Theresa goes for option 4.
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I'm shocked! Are you saying that the RWR's are posting lies and bull s hit? Who would have thought.
That's what we need some one to stand up to these EU pencil pushing ,paper shuffling dead beats who spent best part of 7 years arguing about turtle wax & hot dogs with the US trade delegation
trump will probably send a lot of em packing any way,apart from us & the Austrians the rest do not amount to a bag of beans imho
Lets face it what is Belgium for any way ? & as for Luxembourg well ,yes exactly
trump will probably send a lot of em packing any way,apart from us & the Austrians the rest do not amount to a bag of beans imho
Lets face it what is Belgium for any way ? & as for Luxembourg well ,yes exactly
WOW JohnD - You have been busy trawling BBC news!!!!. I apologise that I did not clarify my posting. I should have said that the BBC 6 0'clock TV news did not mention the significant jump in the £ following TM's speech. Some would be suspicious of BBC motives when the BBC mention it on the 6 o'clock R4 bulletin to a few thousand of their listeners, or put a 3rd party graph on their website, but totally ignore the millions of TV news viewers.
The other issue is that BBC tend to mention a falling pound as a 'headline', but never when it is rising.
They do the same when the FTSE drops 'wiping billions off the value of blue chip companies'. But never seem to highlight that the same index has increased value by even more billions of ££££ due to the historical burst through the 7000 mark.
The other issue is that BBC tend to mention a falling pound as a 'headline', but never when it is rising.
They do the same when the FTSE drops 'wiping billions off the value of blue chip companies'. But never seem to highlight that the same index has increased value by even more billions of ££££ due to the historical burst through the 7000 mark.
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The FTSE100 and the Pound: Dollar and Pound:Euro are regular features of the radio news, whether up, down or unchanged.
The 6pm TV news has a different audience. They report when it has an unusually large jump one way or the other.
You are suffering from Confirmation Bias.
Have a look at this. Bumbling around $1.22 ish, up and down a couple of cents. As I write it is $1.23, which is typical of the last month.
The dollar fell a bit when Trump made an arse of himself again, and on 17th Jan was down against almost every currency, not just the pound.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/currency/11/12/default.stm
Which of them do you think is significant enough to include in the 6pm TV news?
How about this one? $1.45 down to $1.23
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/currency/11/12/twelve_month.stm
Certainly a significant change and a long trend there.
Can you think what might have been the trigger?
The 6pm TV news has a different audience. They report when it has an unusually large jump one way or the other.
You are suffering from Confirmation Bias.
Have a look at this. Bumbling around $1.22 ish, up and down a couple of cents. As I write it is $1.23, which is typical of the last month.
The dollar fell a bit when Trump made an arse of himself again, and on 17th Jan was down against almost every currency, not just the pound.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/currency/11/12/default.stm
Which of them do you think is significant enough to include in the 6pm TV news?
How about this one? $1.45 down to $1.23
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/currency/11/12/twelve_month.stm
Certainly a significant change and a long trend there.
Can you think what might have been the trigger?
The FTSE100 and the Poundollar and Pound:Euro are regular features of the radio news, whether up, down or unchanged.
The 6pm TV news has a different audience. They report when it has an unusually large jump one way or the other.
And of course the slightest drop will take precedence. Anything that can show brexit in a negative light.
JohnD - My posting was regarding the bias news reporting, not the root cause to the rise and fall of the £.
The BBC are as cynical as the tabloid press and only 'Headline' Brexit news when it meets their own agenda
The BBC are as cynical as the tabloid press and only 'Headline' Brexit news when it meets their own agenda
I'm sure the news agencies will report anything, ANYTHING that appears to show Brexit in a positive light. Even the right leaning, conservative Sky news is struggling to scrape a story.
By the way Roger the Liar, you did not explain the Sky news comment (Sky lol) or your fellow ****** cyclone ringer. Care to explain now Rog? Try not to lie or bull s hit.
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I don't get why this is so confusing for people. These are basic negotiation tactics, straight out of any procurement manual.
UK: You've got nothing I want, I'm ready to walk away if you aren't reasonable
EU: You need to feel pain, so you appreciate what good looks like.
basic stuff
It is entirely possible for the UK to get a worse deal from the EU than it currently enjoys and get a better deal overall. The key thing we get is the ability to trade independently with nations outside the EU. Nations that currently find doing business with the EU a right pain.
UK: You've got nothing I want, I'm ready to walk away if you aren't reasonable
EU: You need to feel pain, so you appreciate what good looks like.
basic stuff
It is entirely possible for the UK to get a worse deal from the EU than it currently enjoys and get a better deal overall. The key thing we get is the ability to trade independently with nations outside the EU. Nations that currently find doing business with the EU a right pain.
