Brexit Will Make Us Rich

[Tarw Coch]

As the split was almost 50/50 a coin toss would probably have produced the same result.

Is that tossing a coin for each and every voter or just one coin?

 

[Hindsight]

Couldn't make it up!

Chinese imports soar during pandemic

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Philip Aldrick, Economics Editor
Wednesday December 02 2020, 5.00pm, The Times
Economy

Chinese companies sold goods worth £11 billion to the UK, with a big spike in textiles, such as medical masks for the NHS
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Britain imported more goods from China than any other country at the height of the epidemic for the first time on record.

One pound in every £7 of goods bought by the UK came from China in the second quarter. Chinese companies sold goods worth £11 billion to the UK, with a big spike in textiles, such as medical masks for the NHS, and electrical machinery, such as home computers for remote working.

The figures hint at the reasons for China’s remarkable rebound from the pandemic. Forecasts on Tuesday from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development showed the world’s second largest economy expanding this year by 1.8 per cent, compared with a 4.2 per cent decline globally and an 11.2 per cent fall in the UK.


China is usually the UK’s second largest import partner, selling about £45 billion of goods to Britain a year — about £20 billion less than Germany. However, its share overtook that of Germany in the second quarter to account for 13.4 per cent of British imports as purchases from China increased and those from elsewhere declined.
Exports of textile fabrics to the UK jumped by £900 million to £1.16 billion while exports of electrical machinery leapt by £750 million to £3.87 billion.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said: “This was the first quarter that China accounted for the largest proportion of UK imports of goods.” A quarter of all UK electrical machinery imports in the first half of the year came from China, the ONS added. “This was mainly telecommunication and office machinery, which includes consumer electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops.”
The ONS figures also show that the UK’s largest trade surplus was with the United States in the first half of the year, at £23 billion, which was driven by £19.5 billion of net services exports to America. President Trump’s White House disapproved of countries operating a trade surplus.
UK exports of legal, accounting, management consulting and public relations services to the US increased by 5.3 per cent between the first and second quarters as trade in such UK services proved to be “resilient” during the crisis, the ONS said.
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[Pasty]

Funny isn't it? Every disaster that happens, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Most will never get this until they are on the street.

 

[No wot]

We'll get a better class of politicians as they'll actually have to do something.

Not a chance of that not , a f#$king chance

 

[Pasty]

Not a chance of that not , a f#$king chance

Maybe not but it's worth a squirt. The current generation seem to be window lickers who need help with shoelaces. Of all parties.

 

[Henarar]

I know. How’s it looking?

Bloody fantastic

 

[Henarar]

Did anyone know exactly what they were voting for?

It was a simple question, to simple for some it would seem

 

[Tarw Coch]

It was a simple question, to simple for some it would seem

Yes, the question was simple, did anyone actually know the long term results of how they voted

 

[Muck Spreader]

Yes, the question was simple, did anyone actually know the long term results of how they voted

I assume this is a rhetorical question as nobody can answer it today, let alone 5 years ago.

 

[Pasty]

Yes, the question was simple, did anyone actually know the long term results of how they voted

So if everyone had agreed with your long term prediction it would have been fine? Are you sure you are 100% right about how things will roll out?

 

[Tarw Coch]

So if everyone had agreed with your long term prediction it would have been fine? Are you sure you are 100% right about how things will roll out?

I haven’t made any long term predictions so I’m 100% sure I’m not wrong
What did you think I was predicting?

 

[Pasty]

I haven’t made any long term predictions so I’m 100% sure I’m not wrong
What did you think I was predicting?

Cheese will still exist until 2022. Maybe,

 

[neilo]

Cheese will still exist until 2022. Maybe,

Nah, the mouse will have had it by then.

 

[czechmate]

I haven’t made any long term predictions so I’m 100% sure I’m not wrong
What did you think I was predicting?

I’ll predict Farage will still be moaning about something

 

[Henarar]

Yes, the question was simple, did anyone actually know the long term results of how they voted

No not in either EU referendum

 

[Tarw Coch]

Cheese will still exist until 2022. Maybe,

I hope cheese will be around for the rest of my lifetime, Red Leicester and Wensleydale, none of that Brie and Camembert crap of course

 

[caveman]

I hope cheese will be around for the rest of my lifetime, Red Leicester and Wensleydale, none of that Brie and Camembert crap of course

Pasty enjoys a bit of Red Leicester.

 

[Pasty]

Pasty enjoys a bit of Red Leicester.

Don't start.

Edit: Actually I did enjoy it and got it free plus a voucher. Winner winner chicken dinner.