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RT by @john4brexit: “Literally” is redundant in that sentence. Your meaning is clear without it. Your grasp of history, not so much. Churchill wanted a more United Europe but he did not see Britain as part of it. He envisaged three centres of power as forces for good post-war: the US, Western Europe and Britain/Commonwealth.
[2024-02-14 08:19 UTC]
RT by @john4brexit: EU scales back ambitions for post-Brexit clearing land grab
'rules agreed last week, following years of wrangling, are widely seen as Brussels backing down from earlier ambitions for a more substantial land grab, after being undermined by Franco-German tensions and a backlash from the finance industry. ...
London — Europe’s pre-eminent financial centre — has long dominated the [Clearing] business, with its large clearing house, London Stock Exchange Group’s LCH, able to enjoy economies of scale, which helps attract customers.
Even in euro-denominated derivatives, a market totalling €172tn last, year according to Clarus Financial Technology, LCH handles more than 90 per cent of trades. LCH estimates that about 30 per cent of its business in this market comes from the EU.'
https://www.ft.com/content/34e41dcf-1b80-4084-b026-9eb4e6eb2ebe via @ft
[2024-02-14 09:24 UTC]
All the more reason to throw off the bureaucracy of the eu rather than tie ourselves to the mast of that sinking ship , the eu
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[2024-02-14 13:04 UTC]
As Brexit damage persists, a tale of two competing strategies - Yawn!! Give it a rest David Smith, you really are clutching at straws, project fear died out long ago. If you want to be helpful ask how we leverage Brexit for productivity & growth
https://apple.news/AElRKzB9IQQ2RcrZtTyJ-CA
[2024-02-14 17:14 UTC]
Kemi Badenoch launches bid for three new mini US trade deals in Brexit election boost - LBC
https://apple.news/A6eaR6AuURuCrrbe0jbdfBA
[2024-02-14 17:14 UTC]
Ms Reeves says her priority is making working people better off. Does that include stealing their hard earned pensions?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rt-hon-rachel-reeves-mp-535713240_as-chancellor-my-priority-will-be-to-make-ugcPost-7163575896593928194-5cBp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
[2024-02-14 20:09 UTC]
The US due to expand by a trend-busting 2.1pc this year, due to the cheap energy, America’s fracking revolution helping its economy to remain buoyant.The UK is set to grow 0.7pc, the OECD says, compared to 0.6pc in France and just 0.3pc in Germany
https://mcusercontent.com/00a595ba500e8531037a688f6/images/58592dc1-c7d4-dbb8-688b-dfdf90ef8d5c.png
[2024-02-13 19:02 UTC]
Tui investors vote to quit London for Frankfurt- Well the would wouldn’t they , it’s a German company.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e0b168cc-9664-41f2-92a7-8111a81a076f?shareToken=3d78d5af5e2ce8168240f5cae22799b5
[2024-02-13 19:38 UTC]
This is the year the world’s green juggernaut becomes unstoppable- Really?! Gas & oil are not backing up wind- wind is pip squeak. EV ‘s are a joke. Nuclear is the only viable scale producer of green energy. The entire green project could yet come unstuck
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/02/13/worlds-green-juggernaut-unstoppable-clean-tech/
[2024-02-13 19:44 UTC]
RT by @john4brexit: I'll update this chart later this week when we have the Q4 data, but I don't see much of a '#Brexit hit' here... 
[2024-02-12 20:56 UTC]
It is also curious that the apologists for Remain do not bang on about the relative under performance of major eu economies eg Germany or point to the enormous dodgy debt built up by the ECB
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[2024-02-13 09:09 UTC]
Reform UK warned 'credibility on line' - HOWEVER IT IS equally true that the Conservative Parliamentary Party is on trial . If the Conservative vote collapses it means that they have adopted all the wrong policies & the mulch in the middle is finished
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1866132/reform-credibility-byelection-wellingborough-tories-1866132?utm_source=app
[2024-02-13 16:31 UTC]
RT by @john4brexit: The UK never wanted or needed 'net neutrality' regulations but was forced to accept them as part of European Union membership.
Now, in a quiet move, Ofcom has taken advantage of Brexit by updating its approach.
Me in @CapX:
https://capx.co/ofcom-has-quiety-taken-advantage-of-brexit/
[2024-02-13 16:41 UTC]
The Scots were much keener on Union than the English, and many of the greatest Scottish names were vocal unionists. I suppose that’s hard for today’s nationalists to swallow.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/13/the-snp-cant-handle-that-scots-were-the-real-oppressors/
[2024-02-13 17:45 UTC]
RT by @john4brexit: Exxon Mobil Tells Traders Move to London or Move Company https://order-order.com/2024/02/12/exxon-mobil-tells-traders-move-to-london-or-move-company
[2024-02-12 20:01 UTC]
RT by @john4brexit: Ordinary workers have to fund their own pensions - then pay tax to fund pensions for public sector workers. It is a an apartheid system, where private sector workers (80% of the total) are treated as second-class citizens.
[2024-02-12 13:05 UTC]
RT by @john4brexit: You always need to read the article and look for the spin.
What the FT suggests here: "EU are going to demand something or UK will miss out"
What the story actually is: "EU wants UK to ease visa restrictions as their scientists want to move to the UK"
https://www.ft.com/content/280a070c-e708-4885-89c6-d213eaebd5b1
[2024-02-12 14:03 UTC]
RT by @john4brexit: If your large export markets are in a recession, then your exports to them will be lower.
Especially highly elastic items such as jewellery and sporting goods.
Nothing to do with Brexit.
If anything, this shows that the UK needs to diversify its trade away from the EU.
[2024-02-12 14:48 UTC]
Could it be that the media establishment are Remoaners … der?
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[2024-02-12 16:44 UTC]
Nigel Farage cannot get in the Lords but a 27-year-old Welsh nationalist can-So one of the political parties has worked out that under the current renumeration rates she will receive £1.5million from the taxpayer should she decide to retire at 64
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1865534/nigel-farage-house-of-lords-reform-plaid-carmen-smith-comment-1865534?utm_source=app
[2024-02-12 10:50 UTC]
