How’s Rachael from accounts getting on…..

[Mottie]

Given that we import up to 50% of our food, part of the UK electorate (particularly those who find it hardest to make ends meet) should have thought about that before voting to devalue the pound

Why do you assume that it was those that found it hard to make ends meet voted to leave the EU? Nobody I know that voted to leave was finding it anywhere near hard to make ends meet.

 

[aveatry]

"...driven by tobacco and air fares...." In other words, felt by the stupid and those with the ability to pay. Not daft our Rach

Yep from the man who makes pointless plane trips to slide down a hill with some planks tied to his feet

 

[noseall]

Yep from the man who makes pointless plane trips to slide down a hill with some planks tired to his feet

I wouldn't say pointless. One needs to be reasonably fit and healthy to ski. Healthy body, healthy mind and all that. Perhaps that's what is missing form your life.

Plus you can enjoy the mountains and meet some very different and interesting folk - Gerries, Austrians, Dutch, French, Swiss, Italian etc. I've usually had my fill of alpine food, by the time we leave (1 week skiing), but I do really like the simple Tyrolean dish Grostl.

Don't be frightened to educate yourself.

 

[aveatry]

I wouldn't say pointless. One needs to be reasonably fit and healthy to ski. Healthy body, healthy mind and all that. Perhaps that's what is missing form your life.

Rubbish - you are so lazy and unfit that you get the lift back up to the top.

 

[Mottie]

Same old, same old."More to do". That’s catching up with "Further and faster". Yawn.

Reeves says 'more to do' after sluggish GDP growth

The chancellor's comments came after figures showed the UK economy saw a lacklustre end to 2025.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ellal]

Same old, same old."More to do". That’s catching up with "Further and faster". Yawn.

Reeves says 'more to do' after sluggish GDP growth

The chancellor's comments came after figures showed the UK economy saw a lacklustre end to 2025.

www.bbc.co.uk

And yet economic growth is still positive under labour...

From your link...

"the economy's 1.3% growth for the whole of 2025 had topped analysts' forecasts"

So what are reform's policies and forecasts for economic growth?

After all you've told us you agree with all of said policies/forecasts so you should have no problem explaining them to us!

 

[motorbiking]

Meanwhile unemployment and the deficit are increasing at huge rates.

 

[Ihavenojob]

UK economy grew by 0.1% in last three months of 2025 after 'subdued' end to year

The UK economy grew by 1.3% overall last year, up from 1.1% in 2024, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[motorbiking]

Its no surprise given the two budgets.

 

[ellal]

Meanwhile unemployment and the deficit are increasing at huge rates.

You can blame brexit for a lot of that...

Oh but that's right, we should apparently just 'move on'...

And ignore the £90bn lost each year because of that vote!

And of course ignore the effects of a devalued currency and it's inflationary impact year on year

 

[motorbiking]

You can blame brexit for a lot of that...

Oh but that's right, we should apparently just 'move on'...

And ignore the £90bn lost each year because of that vote!

And of course ignore the effects of a devalued currency and it's inflationary impact year on year

If you look at the data - thats obviously nonsense

2025 (latest)	5.1% Labour
2024	4.1%
2023	4.0%
2022	3.7%
2021	4.8% covid
2020	4.5% covid
2019	3.6%
2018	4.1%
2017	4.4%
2016	4.9% brexit vote
2015	5.5%

 

[ellal]

"If you look at the data - thats obviously nonsense"

Really?

You ignore the negative impact of brexit in your figures...

And care to tell us where the pound was in comparison to the Euro prior to June 2016 and where it has consistently been since then?

A simple question for you...

Is it cheaper to buy imported products at a rate of 1.38 or 1.15?

And before you claim that UK exports are cheaper, the fact is that the UK runs a trade deficit which is greater due to currency devaluation...

Looking forward to your usual endless pages of trying to defend the indefensible

 

[motorbiking]

"If you look at the data - thats obviously nonsense"

Really?

Care to tell us where the pound was in comparison to the Euro prior to June 2016 and where it has consistently been since then?

A simple question for you...

Is it cheaper to buy imported products at a rate of 1.38 or 1.15?

And before you claim that UK exports are cheaper, the fact is that the UK runs a trade deficit which is greater due to currency devaluation...

when shown the data Ellal quickly changes the argument to something else.
A reminder we were discussing the rate of unemployment, you argued it was down to Brexit. I showed you the data.

Looking forward to your usual endless pages of trying to defend the indefensible

No need you have now seen the data.