This mop headed twat is making an idiot of himself very quickly and is dragging the standard of the commons down to new levels. Corbyn does not have to respond to this type of playground rhetoric. People should ask themselves how many countries Iran has invaded since 1945 and then ask the same about the USA - do we really want to be permanently allied to the most hated country on this planet, without asking questions about that blind alliance ?
German weakness is overshadowing the whole of the eurozone Industrial weakness prompts employers to try to head off greater trouble Heraeus’s quartz glass works in Bitterfeld and Nemak’s auto supplies plant in Wernigerode have little in common, outwardly at least. But both have resorted to the same unusual manoeuvre to cope with Germany’s industrial slowdown.The three are among dozens of companies that have imposed “short-time work” on their employees, in what economists say could be the harbinger of trouble in the German labour market.Germany is in its tenth straight year of economic growth, with unemployment close to a record post-reunification low. But the US-China trade war, fears of a no-deal Brexit and the cooling of the Chinese auto market are taking a big toll on the export-oriented German economy.“Our members are telling us that the economic boom is over,” said Steffen Kampeter, head of the BDA employers’ association. “We are seeing a sideways movement, with the risk of a downturn.”Manufacturing orders have been falling, while exports stagnate and production in many industries is in decline. Germany’s economics ministry said last week it expected the weakness in the industrial sector to persist over the coming months. “German manufacturing industry has effectively been in recession since mid-2018,” said Timo Wollmershäuser, deputy director of the Ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys, a think-tank. The German economy is preparing for harder times than it has experienced in the last five years Steffen Kampeter, BDA employers’ association German weakness is overshadowing the whole of the eurozone, and could prompt the ECB to take fresh measures to support the currency area’s economy. With the bank’s governing council meeting this Thursday, many investors anticipate a cut to the ECB’s deposit rate, already at minus 0.4 per cent, as well as a revival of bond purchases later in the year.German industrial weakness is now beginning to leave its mark on the country’s labour practices. A recent survey by Mr Wollmershäuser found more and more companies seeking to curb their wage costs by reducing employees’ working hours — a sign of emptying order books and slowing output. The phenomenon was particularly widespread among manufacturers of heavy vehicles such as trains, aircraft and defence equipment, he said: in that sector, 30 per cent of companies had resorted to short-time work. On average, 3.8 per cent of manufacturers had cut their workers’ hours, but Ifo expects that figure to rise to 8.5 per cent in the next three months.The advantage of short-time work is clear: under German law, the government will cover most of the shortfall in a worker’s wages if his employer has been forced to cut hours due to an economic downturn. The policy was first introduced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to prevent mass lay-offs.According to data from the Federal Labour Office, the “top-up” payment — known as the “short-time allowance” — was made to 44,000 workers in April, compared to just 13,000 in April 2018.More broadly, companies are no longer recruiting as aggressively as they used to. According to IHS Markit’s Germany Business Outlook, hiring intentions across Germany’s private sector are the lowest since 2013, and lower than the euro average for the first time in eight years. IHS Markit said that in manufacturing, for the time since 2014, firms are signalling their intention to cut staff numbers. “In the space of just a few months, German businesses have gone from being the most confident in the euro area about hiring, to the least,” said Phil Smith, IHS Markit’s principal economist.The new, darker mood has been seen in recent company announcements. Chemicals giant BASF said it will cut 3,000 jobs in the coming months in Germany. Steel-to-elevators conglomerate Thyssenkrupp is slashing its German workforce by 4,000, carmaker Ford by about 5,400 and Bayer by 4,500.There have also been a flurry of profit warnings by German blue-chips. This month BASF slashed its forecast for full-year earnings by 30 per cent, blaming trade frictions between the US and China and declining demand from the car industry, one of its biggest customers. Meanwhile Daimler, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, issued its fourth profit warning in a little more than a year. So far, problems at individual companies have not affected broader employment data. “The labour market is still in a very, very good state, and we are still expecting the strong wage growth to continue in the coming years,” Claus Michelsen of the DIW think-tank told German radio this month. With baby-boomers retiring, Germany’s skills shortage, already chronic, looks likely to persist. But if it drags on for much longer, the weakness in German manufacturing could turn out to be a big risk for the economy as a whole. If more companies lay off staff, disposable income will decline and consumer uncertainty will grow, which will increase the danger of a recession.The IMK economic think-tank last week said there was a 36.6 per cent risk of a recession in Germany in the next three months — up from 30.9 per cent in June and twice as high as in July last year. It blamed the worsening mood in German boardrooms, the decline in orders from abroad and the slight fall in vacancies on the labour market.“The German economy is preparing for harder times than it has experienced in the last five years,” said the BDA’s Mr Kampeter. This article has been amended since publication to remove a reference to the Halloren chocolate factory in Halle, where short-time working is regularly used and is not a reflection of Germany’s industrial slowdown.
It's Corbyn's job to call him out. Put the exact question that you raised to him. What's the reason behind aggression towards Iran, specific reasons. We've seen this bullshit before and we've seen the aftermath. Iranian regime, for ****s sake, why does the word regime only apply to countries with oil and whom don't belong to the world bank?
****ing hell, listening to this again, it's ****ing nuts. Boris is on speed I reckon. Bercow is hilarious.
This is why the EU cannot allow a "no deal" with a prime customer like the UK. It's all brinkmanship at the moment. Boris and Co must call them out.
So Johnson prioritises the recruitment of 20,000 police officers, just as the police, many other organisations and a lot of the electorate have been demanding. Fair enough, good call. Almost immediately all the people who have been shouting about needing more police officers, including the police, start moaning about lack of instructors, even lack of police stations to put the new recruits in, and how difficult it’s all going to be. I’m not programmed to be sympathetic to Johnson, but FFS, what a crap reaction.
The main problem is keeping people in the force once trained and ‘out in the street’. When the morale in the police is at such a low is it any surprise that officers leave in droves, once recruited, due to lack of resources, feeling under valued and lack of respect. My lad is starting with Thames Valley later on in the year......I’m hoping he sticks with it but wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t.
Well said. I'm not ecstatic about his appointment but credit where it's due. There will be issues with implementation but so what? It's a bloody good start. And if people greet everything he does with negativity it will lose impact when it really matters.
Good luck to your lad Stainsey. If the police have more numbers hopefully they will get better results and respect will rise. They are on a hiding to nothing at the moment with the lack of investigation of many offences, people just give up on them.
To be fair mate, the last year has completely changed my view of the OB. The ones I’ve met seem in the face of it, dedicated young individuals who are just there doing a job and trying to keep some kind of order on the streets. Many are frustrated and upset at the lack of resources and the ‘red tape’ that stops them being able to do their job. Along with being so short staffed and labelled as ‘scum’ by many of the youth on the street (the ones in gangs carrying blades mostly), it’s a wonder they stay as long as they do.
As I said before, it doesn't matter what, if anything he achieves, some will just rubbish him, even if they are contradicting themselves. Fair play to you for not doing that. Things are already a lot more optimistic than under the pathetic May. So far so good.
He's the Anti-Christ of the Hard Left and they'll be on his case no matter what, as you say contrast his upbeat 1st day as PM to the miserable demeanour and lack of inspiration May has shown and at least we'll look positive. Labour now realise just what a liability Corbyn is, his dithering on Brexit and failure to deal with the Anti-Semitism problem is a turn-off when the Tories were there for the taking, Labour might just have missed their chance...
