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[polar fox] 29/1/2018 13:04

This is how one analyst explains the pound's weakness today:

"The Prime Minister is dealing with the umpteenth swell of dissent over the state of her leadership, while at the same time having to try and quash the latest beef [over Brexit] between her warring ministers... Add onto that the Lords constitution committee labeling the EU withdrawal bill as ‘fundamentally flawed’ just one day before the legislation is set to be debated, alongside a warning from EU leaders that the UK is ‘not ready’ to secure a divorce deal, and there was plenty for the previously soaring pound to fret about."

[leedskier] 29/1/2018 12:23

This is interesting. If correct it means that Theresa May lost more support from the middle aged and elderly than was thought.




Quote ... An analysis of voter turnout at last year’s poll has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn did not persuade young people who previously failed to vote to back him as was widely believed.

The authors of the British Election Study (BES) said the "youthquake" was a “myth” and that “there was no surge in youth turnout at the 2017 election”.

[polar fox] 29/1/2018 12:01

Yes, NIESR recently suggested increases of 25 bps every six months until early 2021, the next being May.

[raffles the gentleman thug] 29/1/2018 10:04

Was being cynical cfc1 ... totally agree with you re our politicians and believe me this lot will get their comeuppance when bond yields start really pushing out and the conservatives have no choice but gave up to the fact they've increased our national debt by over one trillion pounds in eight years.U.K. ten year yield has already pushed out from 1.14% to 1.46% in as little as three months ... but more of that and a gapping hole is gonna materialise in the U.K. budget and it's tax rises and austerity all over again

[rburtn] 29/1/2018 09:44

Actually, he has done one thing of wider benefit, he has persuaded Apple, Alphabet et. al. to re-patriate money stashed off shore. As Apple's and A's largest market outside the US we, being the biggest contributor to that stash, should be thanked for the craven indulgence of our politicians which enabled Apple, et. al. to build those stashes in the first place.

[rburtn] 29/1/2018 09:38

Exactly so, he has just gone in for pump priming the discredited 'trickle down' ruse for enriching the few still more, whilst dismantling the floor which, in Europe, maintains civilised society. The US economy, may I point out, is like a supertanker and the crash which occurred through free market excesses of greed and dishonesty under Bush steadily recovered under Obama and it continued into Trumps period. Let's wait and see just how quickly Trump's benefit from this stewardship unravels into greater, and godness knows its bad enough already, poverty and crime.

[rburtn] 29/1/2018 09:03

You are quite right about our political system, 70% of seats are rotten boroughs in the gift of two parties. That's why you get the Moggs and Foxes who have failed in their first career choice gifted a seat in exchange for carrying out orders of the vested interests such as newspaper proprietors. Having agreed on that, I disagree that a bully of a property developer working entirely on his own account is likely to do other than that if given the power of potus. Trump is not really qualified for the complexity of managing a nation as has been demonstrated time and again, how he can claim credit for increasing employment as a result of a bill passed 7 days previously just shows the depth of deception and lack of ability of the press to hold right wingers to account.

[cfc1] 29/1/2018 08:46

Raffles...seriously, our political system is sooooooooo old, nothing has changed, its just one big slanging match by incompetent idiots.

IRA lovers to losers....sack the lot and bring in Trumps team!!!!!!

[raffles the gentleman thug] 29/1/2018 08:05

Think you being a bit harsh cfc1 - Theresa May does ha e a geography degree

[cfc1] 29/1/2018 08:02

TRUMP for PM!!! I wrote this off the Mrs May......

Re Brexit - You need to get TOUGH!!! I would vote for TRUMP over ALL UK politicians - WHY - because he is a business man first and takes no nonsense. HE has had REAL jobs and all our politicians have not


DID YOU HEAR what he said about the EU at Davos?? "The EU ....its not all its cracked up to be" PRECISELY yet you lot (and I do vote for Tory) come across as such WHIMPS! and so sorry for everything!! and bow to 27 countries - MOST of those are 'f'all!!! there is only THREE that count and we are one of them!!!!!!!!!


Im bored with politics in the UK....TRUMP for PM!!!!


You need more business men in the HoP and people with some bottle not just good at talking BS politics!!

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[leedskier] 29/1/2018 06:22

David Buik‏
@truemagic68

European opening calls suggest some marginally reserved momentum in the wake of another record day on Wall Street on Friday. Cable’s slight dip to $1.4138 could dampen FTSE100’s spirits +15, DAX +46, CAC +20 (futures) courtesy of IG at 5.45am

[leedskier] 28/1/2018 18:55

The difference between Corbyns and May's tenure of office of leader of their respective parties, was once illustrated by Blair when in opposition in reply to a comment from John Major.

Blair said the difference between himself and Major is that Blair led his party, whereas Major follows his.

Once elected leader, especially when holding the office of PM, no Labour leader can be sacked.

Leading the Tory party offers less job security than being the manager of Chelsea FC.

The weekend newspapers were filled with speculation as to when she would go and who will replace her.

The Country simply will not tolerate this infighting for much longer Last time the Tories were voted out it took them 19 years to win a clear majority.

God help us if history repeats itself.

[maxk] 28/1/2018 18:51

Corby has come up with an absolute blinder:



Jeremy Corbyn announces Labour will buy every homeless person in the country a house



By Kate McCann, Senior Political Correspondent
28 January 2018 • 11:06am




Labour will buy every homeless person in the UK a house if the party is elected, Jeremy Corbyn has announced.

The party leader said he would purchase 8,000 homes "immediately" and give them to people sleeping rough around the UK.

He also highlighted plans to allow councils to take over properties that have been left "deliberately" empty in order to house people who are on waiting lists around the country.

Rough sleeping in England has reached new highs, official figures out last week showed.



The rest of the lunacy is here:

[maxk] 28/1/2018 12:13

pf, why are you getting your knickers in a twist?

I said I would keep an eye on the site, to which I should have said "keep an eye if I remember". Strangely enough, I have other things to do.


Anyway, the bit to take home from the blog is this imo:

"As all regular readers will know, how you ask a question can produce very different results and questions on a second referendum seem to show particular variation depending on how the question was asked"

[bargainbob] 28/1/2018 10:47

You can get some free PLUS1 from the faucet here:

[polar fox] 28/1/2018 06:56

You what! See your post 688 last week, when you posted the link and said you would keep an eye on the site!

[maxk] 27/1/2018 21:11

I couldn't find his blog, no link, so I went with what the Graun article that I could find was saying.