[Politics] Well done Kier

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I must admit, the fact that Farage has thought it OK alarms me greatly.

I am trying to console myself with the fact that even a broken clock*
is right twice a day.

Not sure about a blokey cock, but the day I feel the need to deep-analyse Farridge is the day I
have far too much time on my hands.

I hope you are generally sanguine. I find it hard to 'read' you

 

[BadFish]

Do you mean it's because it hasn't been approved by the US Congress? If so, it very likley would/will be. Also, I understand some trade 'deals' can be signed off by executive order only, although I don't understand what the limits of this are, do you know?

There is still a US congress?

 

[ROSM]

lol well done ham face

That's quite a selective set of figures. Only accountants truly concern about how it compares to last year. Most people including those making business decisions deal in how it compares to the last position.

That digital services tax and health service weren't wrapped up in this and that us have now stated to align to uk meat standards as well as seeing the tariff on uk steel gone are all major plusses. Add to that the agreement about time spent at border with goods imported from us, this is in my view, a fairly deft piece of negotiation in difficult circumstances.

It's not the kind of thing that journalists will really understand (read chris mason as a prime example) and may not be a huge vote winner in and of itself as the general public won't get the nuances of this, however when businesses avoid failing as JLR would undoubtedly have done it certainly prevents the kind of situation that allows reform to breed from developing

 

[peterward]

Yep, and that is EXACTLY why democracy doesn't work anymore. People have just become too thick.

Charisma is more important to the electorate now, than the actual ability to do the job.

If Farage doesn't get in next, then it'll likely be some random celebrity like the states.

It's a shame, because Starmer's performing so well. He's actually achieving goals and keeping his promises, for a change.

...but because the right-wing press is so influencial, and people are so gullible/thick, people fail to appreciate his work as 'hE hAs No ChAriZma"

Are you deluded or just read headlines in the Daily Mirror?

Indian deal is contentious in that Indians get tax advantages natives don't have, and access to services like the NHS those taxes should pay towards, and if they're not paying the NI, who is?

The US deal isn't real a deal at all, its a general framework agreement being touted as a big win by 2 leaders getting terrible headlines and struggling in domestic polling.

The 10% tarrif stays on most items even though US has a trade surplus with UK.... you'll hear fanfare about how we protected our car industry, now subject to a 10% tariff simply as we avoided Trumps threatened 25% tariff.

We still have to pay the 10% tariff on auto exports for the first 100k exported cars, in 2024 we exported 94k cars to US.

So how is that a success, Or a good deal for all UK exported vehicles still 10% more expensive?