Brexit has well and truly begun!

[Carana]

The number of foreign tourists arriving in London continues to grow since the pound dropped slightly against all foreign currencies following the Brexit vote.  It's an ill wind that doesn't blow somebody some good!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-28/brexit-vote-sends-tourists-flocking-to-london-to-buy-buy-buy

Why are you posting a graph showing blue lines that date back to 2015?

Obviously any country with a weak currency will attract tourists and temporarily boost exports.

I'm not sure that I understand what you find positive beyond the short-term.

[Carana]

She right on the ball and will make a success of it. The key negotiation will be on immigration versus the single market.

That is a vast issue. 

[G-Unit]

Don't count your chickens yet.

By the way, what experience does May have in this area of politics ?

Try looking up 'mishcon de reya'.

I believe Prime Ministers, like CEO's are able to delegate. You tell the experts what you want to achieve and they come back with a plan for your approval.

[stephen25000]

I believe Prime Ministers, like CEO's are able to delegate. You tell the experts what you want to achieve and they come back with a plan for your approval.

You mean like Jeremy Hunt's success with the dispute with the Junior Doctors. 

[John]

Don't count your chickens yet.

By the way, what experience does May have in this area of politics ?

Try looking up 'mishcon de reya'.

Why with all the negativity?  As they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating!


Exporters have never had it so good!

UK export orders reached a two-year high in August after goods became cheaper for overseas buyers thanks to the slump in the value of the pound, new figures show.

The survey from the CBI will add to optimism about the resilience of the economy after the vote to leave the European Union, following better than expected retail sales and jobs figures last week.

A poll of 505 firms by the CBI found 21% said total export orders were above normal compared to 27% saying they were below normal - giving a balance of -6%.

The export reading was the best since August 2014 for the beleaguered manufacturing sector which has been struggling to recover since the recession, despite the upturn in the wider economy.

It comes after the pound slumped to 31-year lows in the wake of the Brexit vote on 23 June.

http://news.sky.com/story/slump-in-sterling-boosts-uk-export-orders-10548542

[G-Unit]

You mean like Jeremy Hunt's success with the dispute with the Junior Doctors. 

Quite. He gets the blame not the PM.

[stephen25000]

Why with all the negativity?  As they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating!


Exporters have never had it so good!

UK export orders reached a two-year high in August after goods became cheaper for overseas buyers thanks to the slump in the value of the pound, new figures show.

The survey from the CBI will add to optimism about the resilience of the economy after the vote to leave the European Union, following better than expected retail sales and jobs figures last week.

A poll of 505 firms by the CBI found 21% said total export orders were above normal compared to 27% saying they were below normal - giving a balance of -6%.

The export reading was the best since August 2014 for the beleaguered manufacturing sector which has been struggling to recover since the recession, despite the upturn in the wider economy.

It comes after the pound slumped to 31-year lows in the wake of the Brexit vote on 23 June.

http://news.sky.com/story/slump-in-sterling-boosts-uk-export-orders-10548542

Brexit has not started.

[Alice Purjorick]

Why with all the negativity?  As they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating!


Exporters have never had it so good!

UK export orders reached a two-year high in August after goods became cheaper for overseas buyers thanks to the slump in the value of the pound, new figures show.

The survey from the CBI will add to optimism about the resilience of the economy after the vote to leave the European Union, following better than expected retail sales and jobs figures last week.

A poll of 505 firms by the CBI found 21% said total export orders were above normal compared to 27% saying they were below normal - giving a balance of -6%.

The export reading was the best since August 2014 for the beleaguered manufacturing sector which has been struggling to recover since the recession, despite the upturn in the wider economy.

It comes after the pound slumped to 31-year lows in the wake of the Brexit vote on 23 June.

http://news.sky.com/story/slump-in-sterling-boosts-uk-export-orders-10548542

Do we know if these are "boneyfied" UK manufacturing companies or if the lions share is taken up by German,American, Chinese and Japanese companies with manufacturing plant here?

I guess on the genewine front JCB figure in it somewhere but who else?

[misty]

Why with all the negativity?  As they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating!


Exporters have never had it so good!

UK export orders reached a two-year high in August after goods became cheaper for overseas buyers thanks to the slump in the value of the pound, new figures show.

The survey from the CBI will add to optimism about the resilience of the economy after the vote to leave the European Union, following better than expected retail sales and jobs figures last week.

A poll of 505 firms by the CBI found 21% said total export orders were above normal compared to 27% saying they were below normal - giving a balance of -6%.

The export reading was the best since August 2014 for the beleaguered manufacturing sector which has been struggling to recover since the recession, despite the upturn in the wider economy.

It comes after the pound slumped to 31-year lows in the wake of the Brexit vote on 23 June.

http://news.sky.com/story/slump-in-sterling-boosts-uk-export-orders-10548542

Increased sales, increased overheads, less profit. Sounds like the road to destruction.

[John]

Brexit has not started.

Really?  Best let Theresa May know.

[stephen25000]

Really?  Best let Theresa May know.

So John has article 50 been implemented ?

[John]

May tells Sturgeon.."We will decide Brexit terms"!



By Charlie Peat
2nd September 2016

FROZEN OUT: Sturgeon furious as Theresa May tells SNP boss 'WE will decide Brexit terms'

BITTER Nicola Sturgeon has blasted Theresa May after the Prime Minister signalled Scottish ministers will be frozen out of Brexit discussions.

Mrs May told her Cabinet that the Government would “establish the terms” of Brexit and decide when to trigger Article 50 instead of consulting with Scotland and Wales.

The Prime Minister’s slap down of Sturgeon has left the Europhile seething as she warned curbing EU migration would be disastrous for Scotland’s population.

A spokesman for Sturgeon said Mrs May’s Tory Government was in an “increasingly unacceptable and irresponsible position”.

He added that the Tory leader had given a “very clear undertaking when they met recently that she is prepared to consider options that the Scottish Government puts forward to protect Scotland's interests”.

Mrs May travelled to Edinburgh in July to hold talks with the SNP leader and told her she would not trigger Article 50 until she had found a “UK approach” and was “willing to listen to options” about Scotland’s EU relationship.

But Sturgeon was dealt a further blow when the Prime Minister dismissed giving Scotland a second independence referendum.

Despite facing a freeze out from Whitehall, a Downing Street spokesman said the cabinet was committed to ensuring Scots get a fair deal from Brexit.

But he said: “Cabinet members were clear that it is the United Kingdom's Government's decision to establish its terms and on when to trigger Article 50 and begin negotiations."

Mrs May met with her cabinet at Chequers on Wednesday and made it clear there would be no second referendum despite calls from bitter Europhiles.

In the meeting, the Prime Minister said: “We must continue to be very clear that 'Brexit means Brexit’, that we’re going to make a success of it.

“That means there’s no second referendum; no attempts to sort of stay in the EU by the back door; that we’re actually going to deliver on this.”

A Number 10 spokesman added: “Ministers agreed that we should be seizing the opportunity of Brexit to confirm the UK’s place as one of the great trading nations in the world, fostering entrepreneurialism and setting out a long-term vision for the country.

“They also agreed on the vital need to increase productivity and the importance of doing more to foster economic growth and industrial development in regions up and down the country.”

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/706046/Nicola-Sturgeon-Theresa-May-frozen-SNP-Brexit-Scotland-European-Union-EU

[Alice Purjorick]

May tells Sturgeon.."We will decide Brexit terms"!



By Charlie Peat
2nd September 2016

FROZEN OUT: Sturgeon furious as Theresa May tells SNP boss 'WE will decide Brexit terms'

BITTER Nicola Sturgeon has blasted Theresa May after the Prime Minister signalled Scottish ministers will be frozen out of Brexit discussions.

Mrs May told her Cabinet that the Government would “establish the terms” of Brexit and decide when to trigger Article 50 instead of consulting with Scotland and Wales.

The Prime Minister’s slap down of Sturgeon has left the Europhile seething as she warned curbing EU migration would be disastrous for Scotland’s population.

A spokesman for Sturgeon said Mrs May’s Tory Government was in an “increasingly unacceptable and irresponsible position”.

He added that the Tory leader had given a “very clear undertaking when they met recently that she is prepared to consider options that the Scottish Government puts forward to protect Scotland's interests”.

Mrs May travelled to Edinburgh in July to hold talks with the SNP leader and told her she would not trigger Article 50 until she had found a “UK approach” and was “willing to listen to options” about Scotland’s EU relationship.

But Sturgeon was dealt a further blow when the Prime Minister dismissed giving Scotland a second independence referendum.

Despite facing a freeze out from Whitehall, a Downing Street spokesman said the cabinet was committed to ensuring Scots get a fair deal from Brexit.

But he said: “Cabinet members were clear that it is the United Kingdom's Government's decision to establish its terms and on when to trigger Article 50 and begin negotiations."

Mrs May met with her cabinet at Chequers on Wednesday and made it clear there would be no second referendum despite calls from bitter Europhiles.

In the meeting, the Prime Minister said: “We must continue to be very clear that 'Brexit means Brexit’, that we’re going to make a success of it.

“That means there’s no second referendum; no attempts to sort of stay in the EU by the back door; that we’re actually going to deliver on this.”

A Number 10 spokesman added: “Ministers agreed that we should be seizing the opportunity of Brexit to confirm the UK’s place as one of the great trading nations in the world, fostering entrepreneurialism and setting out a long-term vision for the country.

“They also agreed on the vital need to increase productivity and the importance of doing more to foster economic growth and industrial development in regions up and down the country.”

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/706046/Nicola-Sturgeon-Theresa-May-frozen-SNP-Brexit-Scotland-European-Union-EU

Good for them. Until the majority of Scots and Welsh vote to leave The United Kingdom they are in it for better or worse. The last time I looked the UK Government was Theresa May's mob in Westminster not some devolved groups north of Hadrian's Wall or west of Offa's Dyke.

[Miss Taken Identity]

Good for them. Until the majority of Scots and Welsh vote to leave The United Kingdom they are in it for better or worse. The last time I looked the UK Government was Theresa May's mob in Westminster not some devolved groups north of Hadrian's Wall or west of Offa's Dyke.

  Well said!
 Many other Scots I know are fed up with old nick bumping her gums about what Scotland needs. We do not need open borders for any Tom,Dick or Harry to walk in demanding housing, and benefits,access to 'free' education fee health care and anything else they can think of ( for the record they are all suffering from some disorder so can claim disability benefits) only for the work shy. etc.

 We do need decent people who come to work and be part of our communities. This is called  immigration, and or work permits can be allowed-not benefit claiming permits as has been happening. Nick is still in her PC Brigade  mode with her fanciful ideas about multiculturalism being a good thing for Scotland. The Scots voted to stay in the UK, the UK government gets the say so. The UK as a whole voted Brexit, the UK Government gets the say so.
 
I am really fed up with the English hating rhetoric emanating from SNP. Thank goodness May is ignoring her.

[John]

Well said!
 Many other Scots I know are fed up with old nick bumping her gums about what Scotland needs. We do not need open borders for any Tom,Dick or Harry to walk in demanding housing, and benefits,access to 'free' education fee health care and anything else they can think of ( for the record they are all suffering from some disorder so can claim disability benefits) only for the work shy. etc.

 We do need decent people who come to work and be part of our communities. This is called  immigration, and or work permits can be allowed-not benefit claiming permits as has been happening. Nick is still in her PC Brigade  mode with her fanciful ideas about multiculturalism being a good thing for Scotland. The Scots voted to stay in the UK, the UK government gets the say so. The UK as a whole voted Brexit, the UK Government gets the say so.
 
I am really fed up with the English hating rhetoric emanating from SNP. Thank goodness May is ignoring her.

With a population estimated at just over 5 million Scotland has to realise that in sheer people terms they represent a mere 7% of the UK.