Independence Day

It doesn’t matter who wrote them; the optimism was quoted as ‘some guy’ in a pub.

I love my country, I’m an optimist by default.

but anyone who has watched this shower of ***** for the last 12 months and is feeling optimistic about our future is either a multi millionaire, entrenched or plain daft.

 

Again....not everyone is as negative, a recent article by Omar Ali of AT Global Financial Services.
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The volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects entering the UK financial services market remains the highest in Europe. Throughout these uncertain Brexit years, and despite the flood of firms that have had to open or build out operations in the EU to be sure they will be able to service their customers post-Brexit, the UK has retained its position as the unfaltering FDI leader in Europe, and investor confidence is high.
Given the long-term time horizons of FDI investors, these investments represent a long-term commitment to the UK economy — and provide a bellwether for its prospects for recovery and growth.
The UK attracted 99 FDI projects in 2019 — the highest in Europe, and more than double Germany, which came in second with 43. If we cast our minds back to 2019, these projects were committed during a period of peak Brexit uncertainty, parliamentary suspensions, and public protest — a clear sign of strength of the UK financial services market.

In absolute terms, 2019 represented the third strongest year in the decade for the UK. The figures from the year before (2018) were the high point of the decade across Europe — and coincided with the peak of Brexit preparations as firms created a footprint in the UK and on the continent.

Questions around London’s status as one of the world’s leading financial hubs have been raised since the referendum. Yet the UK capital has remained the dominant European city for financial services FDI, recording 67 projects in 2019. While this was a 22 per cent reduction on the year before, it is 38 more (and more than double) that of Paris, which recorded the second highest volume.

For the time being, London is a clear outlier, with no one single European city emerging as a challenger.

 

Again; not my point.

My point is that I don’t trust the useless government we have of looking after us. They constantly fail, then just lie about it.

I don’t like the idea they’ll be looking after Britain’s interests after the way they put extra care into looking after care home residents.

 

And while we’re at it, what did the Romans ever do for us?