He must be desperate if he thinks freeports will be much cop.

They were trialled here with nothing particular in favour, you are probably losing jobs rather than making them.

Also they allowed in the EU, so they are not a benefit of brexit.

Budgets seem like an accounting fiddle to me, I never think they will make much difference.

An Attlee style post-war reset is about as likely as us winning 8-0 tonight.

I can dream......

More mouthing off from the EU lackeys:

[Link]

Red and Blue Army!

You would have thought that the message would have got through to the Irish by now (maybe the voters certainly not the politicians) . The EU is quite happy to throw them under the bus in pursuit of it's vendetta against the UK.

Irish fishing has been decimated and they have made importing and exporting goods a lot harder for the Irish, thanks EU.

One more point

What irritates me is that you accuse me of ignorance and arrogance when your own statements appear to show little more detail than GCSE level understanding. My position is supported in the economic world probably at levels higher than your apparent one.

The economic theory of centuries does not support your 'just borrow' and MMT approach as ok. There are countless examples where excess borrowing has ruined economies: from Argentina to Germany itself. Interest rates change Dan and are governed by global events outside our exclusive economic control.

You ignore the truth that economies are built completely on confidence. That confidence is that repayment will actually be guaranteed on debt and that requires an economy that outperforms it.

It's important to note that it's not just government debt that's the problem either. Personal and corporate debt are at unstainable levels and this also has to lower which will affect people's wealth just as much if not more.

As I stated at the beginning....and it still remains true. The position of people like you is that of a tightrope walker predicting that no gust of wind will ever blow him off his rope.

Our current debt to GDP is at levels not seen outside of world conflicts and the evidence of the past is that an upward curve is not sustainable. It has to move downwards not upwards for economies to work. I will attach the stats that show that economists throughout the ages have understood this. The graph doesn't show the years since 2008 but I understand we are up at WW2 debt levels now.

The statistics show that after both world conflicts debt levels reduced significantly compared to before. These levels took many decades to come down to good levels and the affect upon and the common man (you know those your politics lies that it cares about) wasn't wonderful.....and that's in times where the welfare burden was nothing...I repeat nothing compared to today.

Personally I think our GDP will perform reasonably compared to our competitors however for this decade it won't save us from coming economic burdens.

The future is a gathering momentum of economic hardship for the majority unless something in this picture changes. Only technology (which politicians rely upon) can offset it.....Can AI and automation save modern economies....In my view that will take time and until then vulnerable people are going to suffer before and during transitionary phases. And people like you just fool yourselves and others....like your idea that taxes don't need to increase.

You completely ignore the very real difficulties and problems concurrent with your approach within the modern context. When the truth is that economically this decade will be more like the fifties than the nineties for most.

But everything's going to be ok in Dan's 'fantasy economics' universe.

Edited by Stirlingsays (04 Mar 2021 1.09pm)

Attachment: historicdebt.JPG (208.20Kb)

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

If the EU genuinely cared about the Island of Ireland they would set up a preferred trader system for the major corporations to eliminate the unnecessary paperwork. It is a simple and obvious solution which shows that they still want to punish us.

One more point

I do agree but the UK government needs to take a huge share of the blame for this.

The EU, by its very nature, was never going to play ball. It literally sees Brexit as a direct threat to its existence and events of the last few months have done nothing to assuage that fear/paranoia.

There never was, at least in the short term, a workable deal with the EU. That much was obvious to anybody with even the most basic understanding of how the EU functions. All the evidence in plain sight. The way in which other referendums were ignored or forced to be re-run and so on.

Which is fine. That is what it is and why we needed to be on the outside. Where Johnson and co have f***ed up is even contemplating this nonsense whereby goods going from the main-land to Northern Ireland are subject to any controls whatsoever. Utterly unworkable.

Heaping all the blame on the EU is like blaming a wild dog for biting and snatching at things. That is its nature. The real idiot is the one who thinks he can pat it on its head and then expect it to abide by an agreement not to be a c***.

We need to simply accept that a deal is not workable and move on from there. As we should have done in the first place. And the blame for that lays solely with Downing street. Brussels is full of s***c***s but so what? That is what they are and have never pretended to be any different.

Edited by Matov (04 Mar 2021 3.43pm)

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Italy and EU block vaccines to Australia:

[Link]

This is a dick move. Given we are outside of the EU and therefore not subject to their "protectionist EUroNationalist scheme"... sorry, "export transparency scheme", I would be happy to request AZ send 250k from our factories to our *actual* friends and allies in Australia (as opposed to the belligerent tossers on our doorstep our political class claim are our "friends and allies")

Edited by davenotamonkey (04 Mar 2021 4.59pm)

Evil.

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

Is Scottish independence a matter for the rest of the UK to decide upon then?

If the Scottish vote for independence do we get to look to jail their leaders?

Edited by Stirlingsays (09 Mar 2021 5.34pm)

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

Times ten.

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