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[leedskier] 07/11/2017 14:24

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[grahamite2] 07/11/2017 14:24

That makes no sense. Every politician wears a poppy on TV from the first day they go on sale.

[maxk] 07/11/2017 13:43

Brussels Broadcasting Corp news..




Quentin Letts reports in his column today that the BBC’s Have I Got News for You asked him to remove his poppy before he appeared on the show last week:


“And to those who have upbraided me for not wearing a poppy on TV’s Have I Got News For You last Friday, apologies. I was wearing one beforehand but was asked to remove it. I should have held my ground but wimped out for an easy life.”

[leedskier] 07/11/2017 12:28

Talking of liberal reformers, the crack down on corruption in Saudi Arabia continues with hundreds of bank accounts being frozen.

This could lead to a market shakedown as many Saudi billionaires and millionaires are divested of their wealth.

Just to ensure there is no kick back the Prince in charge of the National Guard has been sacked too.

[grahamite2] 07/11/2017 10:09

I agree Labour have had some good people in the past. Ernie "My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!" Bevin springs to mind.

But Roy Jenkins is not one of them. He is very near the top of my hate list.

[leedskier] 07/11/2017 09:48

Those who "control" the cash equities market are not happy bunnies this week. Whether it is the same old same old story about Brexit or the stories of the unwanted attentions of MPs toward Research Assistants and/or journalists over a liquid lunch might have on the longevity of the Government, remains to be seen,

Even the oil and gas producers and explorers are down at heel this week notwithstanding that oil is close $65 -- nearly double the price a year ago.

[leedskier] 07/11/2017 08:27

maxk a movie which had a profound effect on me was the "Deer Hunter"..

This is a very brief synopsis:

In 1968, Michael (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken) and Steven (John Savage), lifelong friends from a working-class Pennsylvania steel town, prepare to ship out overseas following Steven's elaborate wedding and one final group hunting trip. In Vietnam, their dreams of military honor are quickly shattered by the inhumanities of war; even those who survive are haunted by the experience, as is Nick's hometown sweetheart, Linda (Meryl Streep).

[maxk] 07/11/2017 08:19

This is one of the grauns roving in America type articles: Unlike the previous, very good, stuff about where America is going wrong for the average peep, it reverts to race, just for a change.

But worth a read imo.

[maxk] 07/11/2017 08:14

Corbyns leadership .. you jest of course :-)

[leedskier] 07/11/2017 08:01

polar fox I posted a couple of weeks ago about how many changes of leadership there have been in the Tory Party since the retirement of Winston Churchill in 1the mid 1950's.

If Theresa May goes, which surely she will at some point, the Tory party will have had three leaders during Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party.

The Labour Party occasionally get themselves lathered-up as to whether it is moving too far to the left or to the right, but it has never been as divided as the Tory Party has been on one single issue -- Europe.

[leedskier] 07/11/2017 07:50

David Buik‏
@truemagic68

European opening calls update courtesy of CMC MARKETS - FTSE +20 at 7582., DAX +30 at 13498., CAC 40 +7 at 5514., IBEX 35 +31 at 10347.

[leedskier] 07/11/2017 07:40

Brent Crude above $64 this morning.

[leedskier] 07/11/2017 06:16

David Buik‏
@truemagic68

European opening calls likely to be buoyed by NY & Asian market ebullience - FTSE +14, DAX +26, CAC +12 courtesy of IG

[leedskier] 06/11/2017 14:45

It is not just chaotic in the UK. For those following the Catalan story, you will recall that the Central Government in Madrid let its democracy mask slip, and without charging them, remanded to prison a dozen or so senior Government Ministers in the regional Catalan Government.

The top politicians were however in Belgium. Spain applied for an EU arrest warrant. Belgium is clearly not happy with being dragged into this and a judge has granted the politicians bail. The suggestion is that the Judges in Brussels will be in no hurry to make a decision.

[blusteradjuster] 06/11/2017 13:18

I’ve heard it said that, traditionally, the Tories were the party of power and Labour the party of protest.

Up until the Iraq War at least, Blair reversed that by doing the right things.

It seemed that, from 2010, near-normal service had resumed given that Labour had rejected Blair’s stance on Iraq (understandable) and also much of what else he stood for (stupid and petty) and that Cameron had brought a “nicer face” to Tory rule.

That the normal order might reverse again - not because Corbyn is doing the right things but rather that the Tories are screwing things up is, frankly bizarre.

It’s a train wreck.

[blusteradjuster] 06/11/2017 13:04

It’s a lousy choice:

Team Corbyn is a disaster waiting to happen

“Team” May is waging continued internecine warfare.


Where are the politicians who might do something useful for the electorate?

[leedskier] 06/11/2017 12:47

I view the prospect of Corbyn in power in any shape or form as a traincrash.

That is not to say that I would be opposed to an 'old fashioned' Labour party being elected. The Labour Party have had some brilliant people in Government in the period since the end of WWII.

One of the greatest in my life time was Roy Jenkins who amongst other things introduced great social reforms.

Merlyn Rees was also an excellent NI Minister and Minister of Defence.

Both served in the Armed Forces. Jenkins was an Army intelligence office, Rees served with the RAF.

[leedskier] 06/11/2017 11:14

Vince Cable takes aim at RBS.

[dope007] 06/11/2017 11:07

worth a cut and paste this sentence for its incredible content. surely the largest bubble in the history of markets is being witnessed currently. $11 trillion in -ve yielding bonds!!


Most investors are still playing the game, and in the same direction. We estimate there are currently around $11tn in negative-yielding bonds and over $2tn in strategies that explicitly or implicitly depend on stable volatility and asset correlations. If low interest rates and QE have been the lever pushing up prices of dividend and coupon-paying assets, central banks are the fulcrum.

[leedskier] 06/11/2017 10:21

Graham if one accepts the Governor of the BoE's view the economy will boom if the UK remains. If the economy is booming it is less likely that the Tories will lose.

I make it clear I am not advocating a second referendum, just quoting the views of Carney.