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  1. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Exactly. The markets have effectively rated each person in charge as follows: - Sunak/Hunt policies: we quire like this, more of the same please - Starmer/Reeves: we don't like this, we wouldn't recommend investing any more than you need to in the UK. - Truss/Kwateng: holy brick, get your money...
  2. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Everyone was content with what Sunak and Hunt were doing economically, they just didn't feel like the tories were stable enough internally to really relax. Business confidence in the UK was booming just after the election, with the UK expected to outperform all of it's peers and be a beacon of...
  3. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    It isn't The Daily Mail, The Express and The Telegraph I'm talking about, it's the OBR, international ratings agencies and international markets. And it's not about wealthy people being taxed whatsoever: - it's about hitting businesses, the vast majority of which are SMEs, with an increase in...
  4. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I agree that food security isn't really an issue in the UK. The UK hasn't been self-sufficient in food consumption since the early days of the Empire when we started importing all sorts of "exotic" goods like tea and coffee at scale. The axis powers tried to strangle our supplies in WW2 and...
  5. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    A lot of farmers are selling land to property developers to keep their farm going. It's very difficult to keep a small to medium sized farm going in this country now, as the costs of running a farm are horrific, and a lot of the smaller businesses that used to buy off the smaller farms (your...
  6. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I think the general consensus is that while it wasn't quite Truss/Kwartang (it didn't inspire panic), Starmer/Reeves first budget went down like a lead balloon....there's now very little confidence that the UK is in safe economic hands and most forecasts for the UK are being revised downwards.
  7. K

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur vs Emirates Marketing Project ***

    And against Brighton we played some absolutely blinding stuff for the first half despite the end result.
  8. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    100%. Actually the bank I work for run their own education curriculum in schools. I've been a part of it for 5 years now - once or twice a year I go in to primary schools and I teach the kids about money and interest rates and how to tell whether they're getting a good deal. It's absolutely...
  9. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    The financial crash I'll give you partially, but really a lot of it was the result of policy decisions impacting the whole system. The global recession in the late 90s/early 2000s brought about by the east Asian economic crisis, .com bubble and the introduction of the euro led to job losses and...
  10. K

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur vs Emirates Marketing Project ***

    Personally I think it's been night and day in terms of the attacking threat we carry with him in the team versus when he's been out. Yes, he's fluffed many opportunities in the final third and yes we've had some bad results with him in the team but the general attacking threat has been...
  11. K

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur vs Emirates Marketing Project ***

    Werner's final end product is questionable right now, but I think we look a better overall team when he's in it. He just stretches teams so much it leaves space for everyone else.
  12. K

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur vs Emirates Marketing Project ***

    Early front runner for player of the season
  13. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    You do realise that "Scandinavian capitalism" is simply the net effect of the same capitalism applied here being appliec to populations that are a fraction of the size of the UK's? When I have a population around half the population of London, it's far easier to invest more in each individual...
  14. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    How does the UK's financial services sector "fleece the rest of the UK for the sake of a minority of people at the very top"? If I take a REIT fund for example, which I'm guessing *could* be something that grinds your gears (everyone knows fund managers eat babies for dinner after all), this is...
  15. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Yes and you give them that power by increasingly taxing the wealthy and big business. Around 30% of the government's income tax take now comes from the top 5% of wealthiest individuals in the UK. It's one of the ironies of the so-called "fairer taxation" often called for by certain quarters...
  16. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I don't know. Maybe I am?
  17. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    The financial services sector formed around London being a major trading hub, not the other way around. London has been the centre of British economy since Roman times. A lot is made about the financial services sector in the UK, but it's really about our excellence in International trade in...
  18. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    The thing is, the data isn't damning. It is ironic that despite those thar were opposed to Brexit claiming that Brexit was based on lies, people have had to endure an almost endless stream of complete nonsense. I mean look at that buffoon you quoted there, says "we used to have 525,000 jobs in...
  19. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I agree, the brexiteers constantly lie about everything. Just look that the devastation in UK finance jobs since Brexit as you say. We shot ourselves in the foot and continue to pay the price.
  20. K

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Think businesses will really struggle with that budget. It's a stranglehold on the economy, make no mistake.
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