tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post7344682353619973138..comments2024-03-29T12:16:15.785+00:00Comments on mainly macro: Do Conservative MPs really think they can cope with the consequences of No Deal?Mainly Macrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984575852247982901noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-14418178599768359832019-09-10T01:05:44.023+00:002019-09-10T01:05:44.023+00:00Will any of this be new information to the MP'...Will any of this be new information to the MP's that chose Mr Johnson as the party leader?Thaomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747215297590200584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-9837609470844022062019-09-04T16:04:42.057+00:002019-09-04T16:04:42.057+00:00Thank you for your point of view and the explanati...Thank you for your point of view and the explanations. It seems like the problems that exist with being in the EU (whatever they are) should be worked on, modified or talked out - in order to make belonging to the EU better. Not just a wholesale walk-off. But politicians are not often statesmen...Kanabalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410762621139112289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-29490116938472952882019-09-04T10:43:22.664+00:002019-09-04T10:43:22.664+00:00Bail not bale.Bail not bale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-10783777842750454652019-09-03T19:34:17.480+00:002019-09-03T19:34:17.480+00:00As an American Anglophile (my brother-in-law and e...As an American Anglophile (my brother-in-law and ex-wife are both English) Brexit has always seemed like anti-immigrant aversion magnified into economy-gutting hara-kiri. And that was before Hard Berexit became default. <br /><br />Question: If another referendum on Brexit were held today, what would UK voters choose?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748137455862002236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-57009952258680799312019-09-03T18:07:27.344+00:002019-09-03T18:07:27.344+00:00Shock horror! Gasp! The truth! Has it really come ...Shock horror! Gasp! The truth! Has it really come to that? Three years lies and obfuscation fails? The only sane action by whatever government is still around before Hallowe'en, is to rescind the Article 50 application to leave.<br /><br />That such a move is sane, of course dooms it. Have a nice.Odyssios Reduxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764372808988711717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-61872428015820607842019-09-03T17:59:06.771+00:002019-09-03T17:59:06.771+00:00Very minor - “bail out” not “bale out”. Interestin...Very minor - “bail out” not “bale out”. Interesting comments.Michael RHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071972872618062364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-57701547889994294302019-09-03T17:44:00.760+00:002019-09-03T17:44:00.760+00:00It's clear by now that the Brexiteers *like* t...It's clear by now that the Brexiteers *like* the chaos. They'll blame it on Labour/UK beaucrats/the EU/Johnny Foreigner/Remainers/Jews/Muslims/etc.<br /><br />-BarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-81784556509553648972019-09-03T15:22:52.889+00:002019-09-03T15:22:52.889+00:00It is a great relief to know that someone at least...It is a great relief to know that someone at least knows what the consequences of Brexit are. Thank goodness for economists!<br />So, since you know what the outcome is, what are you doing about it? Have you mortgaged your house and bought any particular currency? Invested heavily in those things where there will be shortages? Bought gold? Shorted Sterling??<br />I mean: since you can see the outcome, you have surely acted to enrich yourself? You'd be a fool not to. That's just basic economics, isn't it??StuartPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-44016807867828241272019-09-03T09:33:05.970+00:002019-09-03T09:33:05.970+00:00Excellent. You only left out the thousands of smal...Excellent. You only left out the thousands of small businesses collapsing under the combined impact of frozen supply chains and impenetrable WTO-régime red tape.James Wimberleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10039653150309817093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-87583595028263841432019-09-03T09:16:51.857+00:002019-09-03T09:16:51.857+00:00I realise this article is mainly aimed at Brexit, ...I realise this article is mainly aimed at Brexit, but, like most commentators (especially, but not only, English ones), you assume that Scottish independence is a bad thing. A bad thing for who? As an economic expert you must be aware that the GERS statistics are rigged to show Scottish dependence on England. You must be aware of the McCrone Report which gave a very different picture of the Scottish economy. You must also know that it was suppressed for obvious reasons. You must know that Norway's present wealth oil funds is not the case in Scotland, and the reason why that is so.<br /><br />So try to be a bit more impartial, even if you then have less ammunition.Clinesteron Beademungenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10257843885271236115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-10713199581479563582019-09-03T09:03:09.875+00:002019-09-03T09:03:09.875+00:00I agree that trade deals will be hard to come by (...I agree that trade deals will be hard to come by (and will take years), but why do you feel a breakdown of peace in NI is inevitable? Very few people want that, and in the age of digital crime fighting, catching the perpetrators is much easier than it was in the 70s/80sOliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258036632250713578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-90161150645227646342019-09-02T14:23:09.016+00:002019-09-02T14:23:09.016+00:00Very good. Now do one for Labour MPs explaining wh...Very good. Now do one for Labour MPs explaining why, if there turns out to be no Commons majority either for a second referendum or for revoking Article 50 outright--which there almost certainly is not--they'll need to use their control of the order paper to vote May's original Brexit deal through, even if they think Brexit was a terrible idea.Jeff Rigsbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02872387128063532661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-66730197729445351462019-09-02T12:46:08.811+00:002019-09-02T12:46:08.811+00:00All very likely consequences of no deal.
But my p...All very likely consequences of no deal. <br />But my pet theory is that the UK might get into trouble with its balance of payments. I mean, if the government sabotages exports, the Pound drops and foreign investors lose confidence, how long can the UK finance its imports? And what will it have to sell off?avoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634018583987847153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-74363872300949355862019-09-02T12:09:19.274+00:002019-09-02T12:09:19.274+00:00This post is fantastic because it spells out speci...This post is fantastic because it spells out specific consequences of no-deal brexit and not some GDP numbers. Things might well have been different if the remainers talked more about these instead of going on about rather abstract GDP forecasts.Sagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543279903823145650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-63873649843366032212019-09-02T08:37:55.602+00:002019-09-02T08:37:55.602+00:00Excellent! But oh so depressing.Excellent! But oh so depressing.Aloysiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884494869961231077noreply@blogger.com