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[action] 20/7/2020 08:40

You do not like bank stocks ingeneral but I see you on most bank stock boards even SANTANDER- BNC. LOL.

[maxk] 20/7/2020 08:19

Oh dear, the €U chickens are pecking at each other..




Emmanuel Macron accuses Dutch of acting like Brexit Britain at EU coronavirus summit

French president snapped as talks over €750bn coronavirus economic stimulus package enter their fourth day



Emmanuel Macron likened Mark Rutte of the Netherlands to David Cameron. CREDIT: Olivier Matthys/Shutterstock


By
James Crisp,
BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT
20 July 2020 • 7:33am



Emmanuel Macron accused the prime minister of the Netherlands of taking Brexit Britain’s obstructive role at EU summits, as marathon talks over a massive coronavirus rescue fund stretched into a fourth straight day on Monday....

[diku] 20/7/2020 08:17

Just too weak and desperate to go below 30p...above 30p is like teasing...

[utrickytrees] 20/7/2020 07:38

Is that hindsights only suit. It looks like it's his first interview suit his mum bought him when he was 16.
How does that bench stay upright with unit in the black on it. I think shes M2's strength & conditioning coach.

[xxxxxy] 20/7/2020 07:07

The Trade Bill and trade dealsBy JOHNREDWOOD | Published: JULY 20, 2020I have received copies of a couple of lobby letters being sent round asking me to support proper Parliamentary scrutiny of trade deals. Let me put minds at rest. Parliament has debated trade more thoroughly and more often in the last four years than in the four decades of our membership of the EU.Parliament is debating trade yet again today as we continue our scrutiny of the government's legislative framework for our post EU trade policy. We were never offered primary legislation or extensive scrutiny of the many tariffs and rules imposed during our membership of the EU. There was of course little point in Parliament debating the tariffs and controls imposed on us during those years, as they resulted from directly acting regulations of the Commission, or from Directives decided by qualified majority vote which we might have lost or agreed to reluctantly.Any future trade deal will be discussed, examined and debated extensively by Parliament. It may well need legislation which will have to go through both Houses with more extensive scrutiny and with votes for those who dislike any such Agreement. There is no need today to vote for an amendment which requires more scrutiny as there will be more scrutiny. It is not a good idea for Parliament to try to fix its own future agenda in law. The truth is if a majority of MPs want something to be debated or wish to stop something the government is proposing, they will do so. Governments can only enter trade treaties or make other decisions all the time they command a majority. To continue to command such a majority they need to persuade enough MPs on each measure that they deserve support.Some rightly argue we need high animal welfare standards. One of the advantages of coming out of the EU is we can set higher standards, as we were usually arguing for higher standards within the EU against considerable resistance from some countries. It took longer than we wanted to improve conditions for hens, and to ease veal crate conditions for example. It is strange his sone people think it is both critical we have a Free Trade Agreement with the EU and equally critical we do not have one with the USA. The truth is FTAs with both could be helpful if they are good deals, but we can trade without one If necessary as we have had to with the USA for all our time in the EU.

[grahamite2] 20/7/2020 00:10

Planning the assault on the ice planet Hoth!

[utrickytrees] 19/7/2020 23:15

Back to the pub with Peter Hitchens. About right.

[careful] 19/7/2020 21:09

This report on Russian interference in the election is amusing.
The Russians deny it, but they are as dishonest as we are.

The main issue is the on line publication of 'sensitive' negotiations between officials from the USA and UK ON the details of a post Brexit trade deal.
America at one point were insisting the medical industry, including the NHS, should be on the table.

Scary, Boris was furious at the leak and had to back pedal for fear the NHS issue could lose him the election.

Thank you whoever leaked these secret documents.

[careful] 19/7/2020 21:01

Boris is lucky in one important respect.

The financial disaster that awaits us caused by a hard Brexit, together with the loss of control as we become a Vassal state and subservient to America, can all be explained away by the pandemic.

We hoped to do great deals with China, get a great deal with the EU. and keep a good relationship with America.

America says no so now we have the worst of all Worlds.

[xxxxxy] 19/7/2020 20:44

Actually don't think that is all correct. Still it gets the Bizarre across. That Frightened Government now frightening the people. Good leadership is about inspiring and giving confidence to the people. But now we have a confused frightened government, rudderless going all about in circles..Strange comments but we are in the Mad World of Bizarre.

[xxxxxy] 19/7/2020 20:30

Joss Wynne Evans19 Jul 2020 3:45PMIf you want normality then look at the truth of what has happened and give it house room. This is a war, started by the globalists who lost in 2016, and cleverly spun as a natural disaster using the paid media to re-brand the annual flu season. The extensive corrupt  purchase of support in the US and UK has lied and lied and lied again to keep this narrative in the air, but like the plates in the circus that start to stop turning, the facts are beginning to surface despite the welter of hype. The dread "second wave" is of course the next flu season due over the coming winter and spring, as it has been for ever.And can you be shown a CV19 virus in pathology or have an accurate virus-specific test? Shorn of all the BS the answer is no. Independent and eminent epidemiologists have been ignored or dissed from the start. NHS staff are being intimidated into not blowing the whistle, and 23,000 of our fellow citizens have been killed by the government closing the service to normal procedures, a totally foreseeable and even at the time an unnecessary decision.Until the enemy is recognised it can not be dealt with. That is the challenge to each of us as individuals.

[xxxxxy] 19/7/2020 20:25

Paul Rowntree19 Jul 2020 5:55PMMy small commuter market town is pretty well back to normal, better than normal as people like me who used to work in London are now going to the local market and shops at Lunchtime to take a break from the laptop.That all stops on Friday if face nappies become mandatory, I shall shop online.I also expect the inner cities to explode into disorder when the millions of working class jobs that service the abandoned offices vanish (catering, couriering, cleaning, cafes etc).No wonder estate agents and solicitors in rural areas are so busy. Selling your property is going to become increasingly dufficult though if you live in places like Greater London.

[xxxxxy] 19/7/2020 20:17

Mike Smith19 Jul 2020 7:08PMNot everyone is not going because they are scared, they don't like staff in visors and masks, not being able to hold a menu, and other silly measures. When all of this useless nonsense is ditched, I will go.

[xxxxxy] 19/7/2020 20:17

That was written from your heart. Respect. Sympathise. Agree with you all the way. The Soul is being ripped out of the people.

[mikemichael2] 19/7/2020 18:57

They should save money on paying the BAME less !!!!

[poikka] 19/7/2020 18:40

Let's hope that it's just an 'announcement', and they forget about it. Don't want them wasting £100m like the BBC.

[xtomo] 19/7/2020 17:31

On top of all this we've an announcement that they're going to employ more BAME managers.. Just how is this going to help make us more money? Are they Super BAME??