The UK government needs to stop back peddling full checks on EU goods coming to the UK. Afterall the flow is heavily one way.

Exactly Bones and rover99x, think you will have a long wait till someone realistically explains where the £10bn / £2000 per person is coming from. There will also be capital flight due to the taxation needed. The original SNP model of $100 and ...

The article (like the SNP) fails to address the key point of how will scotland replace the barnett formula and the economies of scale effects.

They are simply produced in China as its cheaper, plenty of deposits outside China that can be mined if the price rises. Doubt a doubling in price would move the needle much on a F35. However the story is another example of the route the Chinese ...

Been clear for a while southern europe going to have issues this year, from when the vaccine buying prices slipped out. But appears more to it than vaccines and cant see Germans writing another cheque so its down to the ECB

City plan has been obvious for a long time, focus on where growth is, been given help with HK passports and an ex GS Chancellor for that reason

Merkel and a lot of other EU countries honouring the treaty they signed of 2% GDP with NATO would be a start.

Wonder how the WHO investigation is going at ground zero. Obvisiously leaving no stone un-turned.............only problem is the stones have all been removed

Think time to move on. The deed is done for good or bad, time will tell but think fortune will favour the brave. The EU can get on with full intregration to a Federal state without the pesky UK veto. GBP futures plodding on to 1.40

ECB boxed in, so much debt now in the weak EU contries they will collapse on any significant rate rise. Germany will have to live with higher inflation as the bailout funds flow back to them

Seems to me FX futures are quite efficient, not much friction, but only availiable for major crosses

Think both sides should be happy there is a deal. Without which animosity would have built up, which would have spread to other things like NATO. The organ grinder Mrs Merkel saw this, decided a deal was to be done. The EU can now get on with full ...

One thing for certain is he hasnt read the new UK immigration points system

Yes RossEdwards, will dig out obr data and post. Gist is covid has reduced the effect of no deal on gdp, ie they are not componding as one would expect

Clearly downside for UK of no deal is getting smaller along with fish wars in Jan would be a useful distraction

Getting to the point no deal wont be noticed, just another thing in the mix. In fact cod wars mk2 on the news will take the focus off covid for them

Seems the EU is at a similar place to when it did the Canadian deal. Lots of the 27 want different things so compromise is hard going. Like getting a group of 27 on here to agree on something. Fortunatly the EU has a organ grinder who will decide ...

Thank you for taking the time to reply and link RossEdwards. Afraid neither satisfies me there is no seepage across Chinese walls but this will all come to light at the LPF arbitration committee if there is a deal

And on we go, thought just for a second an EU expert was going to explain those state subsidies differences and why there is no seepage across chinese walls. Once thats done we can move onto whether the EU bailout and the ECB buying government bonds ...

Not at all, you misread the public opinion in the uk on fishing, akin to france does for its farmers Perhaps someone can explain this regarding the level playing field In 2018, the UK spent 0.38% of GDP on state aid (excluding railways, and ...