It's what hedge funds do. Ask George Soros he bounced us out of the ERM. If they see an opportunity to make a quick buck they will go for it. I have no sympathy for Hedge fund managers they are gamblers and if they guess wrong well tough.

One more point

Why don't you grow up

He was quoting Rachel Johnson, hedge fund are regulated and if they want to speculate on currency, stocks, commodities, pork bellies or orange juice, so what?

Steely's just here for the troll.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I know - I usually ignore.

'The facts are only pertinent to Mr Johnson’s interest in getting away with what he says. It is a tragedy that he can get away with his fabrications and exaggerations whatever the cost to the country'.

Nonsensical post-brexit spending promises unravelling by the hour.

40 billions of new hospitals?

It turns out the are re-configuring 6, and sites like Sidcup will not be rebuilt.

Fibre broadband for the country? Cost 33 billions they are going to spend 5.

Matter of opinion, to me it matters what ANYONE in public office says and some of the bile spewed by Labour MPs in the past and recently is far more inflammatory than anything the PM has said IMO

What I understand is that perception and trust are far more important.
If what you say mattered to anyone, we would not be in this situation.

You just keep telling yourself that the referendum was only advisory.

Repeat that mealy mouthed mantra if it makes you feel better.

It won’t always set you free as many people who’ve pleaded guilty will testify.

Just looked at "the other place" for the first time in years and at their politics forum for the first time ever.

It's good to see that, at first sight anyway, there seems to be a great deal more balance in the views being expressed there. I would hate to think this forum represented the views of the typical Palace supporter.

This is a recent post in their Brexit section, which seems a pretty accurate summary of how things developed, and might provoke an interesting debate here:-

"Here's the Tory culpability timeline as I see it:

1) Cameron called the referendum, not for any reason of conviction but simply to sideline UKIP in the 2015 General Election and to a lesser degree appease the lunatic wing of his own party, be they MPs or members

2) He called the referendum in 2016 at a bad moment in the economic cycle and at the height of the Syrian refugee crisis

3) He called a once in a lifetime referendum, but made it advisory, meaning it wasn't subject to electoral commission rules

4) He didn't allow all British Citizens to vote, or 16 and 17 year olds, or tax paying Europeans in the UK nor did he set a minimum 2/3rds constitutional change threshold

5) The question asked was open to wild interpretation and not a choice with two defined answers

6) The campaign was woeful and not co-ordinated in a sensible way

7) Johnson went back on his word and principles and came out for Leave purely to further his own career, betraying Cameron in the process. He then lied through his teeth to paint a picture of an amazing post Brexit Britain that we all now know is bollocks.

After losing Cameron, instead of appointing a cross party body of politicians, civil servants and trade specialists to formulate and negotiate the best Brexit plan possible for the country, resigned and therefore made the subsequent Tory leadership election all about who would negotiate Brexit and how hard it would be

9) May made zero attempt to reach any sort of consensus across the House but also failed to stand up to the ERG. She then fatally called an unnecessary election which wiped out her majority

10) May then was in hock to the ERG and DUP, and despite negotiating a pretty hard Brexit that ended free movement, the European Court and allowed us to strike our own trade deals couldn't get it passed because of Johnson and the ERG - members of her own Tory party

11) Johnson gets elected by the lunatic membership by lurching even further right and even more extreme. His policy is one of appealing to the myth of the Dunkirk spirit. As if desperate survival should be a valid choice against a healthy, prosperous and peaceful society.

12) He sets off on a path of illegality and extremism that further alienates Europe, weakens the Union and disgusts all people of humanity whatever their views on Brexit

And here we are today, led by a seemingly corrupt, serial liar and cheat, who thinks nothing of breaking the law whether that be to beat up a journalist or illegally shut down parliament. He wants his way like a spoilt two year old after no sleep and a bag of sugar.

Be in no doubt, this s*** show is a Tory mess. All because they were worried about losing 5% of their votes to UKIP - a party that had never elected an MP. And because of the gross, unfettered ambitions of the mendacious, philandering sociopath, Alexander Boris de Pieffel Johnson"

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.