Murky Nissan deal

[SueEllen]

It got merged with something else. Sorry, can't keep up (cue laughter from the seriously impotents...)

You aren't the problem the cretin thread starter is.

[tomtomagain]

A foreign owned company threatens to close a steel plant. The government does very little which leads to wailing, complaining and much gnashing of teeth.

Six months later.

A foreign owned company threatens to close a car plant. The government does something which leads to wailing, complaining and much gnashing of teeth.

[sasguru]

A foreign owned company threatens to close a steel plant. The government does very little which leads to wailing, complaining and much gnashing of teeth.

Six months later.

A foreign owned company threatens to close a car plant. The government does something which leads to wailing, complaining and much gnashing of teeth.

The point is, of course, that the "British" economy to a large extent is composed of foreign companies and thus reliant on the "kindness of strangers".
Sadly most of the cretins in this country have no idea how very weak the economy is, papered over with debt to keep it going.
Which is why I want a hard Brexit. Pain is a good teacher

[eek]

The point is, of course, that the "British" economy to a large extent is composed of foreign companies and thus reliant on the "kindness of strangers".
Sadly most of the cretins in this country have no idea how very weak the economy is, papered over with debt to keep it going.
Which is why I want a hard Brexit. Pain is a good teacher

If you don't know it before, today is a blooming big clue...

[sasguru]

If you don't know it before, today is a blooming big clue...

The JAMS (new name for Brexiters) will be thrown some crumbs, but little room for manoevre.

[vetran]

The JAMS (new name for Brexiters) will be thrown some crumbs, but little room for manoevre.

The Twerps (Total ******* are Egocentric with risible personality aka as rich bremainers) make wide generalisations with no facts as usual.

[sasguru]

The Twerps (Total ******* are Egocentric with risible personality aka as rich bremainers) make wide generalisations with no facts as usual.

I think hard Brexit should make everything clear

But getting back to today:

The big news from today's Autumn Statement will be exactly how bad the public finances will be over the coming years, says BBC business editor Simon Jack.

"The original plan as early as March this year was that the government wouldn't have to borrow any money at all by 2020; in fact, it would be getting more in taxes than it was spending. Now that's already been ditched as unrealistic, and what we're going to be looking at is exactly how much money they'll be borrowing per year by the end of this parliament," he says.

"Some of the number crunchers reckon that will be £25bn per year, so that's adding £25bn every year to a debt pile that the chancellor has already called 'eye-watering' - so what will be interesting is his language about when he wants to balance the books, and over what timeframe. Expect a lot of aspirations today, because aspirations are free, and spending is not."

[BlasterBates]

Exactly....exiting the EU "properly" is perfectly possibly if you're wealthy enough but the UK simply isn't.

Basically the "Leave Campaign" offered the voters a luxurious Bentley but what they'll actually get is a Reliant Robin, with a broken heater and a leaky roof.

[eek]

A foreign owned company threatens to close a unproductive steel plant. The government does very little which leads to wailing, complaining and much gnashing of teeth.

Six months later.

A foreign owned company threatens to close the most productive car plant in europe. The government does something which leads to wailing, complaining and much gnashing of teeth.

FTFY - while the wailing is coming from different people at least the Government is fighting the correct battles.

[tomtomagain]

The point is, of course, that the "British" economy to a large extent is composed of foreign companies and thus reliant on the "kindness of strangers".
Sadly most of the cretins in this country have no idea how very weak the economy is, papered over with debt to keep it going.
Which is why I want a hard Brexit. Pain is a good teacher

Funny. A few weeks ago you were wailing on this forum that FDI was vital to the economy and was threatened by BREXIT.

Now that some companies ( with a little persuading from HM Gov ) have re-affirmed their commitment to continue investing in the UK you classify it as "Kindness of strangers" and imply it's a bad thing.

Wish you'd make your mind up.