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If they got 48% of the vote they'd be doing rather well.
...but built into that too was the referendum. The Tories were the only party to offer it, indeed it probably delivered Cameron a (slim) majority govt as opposed to coalition
I don't understand "the market" or know how it works but I saw this today and I thought I'd share it with all the doom and gloom mongers
The FTSE 250 is up more than 3% at 16,727 as we head towards the closing bell, hitting its highest levels since the EU referendum.
Michael Hewson of CMC Markets writes...
"Much has been made in recent days of how the FTSE 250 has underperformed the FTSE 100 which managed to leave its pre referendum peaks behind it within a week of the vote, but it also ignores that fact that since its all-time highs of 18,393 over a year ago the FTSE 250 is still only down less than 10%, a fairly decent performance given all the uncertainty about the UK’s economic future."
Are we still going to Hell in a handcart?
The FTSE 250 is up more than 3% at 16,727 as we head towards the closing bell, hitting its highest levels since the EU referendum.
Michael Hewson of CMC Markets writes...
"Much has been made in recent days of how the FTSE 250 has underperformed the FTSE 100 which managed to leave its pre referendum peaks behind it within a week of the vote, but it also ignores that fact that since its all-time highs of 18,393 over a year ago the FTSE 250 is still only down less than 10%, a fairly decent performance given all the uncertainty about the UK’s economic future."
Are we still going to Hell in a handcart?
Treeza to be PM Wednsday afternoon, after Dave does his last PMQs. Tosser couldn't even manage his own resignation to his own preference. But I'm sure he will be delighted, no need to have a summer holiday in Cornwall this year at last, he can take the family to any of those place (Mustique, Monaco, Costa Smeralda.....) that he would have been too embarrassed to go to as PM.
You've forgotten Blair and Brown so quickly. It's the way it works for all parties, there's no point getting all huffy about it.
The markets like stability and certainty. That's why even early rumours of a Leave vote caused a downturn, and why getting an experienced, competent politician as PM causes an upturn.
He's probably as happy to go now as in nine weeks time. His ideal would be to stay after a Remain decision, but the battlebus of lies and farages racist posters put paid to that.
So, now let's have a look at Treeza, the least worst option as far as I could see. Or perhaps not
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...961.html?campaign_id=A100&campaign_type=Email
Looks like she has all the credentials required to be a truly great PM. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...961.html?campaign_id=A100&campaign_type=Email
Looks like she has all the credentials required to be a truly great PM. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
I just reflect that I didn't vote Tory in the last general election but I lost so just have to suck it up (as the currently popular mantra seems to be).
The doom and gloom merchants on here are conveniently ignoring all this.
On May, I think the fact that she was in the remain camp (reluctantly I suspect) will be a big advantage when negotiations start with the EU. Hopefully she'll get a good balanced deal.
Just don't voice any concerns or diversity of opinion out loud and keep humming 'the sun has got his hat on', and democracy will do you proud Matt.
What benefits have you noticed so far Col? The workers of Forterra, brick maker, which has closed two plants in Lancashire because of the near instant downturn in construction, and Lush, cosmetics, which is closing its factory in Poole and opening one in Düsseldorf, explicitly because of Brexit, may be interested to know. As will anyone who's pension fund doesn't give them a defined benefit and has investments in building, airlines, banks and worst of all commercial property. We will never know the number of jobs that have not been created because of cancelled investments. Branson claims 3,000 just for Virgin, but I would concede that he is such a pro Remainer that this may not be entirely reliable. The 50 attack helicopters we are buying from the US will cost £250m more because of the fall in sterling.
This doesn't give me any pleasure at all mate I would be delighted to be proved completely wrong as this thing unravels.
Agree on May, she looks better placed to have a civilized negotiation than any of her rivals did, and she doesn't look like a soft touch. I don't trust her at all of course, but then you wouldn't expect me to.
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cant imagine dave doing this
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good on Obama for having a sense of humour
We're all Happy Clappers now we have a Remainer in charge Goldie
I'm confident she'll listen to her friends in the CBI, The City, the IFS, the IMF etc and keep us in the single market.