[Merged]Brexit stuff

[SunnyInHades]

May ducks the punch and counters with a devastating left hook...

"Corporation Tax to be HALVED to persuade banks to stay in UK"
"from 20 per cent to 10 per cent"

Theresa May to cut corporation tax by half to persuade banks to stay in UK | UK | News | Daily Express

[darmstadt]

Oi, Brexit thickos, from that very same conference:

“Article50 will not be triggered by the end of March” – Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP

So when is it to be?

Brexit means stupid - so who voted for this? - Fleet Street Fox - Mirror Online

[GB9]

Oi, Brexit thickos, from that very same conference:



So when is it to be?

Brexit means stupid - so who voted for this? - Fleet Street Fox - Mirror Online

I would never have had you down as a Mirror reader.

Try this. Seems it's Germany's fault, not Belgium's.

BTW, where is Wallonia?

[BlasterBates]

Oh dear...

Businesses not impressed by plan to cut corporation tax

[jamesbrown]

Oh dear...

Businesses not impressed by plan to cut corporation tax

They're not unimpressed. It's just that a CT cut is only one lever and it has been yanked quite a bit already. It's good for FDI, but there are other priorities for many resident businesses.

Anyway, this needs to be read as pure spin, i.e. it isn't going to happen. The gov't is just reminding the EU that they're willing to engage in tax competition if absolutely neccesary. It's not the gov't strategy though. No one wants a trade war, which is what this might prompt, but we have weapons too.

[vetran]

But he didn't say that did he, therefore it's irrelevant what you say. BTW, as I'm actually on the ground in Frankfurt, I can tell that things are already happening here...

putting bacon & eggs on in the canteen or asking you to remove the towels from the hot desks isn't the event you think it is!

[NotAllThere]

They're not unimpressed. It's just that a CT cut is only one lever and it has been yanked quite a bit already. It's good for FDI, but there are other priorities for many resident businesses.

Anyway, this needs to be read as pure spin, i.e. it isn't going to happen. The gov't is just reminding the EU that they're willing to engage in tax competition if absolutely neccesary. It's not the gov't strategy though. No one wants a trade war, which is what this might prompt, but we have weapons too.

"There are no issues with Brexit, everything is going to be fine."

[ClothCap]

Why did you post a picture of a remoaner?

[BlasterBates]

Interesting development as UK regional governments begin to flex their muscles.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ny-brexit-deal

[Old Greg]

They're not unimpressed. It's just that a CT cut is only one lever and it has been yanked quite a bit already. It's good for FDI, but there are other priorities for many resident businesses.

Anyway, this needs to be read as pure spin, i.e. it isn't going to happen. The gov't is just reminding the EU that they're willing to engage in tax competition if absolutely neccesary. It's not the gov't strategy though. No one wants a trade war, which is what this might prompt, but we have weapons too.

Hear hear!

We don't want to fight but by Jingo if we do,
We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too,
We've fought the Bear before, and while we're Britons true,
The Russians shall not have Constantinople.

Of course, it would be much better to preserve the tax base to make sure we retain the fiscal space to fund the extra £350 million per week for the NHS.