Should we have a General Election?

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  1. John Peachy

    John Peachy Well-Known Member

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    John Peachy, Jun 17, 2019
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    Aye, the same people who said there would be a recession after the people voted to leave the EU 3 years ago. Think we're still waiting? The Governor of the Bank of England couldn't forecast yesterday's weather.
     
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  3. Micky Finn

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    We haven't left yet.
     
    Micky Finn, Jun 17, 2019
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    We haven't left the EU yet. Sterling has fallen massively in that time. I hope you have a job that doesn't rely on overseas trade.
     
    John Peachy, Jun 17, 2019
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  5. Micky Finn

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    Not to mention the bank assets that have been moved out of the City. Eyewatering numbers.
     
    Micky Finn, Jun 17, 2019
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    Isn't a weak pound good for exporters?
     
    clunk, Jun 17, 2019
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    And we probably won't. What I'm saying is the so called experts said there would be a recession etc after the result of the vote in 2016, not after we had left, which hasn't happened.
     
    clunk, Jun 17, 2019
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  8. Micky Finn

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    Did they? I'd hazard a guess they did that assuming we'd leave, so it's a moot point.
     
    Micky Finn, Jun 17, 2019
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    Who do you want? a communist protester or Boris it's simple.
     
    SpionPlop, Jun 17, 2019
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    Or Corbyn
     
    Marlon, Jun 17, 2019
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    Hear, hear.
    Didn't Brown take over without a General Election?
    Wasn't the democratic will of the people to leave the EU?
    Double standards I feel!
    The Bank of England has given its starkest warning yet that a UK vote to leave the EU could hit the economy.

    Mark Carney, the Bank's governor, warned that the risks of leaving "could possibly include a technical recession".

    Prime Minister David Cameron said the warning amounted to "a very clear message" of the dangers of Brexit.

    From the BBC 12 May 2016
     
    clunk, Jun 17, 2019
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    To be fair to Mark Carney he was only instructed by George Osborn to produce the worst possible case figures, not the ones that were most likely.
     
    sadbrewer, Jun 18, 2019
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    Ah, an ira fan then ?
     
    Trickster Two Six, Jun 18, 2019
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    Two successive months of negative growth, and the months before that were only positive due to stockpiling before March. However, it could be argued at least some of this is due to Trump and his idea of using tariffs to beat any drum he wants (to the detriment of Americans).

    Only if their raw materials and components are found in the country. We have to import most of that, which has increased manufacturing costs (weak pound bad for importers) and politically a lot of companies are finding it increasingly harder to invest in the UK, or removing themselves completely from the UK. Look at the large car manufacturers who are all scaling back production and closing UK factories (Ford, Honda, etc).

    A weak pound was supposed to help the tourism industry, but the latest figures show a fall in tourist numbers to the UK in 2018. Rough figures suggest about 1.5m visitors and around £1.5bn fall from 2017 to 2018.

    Remember (although many politicians forget) that roughly 80% of GDP and 80% of jobs in the UK are service industry based. Being outside the SM makes that a lot harder to sell into the EU (well over £100bn per year of imports into UK GDP). This is then passed on from service exporters (IT, legal, banking, education, tourism, etc) into the government in the form of taxation, and onto secondary services within the UK.
     
    Scoff, Jun 18, 2019
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  15. Micky Finn

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    And Boris himself said that Brown’s election as PM was an affront to democracy. Funny how views change, yeah?

    Onto your other points, it could be argued that the leave vote did have economic repercussions. The pound has fallen significantly on world markets, countless companies have moved investments overseas, global companies have cancelled or cut investment in U.K. projects, EU organisations have moved operations abroad costing jobs and investment and U.K. banking assets have been moved overseas to the tune of over £900bn.

    So no, absolutely no economic impact whatsoever.
     
    Micky Finn, Jun 18, 2019
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  16. Micky Finn

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    Don’t be so childish. Pathetic.
     
    Micky Finn, Jun 18, 2019
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    Hows that then ? Research who you're voting for and don't be so dismissive of uncomfortable truths.
     
    Trickster Two Six, Jun 18, 2019
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  18. Micky Finn

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    Let me get this straight. You’re claiming that someone voting for Corbyn, a man who has spent his entire life campaigning for peace, is by default a ‘fan’ of the IRA?

    Just help us out here, so we can be clear.
     
    Micky Finn, Jun 18, 2019
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    You state Corbyn as an IRA fan your reading too much Daily Mail show me some real facts.

    What about your man who calls people Pickaninnies with Water Melon smiles, Bumboys and Letterboxers which are undisputable.
     
    upthecolliers, Jun 18, 2019
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    If ever I need to explain why I never ever get involved in these tedious, brain-boiling political threads, can I quote this little interaction? What a senseless waste of valuable time.
     
    Stahlrost, Jun 18, 2019
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