a whole for Britain not everyone will feel it. Someone like Rees Mogg perhaps will be immune and others will blame everything except Brexit for their lower standard of living or other things that will effect them.

Thrugelmir

Herzlos wrote: »

Not at all, they just don't want us undermining them by cutting tax and regulations. I'm not sure beating them in a race to the bottom counts as success.

No one complained about Eire having a low tax rate or Luxembourg or the Netherlands doing deals. All of a sudden it's a major problem. Though you wonder where from. As the Irish seem to be very much set against external interference in their affairs.

Thrugelmir

gfplux wrote: »

Brexit will be a disaster. I don’t have any doubts about that.
It will not be a disaster as a single event like the sinking of the Titanic or the Great fire of London but a slow creeping effect.
There is, have been and will be many many small painful events that in ten to twenty years time will be described as the great Brexit disaster.
Brexiters continue to kid themselves that because there has not been one huge single bad piece of news everything is fine.
The cumulative effect of all the small bad things will without doubt add up to a disaster.
One caveat. While it will be a disaster as a whole for Britain not everyone will feel it. Someone like Rees Mogg perhaps will be immune and others will blame everything except Brexit for their lower standard of living or other things that will effect them.

A post best suited to the Moneysavers Arms. As pure conjecture. Rather than any hard facts.

To be brighten up your day. Some positive news from yesterday.

Government-backed Oxford company opens 100,000 capacity clean electric motor factory

Business Secretary announces £184 million investment in next generation of scientists and engineers.

- multi-million government investment has helped create a new 100,000 capacity electric motor production facility for the Oxford-based British electric motor manufacturer YASA

-new site will support 150 high-skilled jobs for the successful University of Oxford spin-out company and help deliver the next generation of environmentally-friendly hybrid and pure electric vehicles, 80% of which are destined for export around the world, including China

Business Secretary will open the site today and announce that a new generation of engineers and scientists will benefit from £184 million of investment in training
A new 100,000-unit electric motor production facility for YASA, thriving electric motor manufacturer and University of Oxford spinout, will be opened today (Thursday 1 February) by the Business Secretary Greg Clark.

An Oxford university spin-out founded in 2009, YASA has received extensive government support and investment for its development through auto programmes including the Advanced Propulsion Centre, Innovate UK and Regional Growth Fund. The company is now established as a world-leading electric motor manufacturer with 80% of its production destined for export across the world, including China.

In his speech today at the opening of the new site, which will support 150 high-skilled jobs, the Business Secretary will also announce as part of the Industrial Strategy a significant government investment of £184 million for 41 UK Universities to help train the next generation of world-class engineers and exceptional scientists at British universities. The announcement follows the launch of the government’s Year of Engineering campaign in January, a year-long campaign to tackle the engineering skills gap and widen the pool of young people who join the profession.

The money will support Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) that fund 4-year doctoral studentships, providing UK and international students at British universities with PhD training in science, engineering and mathematics. The DTPs will support students entering training in the academic years beginning October 2018 and October 2019.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backed-oxford-company-opens-100000-capacity-clean-electric-motor-factory

LHW99

The cumulative effect of all the small bad things will without doubt add up to a disaster.

Perhaps, or maybe the cumulative effect of a lot of small good things will add up to a success. No one knows yet.