tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post3209684125778099224..comments2024-03-27T23:59:49.801+00:00Comments on Stoat: Hello, good evening, and welcomeWilliam M. Connolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-44186797787703152052017-11-04T17:00:45.626+00:002017-11-04T17:00:45.626+00:00Stoat found...
Test comment, so please ignore or ...Stoat found...<br /><br />Test comment, so please ignore or delete - I'm having probs posting to Blogger for some reason.BBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687930416706386215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-6372988279102744922017-10-19T14:54:57.076+00:002017-10-19T14:54:57.076+00:00You might read my reference, for a start.
This wi...You might read my reference, for a start.<br /><br />This will be more interesting in 18 months. Assuming, of course, that no sanity outbreak occurs.<br /><br />Unix wise saying: He who plays in root will bring down tree.<br /><br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-9299297506778888792017-10-18T19:58:11.740+00:002017-10-18T19:58:11.740+00:00Ah, back in the land of the living. Knew that scie...Ah, back in the land of the living. Knew that science bloggy fad wouldn't last :-)James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-23717604112622668732017-10-16T20:10:08.708+00:002017-10-16T20:10:08.708+00:00I think if you measured it by jobs that have moved...I think if you measured it by jobs that have moved so far, he's doing pretty well. <a href="https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/business/economic-research-and-information/Pages/economic-statistics.aspx" rel="nofollow">This</a> tells me there are ~400k "finance and insurance" jobs, and they seem to expect that to increase; whereas stories of people leaving are in the hundreds or thousands. Perhaps you have better numbers?William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-87942496567627711862017-10-16T19:36:16.171+00:002017-10-16T19:36:16.171+00:00Last year, Timmy predicted few if any banking jobs...Last year, Timmy predicted few if any banking jobs would leave.<br /><br />So how's Timmy's prediction working out?<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-11206297175719755152017-10-16T13:31:18.638+00:002017-10-16T13:31:18.638+00:00Frankfurt is too small: https://www.forbes.com/sit...Frankfurt is too small: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/06/20/frankfurts-plan-to-steal-londons-business-over-brexit/William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-24439791133733048402017-10-16T13:22:46.794+00:002017-10-16T13:22:46.794+00:00A hard Brexit would leave the City without passpor...A hard Brexit would leave the City without passported access to the EU. Little England and Iceland could compete on equal terms for banking business. Banking without regulation and oversight is a Libertarian ideal, so how did Icesave work out for the British depositors?<br /><br />Accepting regulation to get access would be seen as a sellout by the Brexiteers. So the City is at least wounded, and perhaps just packs ups and heads to Frankfurt and elsewhere.<br /><br />https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-brexit-bankers/<br /><br />Same for other industries aimed at the demand of the Common Market. No access, why would they stay in England? Sure, local market, but that might be rather smaller after Brexit.<br /><br />The common good needs someone to step forward, but first this Brexit farce needs to play out. A look into the abyss to settle the mind.<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-5102932266937266402017-10-16T03:10:53.904+00:002017-10-16T03:10:53.904+00:00You can run, but you can't hide.You can run, but you can't hide.Raymond Arritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648714314250278353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-15683043935984666672017-10-15T16:39:14.309+00:002017-10-15T16:39:14.309+00:00>" So it looks like May is "safe"...>" So it looks like May is "safe", politically. "<br /><br />18.6% return for T May surviving as PM to the end of year does sound attractive now even if it was over 40% quite recently.crandleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181530527401007161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-46442895491057120072017-10-15T15:49:57.003+00:002017-10-15T15:49:57.003+00:00I don't think the Indy is a credible source fo...I don't think the Indy is a credible source for anything other than it's own opinion. A "hard" Brexit could be bad, or could be not. It rather depends on what actually happens. I wouldn't want May in charge when it did; I'd rather have the-equivalent-of-Thatcher, who doesn't seem to exist at the moment. Nor do I have any faith in my fellow voters sanity.<br /><br />As to why anyone would step forward: because they love their country? For the common good? Strange notions, I know, but without vision the people perish.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-39911109858967655882017-10-15T14:04:54.265+00:002017-10-15T14:04:54.265+00:00"There is not a single credible study which s..."There is not a single credible study which suggests a cliff-edge Brexit would be anything but a total disaster for the UK economy – and an event many times more destructive for us than the EU."<br /><br />"The reality is that Brexiteers grossly misjudged the post-Brexit balance of negotiating power between the UK and the EU before the vote. And they continue to misread the situation now if they believe waving a no-deal scenario in the face of the EU will prove an effective strategy."<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-negotiations-no-deal-europe-trade-economics-a8001341.html<br /><br />Assume there is some politician that has both a clear view of the situation and has the political assets to take over. Why would this hypothetical wise person step into the Brexit buzz saw? Better to wait until it is clear to most that Brexit was almost as dumb as electing Donald Trump. From over the Pond, at least, it doesn't look like that moment has come. So it looks like May is "safe", politically. She gets to own the total disaster of Brexit.<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-65406288470893352492017-10-15T11:20:00.913+00:002017-10-15T11:20:00.913+00:00Hello, good 11 years later, and welcome back.Hello, good 11 years later, and welcome back.crandleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181530527401007161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-28530968614685673802017-10-15T07:46:39.701+00:002017-10-15T07:46:39.701+00:00One of the irritations of blogger I'd forgotte...One of the irritations of blogger I'd forgotten was the inability to edit comments; I can only bin them. Which I'll try to avoid. Anyway, thanks all for showing up and welcome. May looks every day like a worse and worse PM but (qua analyses in all the papers) the Tories are alas to weak to remove her.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-19398212411729097432017-10-15T04:56:04.819+00:002017-10-15T04:56:04.819+00:00Please do not bother to tart. Please do not bother to tart. David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914145623997712113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-49825095041246266702017-10-15T02:40:55.204+00:002017-10-15T02:40:55.204+00:00Oh, and how is May's Brexit working out?
She ...<br />Oh, and how is May's Brexit working out?<br /><br />She getting a good deal, making good speeches and so on?<br /><br />It sounds like the City is moving to Frankfort and Dublin. How is that going to work out?<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-20043906557758357262017-10-15T02:21:55.821+00:002017-10-15T02:21:55.821+00:00Hello, am I somewhat welcomed over here?Hello, am I somewhat welcomed over here?Everett F Sargenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201577558036010680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-62073112432233870402017-10-15T02:11:36.550+00:002017-10-15T02:11:36.550+00:00$10,000,000 Reward
For information leading to the...$10,000,000 Reward<br /><br />For information leading to the Impeachment and Conviction of <br /><br />Donald Trump<br /><br />All the details at:<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/14/have-dirt-that-could-impeach-trump-larry-flynt-will-pay-you-10-million/<br /><br /><br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567197089095711546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-78669331969477225362017-10-14T23:36:52.067+00:002017-10-14T23:36:52.067+00:00Hola!Hola!CapitalistImperialistPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523405806602731435noreply@blogger.com