tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post5131030301946420457..comments2024-03-29T13:32:22.201+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Prospect of is already Independent Scotland already boosting the UK economy as a wholeCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-24369116247399070492016-09-22T18:31:36.547+01:002016-09-22T18:31:36.547+01:00Happy Halloween 2016 Photos
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We seem to be getting a bit of a groupthink that ...<br />We seem to be getting a bit of a groupthink that the scots are going.<br /><br />At times like this I become sure we are probably wrong.<br /><br />andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-33063805840275209122014-09-08T18:21:30.718+01:002014-09-08T18:21:30.718+01:00Classic Osbourne though. If Scotland votes NO then...Classic Osbourne though. If Scotland votes NO then Red Ed is likely to get in with those perfidious LimpDumb switching - so he can't deliver.<br /><br />If Scotland votes Yes, then he can claim they are mistaken.<br /><br />In the very small chance they vote NO and the Conservatives get in, he can always renege as his English MP's will vote against it.<br /><br />Never accept any promises from that man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-74575189977504745162014-09-08T18:19:24.372+01:002014-09-08T18:19:24.372+01:00CU - I believe WPP decamped to Dublin. Came back w...CU - I believe WPP decamped to Dublin. Came back when the CT differential was reduced.<br /><br />MSN - Do you really think the government and BOE have no tools to weaken the pound?<br />There are tools, even if you exclude chancellor Ed Balls.<br />Jernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-86747675478669651772014-09-08T17:26:52.012+01:002014-09-08T17:26:52.012+01:00Pound overvalued? Hardly.Pound overvalued? <a href="http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/dollhist-graph2.htm" rel="nofollow">Hardly.</a>DJKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-77427169380705991472014-09-08T17:16:08.571+01:002014-09-08T17:16:08.571+01:00The stories are the bits I like best.
I've se...The stories are the bits I like best.<br /><br />I've seen a Harrier fly into the sea too, you know.<br />Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-12494145237115675402014-09-08T16:50:03.452+01:002014-09-08T16:50:03.452+01:00Don't you want to hear any more of my stories,...Don't you want to hear any more of my stories, then ..?<br /><br />I can go red in the face, too<br /><br />a pox on you, sirNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-6631567120448857942014-09-08T16:41:01.724+01:002014-09-08T16:41:01.724+01:00MSN:
"I find it highly amusing that many of ...MSN:<br /><br />"I find it highly amusing that many of the right wing brits are anti-scotland leaving the Union but want UK to leave the Euro.<br />Its very funny in a socially and politically destructive sense. <br /><br />God save us from Englishmen and their puffed up chests and stories about the past!"<br /><br />All of this could apply in reverse.<br /><br />I wish we could strip egos and stories out of it all. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-44759494654069087812014-09-08T15:59:17.873+01:002014-09-08T15:59:17.873+01:00Irish and Dutch exit. A classic. Ireland already h...Irish and Dutch exit. A classic. Ireland already has a great tax rate and system - why has the City not decamped to Dublin already? CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-1673386322062583402014-09-08T15:39:09.105+01:002014-09-08T15:39:09.105+01:00Brilliant comment as usual McTootish. Internally c...Brilliant comment as usual McTootish. Internally consistent AND with incredible insight. Hamish, you do realise that Scotland is voting on leaving the EU, don't you? BEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-66258445933233499452014-09-08T14:34:29.249+01:002014-09-08T14:34:29.249+01:00And theres the rub....
Will Scotland weaken or st...And theres the rub....<br /><br />Will Scotland weaken or strengthen the pound?<br /><br />Well firstly, as mentioned, the EU is our most important trading partner. Theres a real 'fog in channel; continent cut off' air to some of the arguments here but the EU is starting QE now and weakening the Euro. The pound has already had its downdraft and so looks to be in the near term defined by Euro moves. Your economy is not in your own hands, any more than Scotlands is in its hands. <br /><br />As the Euro weakens, sterling will rise relative to it. And, as there is no more room to reduce rates, sterling getting stronger is the only option. This will crucify exports to the EU and likely the US too. <br />Following on from the Scots vote will come the Euro vote where Britain (England) will complete its suicide by losing a lot of its left wing and lurching toward the right, UKIP, a 'no' vote and Euro exit.<br />Cue economic and social catastrophe.<br />Long before that we will see many, many businesses head for the Irish/Dutch exit and (if Salmond gets the corp tax right) many national firms to Edinburgh.<br /><br /><br />I find it highly amusing that many of the right wing brits are anti-scotland leaving the Union but want UK to leave the Euro.<br />Its very funny in a socially and politically destructive sense. <br /><br />God save us from Englishmen and their puffed up chests and stories about the past! MyScottishNamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11738020266536378112014-09-08T10:58:14.749+01:002014-09-08T10:58:14.749+01:00Agreed. The £ is very strong against the Euro (sti...Agreed. The £ is very strong against the Euro (still our most important market) and with inflation so low a softening must be a good thing to drag us away from deflation.<br /><br />Pesto says this is very bad, because rates will rise. So we can just print some more £! Well, south of the border we can.<br /><br />Keep it up Nicola!BEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-31812891883299176632014-09-08T10:55:12.169+01:002014-09-08T10:55:12.169+01:00And if it doesn't work, we can always follow A...And if it doesn't work, we can always follow America's lead. <br /><br />Invade and steal the oil that is left. Lord Blaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783119146180259097noreply@blogger.com