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Looks like the Courts are finally getting to grips with Trump violating the Constitution. Second setback within a day following the ruling on his tariffs.
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Friendship in the most unlikely of circumstances, this is brilliant
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The only real question is why it took so long to hold him in check? Let’s hope the judiciary holds its nerve as this is taken all the way to the Supreme Court. Meantime businesses and the markets will have to live with a long period of uncertainty
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It’s good to know cause and effect, so you moved into the sub prime market, then into medical research and now moving into economics: let us know your next intended move!!
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Brilliant, boy could we do with his way of looking at the world today!!
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This has resulted in a de-skilled workforce with less earning power and a huge Balance of Payments deficit. Trump tariffs are not the answer but the problem he is trying to tackle is real.
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Hadn’t even heard of it but yes that alone would be enough;-))
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We don’t need a Buy British campaign but we could look at boycotting US goods coming from America. This would mean that we could still access US goods made in other countries eg Apple Computers. Cancelling subscriptions to US streaming services is another way to show our displeasure
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Nullifying Brexit isn’t realistic. However we do need to change the discourse and openly discuss that time has proven Brexit was the wrong option. If Trump proves there is no special relationship and hits us with the same tariffs as everyone else, then Farage argument for Brexit is a mirage
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My comment was related to the depiction of a secondary school, not trying to belittle the very real pressures being put on the young today by social media. I’m not sure that a school in anarchy was necessary. The story line would have worked and been even more compelling in a well ordered school
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Blimey, you mean all secondary students will get to see how they could behave at school? I have to say it did not reflect my own experiences either as a pupil or a governor of the school Jack Thorne attended
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And the record of other smaller parties such as LibDems or The Greens? Perhaps the likes of the BBC should track these results when deciding which party should get coverage as opposed to the disproportionate airtime given to the likes of Farage
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This is a really important initiative and should be followed in the UK. Elected politicians cannot be allowed to avoid scrutiny by conducting government business through messaging apps where the record can be deleted. It is a major move by our representatives to avoid accountability
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I was shocked a few years ago to learn of the practice of vulture equity funds that prey on companies that have gone into administration to pursue directors to get hold of their director liability insurance. No benefit to genuine creditors but pushing up business insurance premiums for everyone
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I think one needs to be very cautious of forecasts on these kind of things, there are simply too many variables which is why economic forecasts are nearly always wrong. However we should be tackling absolute poverty and factors that impact on opportunities in life
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The major issue is why we consumers are being asked to pay for the interest incurred on debts accrued under financial engineering of the likes of Macquarie Bank so they could pay dividends and extract money from these firms. Debt payments should come out of shareholders funds not water customers.
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One should be wary of experts according to our very own Michael Gove, who decried them when they almost unanimously told us of the downsides of Brexit
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These are the things that as a society we should be truely ashamed of and seek to address as opposed to people being unable to access the accoutrements of so called modern living except where these impinge on providing equality of opportunity
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One needs to be very careful at brandishing headline figures without the nuances of the actual report quoted. Relative poverty is a very different measure from absolute poverty where people are unable to access three meals a day or adequately heat their homes or indeed live in homes that are safe
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The trouble is the OBR forecasts are as reliable as every other economic forecasting body. Without radical surgery to our economic system relying on house building alone will tilt our economy further to imbalance when what we should be creating is a rounded economy with many strings to our bow
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between online and retail sales. Reduce VAT from current extortionate 20% rate, first to 17.5% then to 15%. Concentrate health spending on prevention as opposed to treatment: getting the nation fitter. This would be a truely radical agenda that would lead to a slimmed down Treasury.
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Pity that you have to resort to name calling if someone disagrees with you. Suggest you look at GE results as part of your research. Just trying to be helpful:))
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As an adjunct to the above I do have some sympathy with Trump’s objectives if not his arguments. In the UK we have seen a hollowing out of our skill base, and with it high paid jobs, as UK companies drove short term profits through offshoring with no regard to the impact on the domestic economy
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This just isn’t true, Scottish votes have a disproportionate influence on UK elections. When Labour lost Scotland they were out of power for 14 years
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Agreed
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We should be grateful for the Trump administration and his lapdogs, it gives us a foretaste of what life in Britain would become if the electorate ever decided to put Farage in charge of the country