Brexit, the economy and house prices part 5

mrginge

ilovehouses wrote: »

That's what transition should be about but the Tories threw in some red lines which were crossed.

Message to the EU - the UK's red lines are negotiable.

What about the Eu red line of no external trade negotiations allowed.

And the red line of sorting the Irish border before trade talks can begin.

Oh no hang on, those don’t count because of <insert made up reason that makes no sense>

gfplux

One of the posters here is in the IT industry.
I would be interested in a responce to the following.
Thank you.

This is a copy and post from a kitchen table somewhere in the UK

QUOTE
Chatting with my other half this evening.....
The company where he works are in the process of outsourcing a lot of IT jobs to parts of Europe where labour is cheaper.
Hubby is moving his team abroad.
This evening, with a sigh of relief, he said "I've had another Pole authorised"
To make sure I'd understood correctly I asked
"Is this a Polish worker in Poland to do the work that a Brit was doing in Britain?"
"Yes" he said.
The irony of this was not lost on either of us.
END QUOTE

gfplux

mrginge wrote: »

I would advise them to steer clear of Luxembourg

Well that advise will help Britain sell an awful lot of widgets.
Thank you.

Actually do you know anything about buying/selling/trading/import/export?
I suspect you know more but are pretending you do not.

Lornapink

Arklight wrote: »

Under Labour, workers will be guaranteed a living wage. But then the Labour Party wasn’t set up to represent the landed gentry.

ICM’s regular poll for the Guardian today has topline figures of CON 44%(+1), LAB 41%(-1), LDEM 8%(+1). Fieldwork was between Friday and Monday, and changes are from a fortnight ago. Tabs are here.


There was also an Opinium poll for the Observer at the weekend, which had toplines of CON 42%(nc), LAB 40%(+1), LDEM 6%(-1

Lornapink

Herzlos wrote: »

An increase on vat on New cars will destroy what's left of the car industry and push everyone towards cheaper eastern imports, unless we introduced huge tariffs.

Brexit means making the UK car sector more competitive as we will do tariff free deals with global component suppliers.

mrginge

gfplux wrote: »

Well that advise will help Britain sell an awful lot of widgets.
Thank you.

Actually do you know anything about buying/selling/trading/import/export?
I suspect you know more but are pretending you do not.

No I haven’t got a clue matey. Never had a job in my life.
But you knew that really didn’t you, you little tinker!

Here’s me thinking you were paying me a backhanded compliment when all along it’s just another of your clever put downs.
Now i’m all teary-eyed and need a cuddle.

Lornapink

gfplux wrote: »

The company where he works are in the process of outsourcing a lot of IT jobs to parts of Europe where labour is cheaper.

There is a ton of reporting on disgruntled Frenchmen and others bemoaning off-shoring their jobs to Romania & other cheaper EU nations.

Terry's chocolate and others closed UK plant years ago in favour of cheaper European destinations.

Bottom line is that both general and City employment is well up on June 2016, most people are getting on with their lives.

Lornapink

GreatApe wrote: »

Whatever happens whoever is in power a bad deal isn't going to be accepted.
The UK is a large goods importer because the UK is a large service exporter
If service exports are hit in a bad deal then UK goods imports will fall to balance things out.

Yes it's always been obvious a very decent trade deal will be settled, and then we're free to exploit global opportunities.
Common sense

mrginge

ilovehouses wrote: »

No external trade negotiations is a non-concession. Until the UK & EU trade relationship is known it's unlikely anything will progress that much.

As for the Irish border I'm afraid you either don't know what you're talking about or lack a cynical bone in your body (I know the latter isn't true).

The Irish border is 'sorted'. The UK has to come up with solutions and agree them with the EU. The red line that was the EU's backstop in case such an agreement couldn't be reached has been quietly agreed. Funny because it caused so much angst just a few days ago.

Excellent so all is good then isn’t it.
But since I missed the announcement , can you fill me in on what the Irish border looks like after the transition is completed?

Lornapink

The Cypriot border is worth pondering. NO I'm not saying it's the all round solution to the Irish border but it is an example of border flexibility

https://www.cyprusholidayadvisor.com/border-crossings.htm

There is no hindrance on border crossings between the South and The North of Cyprus. Since Cyprus joined the EU in in 2003, borders were opened and it has been easier to travel between the North and South. Now, it enables to explore whole island. Local people from both sides enjoy daily shopping by crossing borders. It is also easy for tourists to cross the borders from both sides. We have given some tips those might help you travel to North Cyprus from the South.