The Consequences of Brexit [part 4]

[Top Cats Hat]

"if" .................

 

Do you have a scrap of evidence that it will be anything but catastrophic?

 

I've been asking on here for months and nobody has shown me anything other than hot air and wishful thinking.

[hackey lad]

Do you have a scrap of evidence that it will be anything but catastrophic?

 

I've been asking on here for months and nobody has shown me anything other than hot air and wishful thinking.

 

No but then again all you have is Forecasts . By the way If it goes the wrong way , I have two small children for sale , just the right size for going up chimneys

[Mister Gee]

No but then again all you have is Forecasts . By the way If it goes the wrong way , I have two small children for sale , just the right size for going up chimneys

 

That doesn't surprise me?

[ez8004]

No but then again all you have is Forecasts . By the way If it goes the wrong way , I have two small children for sale , just the right size for going up chimneys

 

So what you are saying is that forecasts and predictions are wrong. All the time?

 

You know the so called God Particle was predicted to exist decades ahead of its time. Predicted by so called experts but what do they know right?

[RJRB]

It now feels that the Conservative Government is doggedly pursuing some form of Brexit which bears little resemblance to what was voted for.

The irony is that this is being pursued in the belief that they are carrying out the will of the people,whilst the people know that it has become a real mish mash that will satisfy no one.

Principles and beliefs have been sacrificed to maintain power,but ultimately Brexit will be their downfall.

[Car Boot]

A Benefit of Brexit

 

As a direct result of the EU referendum austerity has been reduced and the arch Remainer and chief architect of Project Fear George Osbourne's extreme austerity targets have been abandoned. Brexit has led to the reduction of the severe austerity economic policy favoured by both the EU and leading Remain fanatics.

 

Austerity as an economic tool was always the method of choice for the proud Europeans.

[ez8004]

A Benefit of Brexit

 

As a direct result of the EU referendum austerity has been reduced and the arch Remainer and chief architect of Project Fear George Osbourne's extreme austerity targets have been abandoned. Brexit has led to the reduction of the severe austerity economic policy favoured by both the EU and leading Remain fanatics.

 

Austerity as an economic tool was always the method of choice for the proud Europeans.

 

You’re financially illiterate. It’s called ensuring that our debt is manageable. The measure you need to be looking at is our national debt to GDP. At 87% it is high but sustainable. Have you seen what happens when you’re leveraged higher?

 

Greece 182%

Italy 131%

Spain 98%

Portugal 125%

 

These countries are doing great right?

 

Now let’s look at the other end of the scale

 

Germany 64%

Norway 36%

Sweden 40%

 

Hmm.... any coincidence that a more manageable debt means a better performing economy?

 

Shock, horror!

[Car Boot]

Another Benefit of Brexit

 

Our membership of the EU is almost certainly responsible for the UK's low level of business investment. British firms invest a lot less than their counterparts elsewhere in Europe in training and raising the skill levels of staff. They much prefer to recruit migrant workers from EU member states. This weak vocational training, and the failure of firms to invest sufficiently in their employees’ skills, has resulted in poor productivity levels and a directly related skills deficit here in the UK.

 

When Brexit ends the proud Europeans free movement of labour, businesses will have to invest much more in their staff to the benefit of the individual employee and the UK.

[I1L2T3]

A Benefit of Brexit

 

As a direct result of the EU referendum austerity has been reduced and the arch Remainer and chief architect of Project Fear George Osbourne's extreme austerity targets have been abandoned. Brexit has led to the reduction of the severe austerity economic policy favoured by both the EU and leading Remain fanatics.

 

Austerity as an economic tool was always the method of choice for the proud Europeans.

 

That’s utter nonsense. The NHS is still starved of funds. So is education. Key infrastructure spending has been abandoned. Universal credit is set to hit millions of families. There’s an endless list of austerity measures.

 

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Another Benefit of Brexit

 

Our membership of the EU is almost certainly responsible for the UK's low level of business investment. British firms invest a lot less than their counterparts elsewhere in Europe in training and raising the skill levels of staff. They much prefer to recruit migrant workers from EU member states. This weak vocational training, and the failure of firms to invest sufficiently in their employees’ skills, has resulted in poor productivity levels and a directly related skills deficit here in the UK.

 

When Brexit ends the proud Europeans free movement of labour, businesses will have to invest much more in their staff to the benefit of the individual employee and the UK.

 

Nope.

 

Businesses will either automate or seek cheap sources of labour from elsewhere

 

Or relocate.

[ez8004]

Another Benefit of Brexit

 

Our membership of the EU is almost certainly responsible for the UK's low level of business investment. British firms invest a lot less than their counterparts elsewhere in Europe in training and raising the skill levels of staff. They much prefer to recruit migrant workers from EU member states. This weak vocational training, and the failure of firms to invest sufficiently in their employees’ skills, has resulted in poor productivity levels and a directly related skills deficit here in the UK.

 

When Brexit ends the proud Europeans free movement of labour, businesses will have to invest much more in their staff to the benefit of the individual employee and the UK.

 

Maybe you should address the root of the problem. British university graduates are not as good as some of our European counterparts. Since we don’t have a system limiting migrants from outside the EU, you will find skilled workers still coming to the UK. The requirement for a work visa is justification that there is no one qualified to do a certain job from within the UK. If you’re having to spend money to train them then they are not qualified in the first place.

 

Also, your blanket statement that British firms don’t invest in training is just wrong. I am a good example of my company spending £25k+ on me alone on training over three years.