President Trump 2.0

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Dingbat

Agree with the first half of your sentence, but it went downhill after that.

If nothing else, having an unpredictable narcissist in charge of the US, who changes his mind every time someone speaks to him, makes working closer with the neighbours more important than ever.

It's easy to say that - be closer to your neighbours. But it's necessary to drill down a bit. France, for example, will try to stiff us at every opportunity (which they are taking at Calais).

The only thing the EU can do is tie our hands with their rules and regvulations.

Brexit should have done much better. The politicians are total fools who have not deregulated sufficiently, have given away 12 years of fishing rights for absolutely no tangible benefit ( if you know of one, please tell me).

The ideal situation given the EU and France is that we stand on our own, providing incentives for businesses to develop and grow instead of being taxed out of existence (see our high streets).

[Dingbat]

I’d love to see the evidence that backs up your assertions.

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Then Starmer should have been working on a viable plan that protects our economy - other than by giving our independence away to the EU.

What in your opinion would be a viable plan ?

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Dingbat

I’d love to see the evidence that backs up your assertions.

I'm sorry - I don't have the time to provide links to the bleedin' obvious.



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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

What in your opinion would be a viable plan ?

Given that we have a nutter to deal with in the USA, and looking forward to post-Trump days, we should be doing everything to avoid being foul-mouthed by the current administration.

I buy what Chris said that for each piece of concession we make, Trump would demand more. But that can be diplomatically handled so that Trump's disappointment can be expressed in a way that lets us off the hook. At least we should try.

The objective must be to expand and develop our technology industries and avoid totally missing the AI boat. We shouldn't tie ourselves into the EU's AI straitjacket.

Domestic policy must change so that government spending focuses on economic expansion. Businesses are closing because the cost of operating them are too high and thus unempolyment is rising. Business taxes must be lowered - they are a stealth tax that enable the government to claim that they haven't increased the main personal taxes.

Once wealth is created, tax receipts rise and we can rebuild our welfare architecture.

Something like that - but don't piss off the USA who will be our largest customer. The EU will just try to stiff us - they're only interested on what we can pay in - and you know that.