Guided Missile

I enjoyed watching him in action at the last Unite committee meeting: [video=youtube_share;hUBAx8jbYNs]

3 Years Later: Wage growth in the UK reached an 11-year high in the year to June, and the employment rate was its joint highest since 1971, official figures show. Wage growth rose to 3.9%, while the estimated 76.1% employment rate was the best since comparative records began: Meanwhile, in Germany:

There was only one poll that counted and you lost. So move on and accept we're leaving. You might become less bitter that way.

The biggest straw Remainers have clutched at is that the 54 per cent support ComRes found for Mr Johnson proroguing Parliament to deliver Brexit excludes those who responded "don't know" to the question. "It is a bald-faced lie," David Lammy declared on Twitter, "and they know it, excluding 'Don't Knows' to manufacture a response." Other Labour MPs, such as Ben Bradshaw, shared messages dismissing the findings as "very questionable". Yet Mr Bradshaw was only too happy late last year to trumpet a YouGov "study" commissioned by the so-called "People's Vote" campaign that found – after excluding don't knows – most voters in Labour seats wanted another referendum. At the same time, Remainers were gleefully sharing the poll of 20,000 people Channel 4 commissioned from Survation, which found that – once they had excluded don't knows – 54 per cent of those surveyed would vote to stay in the EU. "MPs stop & listen to the real time will of the people", Gina Miller declared, not letting the exclusion of don't knows stop her from treating it as authoritative. It is telling that Remainers never expressed a problem with this standard technique when it was used for surveys which supported their views. It is perfectly legitimate to exclude "don't knows" in order to get a closer sense of what the public thinks, taking the logical assumption that those on the fence fall similarly to those who had already made up their minds.

You failed to make a point, Herbert. Been on the vodka?

Even by your standards, Herbert, that is a totally embarrassing post and two sh! te references. Richard A. E. North aka Muckspreader and I'm a swivel..?? .

Of course, if the leaving date had been March, it is acknowledged that we wouldn't have been ready. In today's article in the Telegraph, Jean-Marc Puissesseau acknowledged that a no-deal Brexit in March would have been a hair-raising experience. "That would have been a huge problem because nobody believed it was going to happen and they were all dragging their feet. But we have seven more months and this time they are getting ready," he said.

I love the French. Here Jean-Marc Puissesseau, president of Port Boulogne Calais. comments on the effect of no-deal on the Port of Dover: ‘c’est la bullsh**’...

Ich werde einen haben

No more than a year, in my opinion, after a proper Conservative government, under Winston Johnson, wins a large majority in November and defeats the Marxist, antisemitic horde.

Whereas the EU have been more than fair...

A great article, here, regarding US/UK cooperation. A pity the EU didn't take the same approach.

Then read the letter from the US Senate, referred to in the Telegraph, here. I was able to get to it, through the Guardian, that carried the same story as the Telegraph, here.

Obviously you didn't read the article I cited :

Prior to this thread being hijacked, it is worth remembering its initial premise, back in June, 2016, was not about Brexit vs Remain, as that question was answered in the largest ever referendum in UK history. Rather, it was regarding a potential trade deal with the US, post Brexit: So, over three years on, it appears more and more likely that the post was bang on, as this article by the same author reports from the US. The journey towards the sunny uplands will begin on November 1st, after three wasted years. The path will be a rocky one for the first few miles, but the British people will come together and prosper, as they always do and this thread can die at the same time as the Brexit party....

Meanwhile, the latest news from mainland Europe: Glad to see there is another website paying attention to this thread.... The message? BUY GOLD....

Behave, mate. UK has a £67 billion trade deficit with the EU, imports over €22 billion of cars from Germany and the EU care more about Ireland? We have the 2nd largest economy in the EU, FFS. Still, keep putting you country down. You'll have plenty of support amongst the other traitors on this thread.

So, Brexit will shortly be consigned to a footnote in history and the seismic effects of the two heavyweights slugging it out for world trade will determine, by and large, what happens in the rest of the world. The UK will become a nimble lightweight, ducking and diving, whilst holding Trumps jacket, when we need the US to do our fighting for us. China will be fighting with a knuckleduster, in the form of currency manipulation and won't need to ask an electorate for permission to do what the hell they want. Watch how they will slap Hong Kong down. In fact, China is treating Hong Kong like the EU has treated the UK. We have the democratic advantage, though, thank God. Meanwhile, the EU climbs into the ring with one arm tied behind its back, in the form of the euro. Tariffs from the US and the UK will do to the EU, what they are doing to China. Watch the German manufacturing economy continue to tank, taking the euro with it. The UK will quickly reduce its corporate tax rate and become a global tax haven anchored just off the French coast. No metal bashing for the UK, just a rampant growth of services, curtailing the Irish tax dodging, economic "miracle". Still, at least they can get back to helping the UK to improve its transport infrastructure.

Cartoon of the day:

This from a Democrat.... [video=youtube_share;JLdA1ikkoEc]

Auf wiedersehen.... Das Ende ist nah....

As Jordan Peterson said, it is all about equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome....

That particular "stat" was only announced 4 days ago. I suggest you watch this clip from Ferris Bueller. You might learn something, but I have a feeling you are the one dribbling over his desk. The Laffer curve... This from the NY Times. One of the few truly great economists... Still, what do they know compared to your hero, John McDonnell ?

Yes, apparently it is good, particularly for the over 5 million public sector workers.... Of course, we could model our economy on Venezuela, when Corbyn gets in and we all dance around his money tree...

For a bit of light relief, take a look at the way I see the EU, with King Arthur playing the President of the Commission.