O/T:- Trump Presidency 2.0 [hic sunt dracones]

[BigFatPie]

Ok. Well, I tried! 🙂

I tried to teach my dog Chinese, with similar results.

[Med Pie]

I tried to teach my dog Chinese, with similar results.

Don't despair, at least you manage to produce it fluently, post after derisive, post.

[BigFatPie]

Don't despair, at least you manage to produce it fluently, post after derisive, post.

I see the FTSEs booming today, does that make Rachel from accounts a financial genius?

[Notsohumblepie]

I see the FTSEs booming today, does that make Rachel from accounts a financial genius?

London close: Stocks higher as UK growth misses forecasts
(Sharecast News) - London equities ended Thursday in positive territory, with investors buoyed by weaker-than-expected UK growth data that bolstered expectations of a potential interest rate cut by the Bank of England next month

Your statement is dead right , but perhaps the causes leave room for a little less optimism

[BigFatPie]

London close: Stocks higher as UK growth misses forecasts
(Sharecast News) - London equities ended Thursday in positive territory, with investors buoyed by weaker-than-expected UK growth data that bolstered expectations of a potential interest rate cut by the Bank of England next month

Your statement is dead right , but perhaps the causes leave room for a little less optimism

Add in inflation being lower than expected fuelling the expectation of interest rate cuts. Gilt yields are down as well.

Politicians have little control over many of these factors, calls for her to resign were as ridiculous as me coming on here claiming she deserves credit for some of the numbers now going the right way. She?s been chancellor for just over 6 months. Even more ridiculous is people trying to give Trump credit for stuff he hasnt been near yet.

In the UK the best thing we could do to get the numbers going the right way long term would be to rejoin the single market and customs union. I see Badenoch is taking the first baby steps to acknowledge what a colossal eff up the whole Brexit thing has been. It wouldnt surprise me at all if the Tories became pro more EU integration before Labour. They will if they have any sense.

[Med Pie]

Add in inflation being lower than expected fuelling the expectation of interest rate cuts. Gilt yields are down as well.

Politicians have little control over many of these factors, calls for her to resign were as ridiculous as me coming on here claiming she deserves credit for some of the numbers now going the right way. She?s been chancellor for just over 6 months. Even more ridiculous is people trying to give Trump credit for stuff he hasnt been near yet.

In the UK the best thing we could do to get the numbers going the right way long term would be to rejoin the single market and customs union. I see Badenoch is taking the first baby steps to acknowledge what a colossal eff up the whole Brexit thing has been. It wouldnt surprise me at all if the Tories became pro more EU integration before Labour. They will if they have any sense.

Just can't leave it behind can you, you realise that EU economies are faring worse that the UK? What would be the benefit, more cheap labour for millionaire factory owners and farmers, even more, foreign students?

If Starmer slides us back in to the EU, he will be as reviled as Thatcher.

The UK isn't the only country which is sick of 'incomers' btw, Spain has just announced the intention to impose 100% tax on none EU, property buyers.

[SwalePie]

Add in inflation being lower than expected fuelling the expectation of interest rate cuts. Gilt yields are down as well.

Politicians have little control over many of these factors, calls for her to resign were as ridiculous as me coming on here claiming she deserves credit for some of the numbers now going the right way. She?s been chancellor for just over 6 months. Even more ridiculous is people trying to give Trump credit for stuff he hasnt been near yet.

In the UK the best thing we could do to get the numbers going the right way long term would be to rejoin the single market and customs union. I see Badenoch is taking the first baby steps to acknowledge what a colossal eff up the whole Brexit thing has been. It wouldnt surprise me at all if the Tories became pro more EU integration before Labour. They will if they have any sense.

Good point. Ironically the single best way for the Tories to make themselves electable again would be to back a reversal of Brexit. Those who didn't want it or who've realised their mistake would probably back them, even if only a 'loan vote' for one election.

[lunaspie]

I tried to teach my dog Chinese, with similar results.

You faced a Boxer Rebellion ?