The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

[redsimon]

More doom and gloom...

'Government borrowing falls on record October tax take'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38062164

Despite the monthly improvement, on Wednesday the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, is expected to announce an extra £100bn of public borrowing for the next five years, compared with what was planned in March, largely because the economy is expected to grow less quickly than had been thought.
Public sector net debt - excluding the taxpayer-backed banks - was £1.6 trillion, equivalent to 83.8% of GDP and an increase of £50.9bn compared to October last year.

I knew you'd have to find a negative, can't be posting this positive stuff we! 

Its from the link you provided

I know it is, it's just funny you can't help but post a negative where there is a positive, yet you never look for the positives in the swathes of negative posts on here. But I know, we can't be having positivity on here, that just ain't right 

You know I'm just teasing you don't you?

I hope so otherwise I'd be concerned about your level of misery 

I'm a Forest fan, life's one long misery mate

[DaveShoelace]

Woodsey will enjoy this

(Self reported) Political ideology predicts involvement in crime

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916310996

[DungBeetle]

this made me laugh

so the Standard journalist writes

"Brexit has knocked £1.2trillion off British households' wealth leaving them 10 per cent poorer, a report has found.

The Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2016 revealed that “as a direct consequence of the Brexit vote”, Brits have seen a huge drop in their household wealth – which includes property and investments.

The hit comes after sterling fell in value against the dollar following the vote to leave the European Union in June.

The report referred to the UK as the “main loser” of the year, adding: “The United Kingdom had a tumultuous end to 2015 - 2016, with sharp declines in the exchange rate and the stock market following the vote to leave the EU in the June 23 referendum."

and the first comment reads

"What a load of b*******s, my house price has increased 7% since June and my shares are up to.  Where do they make this up from - fairyland."

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/british-households-lose-12-trillion-of-wealth-since-brexit-vote-a3401451.html

I'm no fan of Brexit but it seems imbecilic of a newspaper to try and make outlandish headline figures out of some summer numbers when the current state of the market is markedly different.  Do they think people aren't going to point it out?

[Woodsey]

Woodsey will enjoy this

(Self reported) Political ideology predicts involvement in crime

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916310996

Right wing nutters are a bunch of crims, and uber liberals are a bunch of pussies? why the hell do I need a study to tell me that?  

[DaveShoelace]

Woodsey will enjoy this

(Self reported) Political ideology predicts involvement in crime

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916310996

Right wing nutters are a bunch of crims, and uber liberals are a bunch of pussies? why the hell do I need a study to tell me that?  

It the liberals committing the most crimes in that graph

[Woodsey]

Woodsey will enjoy this

(Self reported) Political ideology predicts involvement in crime

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916310996

Right wing nutters are a bunch of crims, and uber liberals are a bunch of pussies? why the hell do I need a study to tell me that?  

It the liberals committing the most crimes in that graph

Is it? lol ok that does surprise me 

[TightEnd]

Autumn statement: Philip Hammond set to unveil giveaways and gloomy forecasts

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/23/autumn-statement-hammond-set-to-unveil-giveaways-and-gloomy-forecasts?CMP=twt_gu

[TightEnd]

Big significance of Autumn Statement is this: it's the first time government will publicly state the impact of Brexit on their finances.

[TightEnd]

This is the moment when Labour's poll rating gets a lot, lot worse (historically)

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/11/moment-when-labours-poll-rating-gets-lot-lot-worse

[TightEnd]

The six things to look out for in the Autumn Statement.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/autumn-statement-philip-hammond-six-things-to-look-out-for-john-rentoul-a7431686.html

[TightEnd]

V useful chart from OBR showing that Brexit related revisions (in blue) are the main cause of higher govt borrowing

+£188m a week if you want to put it on the side of a bus

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[TightEnd]

the assumptions

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[TightEnd]

sterling slide since Brexit is currently increasing payments to the EU by £15m per week/£800m per year

they are paid in euros

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[TightEnd]

Philip Hammond is trying to pull the wool over the Brexiteers' eyes

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2016/11/philip-hammonds-sleight-hand

[TightEnd]

Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement infrastructure splurge - here's what he's spending it on

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/11/philip-hammonds-autumn-statement-infrastructure-splurge-heres-what-hes