Foreign investment has fallen 92% since 2016

[WTFH]

Eh? How do you spin that?

Let's say 50% of the UK's investment in 2015 came from foreign investors, and let's say that they invested £50 billion.
So that means 50% of the UK investment in 2015 was from within the UK, and totalled £50 billion.
The total amount invested was £100billion.

If the foreign investment drops to £25 billion, then if the internal investment stays at the same level of £50 billion, the total investment has dropped to £75 billion.
That means statistically, the inward investment has increased from 50% to 67%. It hasn't changed in terms of £, but it has in %.


Playing the figures game is a favourite of Brexit supporters. £350 million a week sounds like a lot of money, but as a % of the UK Gov spend, it's less than 3%

[meridian]

Foreign investment has fallen 92% since 2016

A lot of Brexiters say that businesses need to adapt and change, become leaner and meaner and more innovative to drive competitiveness after Brexit.

So they can’t really complain when businesses adjust their supply chains and business model to adapt to Brexit.

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics...-brexit-impact

The aerospace multinational firm Airbus is preparing to withdraw major investment from the UK due to concerns over Brexit negotiations, putting thousands of jobs at risk.

[meridian]

The Times is even better, because why have a manufacturing job when picking fruit is so much fun?!?

[sasguru]

The Times is even better, because why have a manufacturing job when picking fruit is so much fun?!?

Oh dear it's worse than I thought. And aerospace was one of the UK's success stories. Oh well, never mind - onward and downward.

[Old Greg]

The Times is even better, because why have a manufacturing job when picking fruit is so much fun?!?

Is this a spoof?

[sasguru]

Is this a spoof?

Nope, that's the actual front page of the Times.

[Old Greg]

Nope, that's the actual front page of the Times.

Cheeky monkeys.

[meridian]

Cheeky monkeys.

Can’t have innovative jam without someone picking the fruit. :-)

[Old Greg]

Can’t have innovative jam without someone picking the fruit. :-)

It is curious that after years of complaining about foreigners coming and taking their jobs, they're not rushing into the fields to reclaim their birthright.

[meridian]

It is curious that after years of complaining about foreigners coming and taking their jobs, they're not rushing into the fields to reclaim their birthright.

That’s because a few weeks/months of temporary picking work would result in benefits being cut, the system isn’t geared towards short-term work being available.

Which is odd, because we keep being told that migrants are both taking our jobs, and being on benefits. Yet they can’t be doing both.

It’s almost as if people have been lied to all this time to suit an agenda.