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[xxxxxy] 03/6/2020 12:20

NissanIan Watkins3 Jun 2020 8:25AMSo when they announced their plans to close a Spanish plant and increase production at Sunderland last week, they hadn't considered the possibility of a no Trade Deal with the EU?They are either fools or taking us for fools.C M Bee3 Jun 2020 8:30AMAgreed.John Wright3 Jun 2020 8:22AMHmmm. The short-term loss of 27,000 jobs with a foreign-owned company against a potentially-disadvantageous  trade deal that destroys UK sovereignty and keeps our democracy subservient to an unelected bureaucracy based overseas.  Gosh, this is a tough one. What to do, what to do...?

[poikka] 03/6/2020 12:19

"Sir Keir says he wrote to the PM in confidence to ask if he can help with the consensus for getting children back to school, but he did not get a reply.

"This is a critical week in our response to Covid-19," Sir Keir says.

He says this is a week where public trust needed to be at its highest, with easing of restrictions.

But, he says there has been a drop in trust in the government. Is the PM worried?

The prime minister says he is surprised Sir Keir "should take that tone", he says he replied to him by phone and briefed the Labour leader on the government's steps."

Sorted.

If that's the best that Starmer can come up with, Labour had better look for another leader

[smartypants] 03/6/2020 12:19

Nissan's UK plant 'unsustainable' without EU deal....

The future of the Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. manufacturing plant in Sunderland directly depends on the outcome of the negotiations with the European Union, the automaker's chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta warned on Wednesday.

"You know we are the number one carmaker in the UK and we want to continue. We are committed. Having said that, if we are not getting the current tariffs, it's not our intention but the business will not be sustainable. That's what everybody has to understand," Gupta told BBC.

The executive's comments come after negotiations between London and Brussels reach another critical deadline, as the British government has until the end of the month to decide whether it will request a Brexit extension.

That's what everybody has to understand.

[minerve 2] 03/6/2020 12:13

Couldn't agree more mm2. I'm glad we have found something we agree on.

[bargainbob] 03/6/2020 12:12

Who would give up fish for a Nissan.

You will find out real soon folks.

[mikemichael2] 03/6/2020 11:56

Well, this rain has got rid of all the 'born again' bikers and runners, nice and peacefull again this morning.

[xxxxxy] 03/6/2020 11:34

188.Looks like a very good thing. Distancing. The liabilities of the EUSSR will be immense. It would sell our young and children into SlaverySo WTO on the way.

[guruofcanada] 03/6/2020 11:33

The governor of the Bank of England (BoE) has told Britain's biggest lenders to intensify preparations for a "no trade deal" Brexit amid growing signs of deadlock between London and Brussels.

Sky News has learnt that Andrew Bailey said during a call with bank chief executives on Tuesday that they should accelerate planning for the UK ending the transition period at the end of the year without an agreement.

The instruction came as Britain's major high street banks grapple with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their balance sheets, with tens of billions of pounds of soured loans expected to materialise as a result of the crisis.

Sir Paul Tucker


Should Bank of England consider negative rates?
Mr Bailey's remarks during the private call with bank bosses led one to infer that there had been a shift in the Bank of England's assumptions about the outcome of the ongoing talks between the UK and the European Union.

Boris Johnson's government has repeatedly ruled out seeking an extension to the transition period, with any request for a one-year or two-year extension needing to be formally lodged by the end of this month.

[guruofcanada] 03/6/2020 11:32

The governor of the Bank of England (BoE) has told Britain's biggest lenders to intensify preparations for a "no trade deal" Brexit amid growing signs of deadlock between London and Brussels.

Sky News has learnt that Andrew Bailey said during a call with bank chief executives on Tuesday that they should accelerate planning for the UK ending the transition period at the end of the year without an agreement.

The instruction came as Britain's major high street banks grapple with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their balance sheets, with tens of billions of pounds of soured loans expected to materialise as a result of the crisis.

Sir Paul Tucker


Should Bank of England consider negative rates?
Mr Bailey's remarks during the private call with bank bosses led one to infer that there had been a shift in the Bank of England's assumptions about the outcome of the ongoing talks between the UK and the European Union.

Boris Johnson's government has repeatedly ruled out seeking an extension to the transition period, with any request for a one-year or two-year extension needing to be formally lodged by the end of this month.

[xxxxxy] 03/6/2020 11:30

Policy going Forward. Learn from the Past and those mistakes. Some were honest mistakes.Made and Produce in/of UK. First. Absolutely First.Not Made in ChinaNot Made in EUSSR.Made in UK. Imperative.And No Deal

[maxidi] 03/6/2020 11:26

Gecko

Yes I got that wrong or the MSM did!!!

[xxxxxy] 03/6/2020 11:26

And let's get a Deal with the USA.

[xxxxxy] 03/6/2020 11:24

192 Think idea has merit. Seriously.Wales could take .75 million. Of the BEST.Scotland take 1.75 million.England the rest

[xxxxxy] 03/6/2020 11:22

Boris Johnson says he would 'willingly' offer THREE MILLION people from Hong Kong visa-free refuge in the UK if China erodes human rights in the former British colony htTps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8382097/Boris-Johnson-willingly-offer-THREE-MILLION-people-Hong-Kong-refuge-UK.html

[minerve 2] 03/6/2020 11:15

We will all be driving around in Little Englander Trabants in a decades time.



The 21st Century version of a spark plug with a roof! LOL

Mind you, it will be green because nobody will want to travel in the bloody things.

LOL

[geckotheglorious] 03/6/2020 11:13

Maxidi

Deaths per 1M population

No1 - Belgium 820
No2 - Spain 580
- UK 580

NO3 - Italy 555

NO4 - Sweden 443
- France 443

[1carus] 03/6/2020 11:09

Ftse rising, is this because brexit is looming and distancing from the EU is starting to look like a good thing. Simply because we were/ are a net contributor and wont be in the future. Responsibilty falling to fewer net contributors. Additionally, financials.. which are a disproportional part of the Uk's wealth generation, will continue, where as industrial based economys like Germany may struggle with balancing the books along with bailing out the rest of europe. Trouble ahead in the EU I think.

[arjun] 03/6/2020 10:52

Morning allAbout time we got moving here... be a lot happier when we get above 38Have a good day all stay safe.;-)

[poikka] 03/6/2020 10:32

Cases are lower in Far East countries, not because of masks, which the WHO does NOT recommend wearing, but because:

1. They face penalties for non-compliance with lockdown, such as $10,000 fines and 6 months in prison.

2. They locked-down earlier.

3. People generally do as they're told.

I don't blame our government for not locking-down sooner, they wanted to keep commerce going for the sake of the economy, and the SARS and MERS outbreaks didn't affect us one bit.

Masks give a false sense of security, by encouraging closer distancing and leading those with mild symptoms to believe that they can mingle like anyone else.

[azalea] 03/6/2020 10:28

Posts on the number of Covid -19 infections and deaths should be posted on the Morgue thread. .

[mr.elbee] 03/6/2020 10:25

looks dangerous