Anyone have good news to share about the U.K.? ??

looks like we will have tons of stewing beef as well as lamb- stock up on horseradish and mint sauce.

Westminster voting intentions

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Not surprisingly this manipulative thread, seems to have died a death. Could have been when we all took on the Blitz Spirit as instructed, dived into the air raid shelters, only to find that half the people down there had voted for the bombs?

Momof3

FISHING SUBSIDIES
Gov may, however, provide more support to fishing, as we would no longer have to comply with EU competition rules which limit national funding.

Don't forget. We contribute more than we get back in subsidies.

The £ is at an all time low.
If no deal Brexit was going to be so great why do we need a £100m advertising propaganda campaign to persuade us? Meanwhile we have thousands of homeless on the streets, struggling schools, hospitals which all could have done some good with that money.
Rees Mogg is chortling that we can cut environmental and welfare standards.
No this is not project fear and it’s happening now. No one has won we are all losers.

The bad news.

Farmers Weekly reporting that Welsh beef and lamb production will decline by 92% after 31 October.

The Good news

Johnson is to visit Wales and tell the farmers that he backs them.

Galleries? Should be gap grows.

Good news - we will probably have very cheap lamb for a very short period after we leave as the tariffs on our products going into the EU decimate the farming community.

Bad news - as the farmers go out of business over the first two years costs will rocket. Some farms will survive and find new markets but unless huge subsidies are found, from our already stretched economy there will be very, very few after the two years the optimists expect it to take for them to find new markets.

Good news - fresh food will always be available for the very rich as the wealth galleries.

Positive

The U.K. has fantastic history that attracts a lot of tourists mainly in London.

We have a reputation for being tolerant and multi cultural.

Negatives

The cost to get into our historical attractions is on the whole
prohibitive.

Public funding is in the toilet, thousands of children and young people with SEND are having their futures destroyed due to lack of support.

Social care funding is also on a show string condemning children and young people to miserable low social mobility. That’s ok though because we always need an underclass to sneer at.

Social mobility is stagnant and the use of food banks has never been higher.

Farmers/fishermen will need to have their EU subsidies replaced.

Companies will have increased import and export costs. Vauxhall have said in the event of a no deal Brexit production will be moved to the EU.

Steel in wales has collapsed.

Most of the country still struggles to get a good internet connection. In Liverpool the fibre broadband has been paid for by the U.K.

We don’t have the infrastructure to cope with 2 days of high temperatures.

The United Nations has issued a report slamming the U.K. on poverty.

The pound is in the toilet

Read this report for how things in the city actually are;

www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-city-of-london-jobs-financial-services-banking-impact-a8975711.htmlthousands

Very good news for some employers. Some in Johnson’s government are pushing for workers rights to be scrapped.

What good news for all those hard pressed businesses.

£7860 - quite a bit more than it would have been even 2 months ago

We are today down 60% of pension income since we moved.

Not asking for sympathy- but stating facts. How many GN members would feel comfortable/survive on minus 60% of current income? Oh and just got another 1800CHF bill for one night in hospital and a 20 min op- so 8800.

Oops LWDs not LADs - my Kindle doesn't like the either.

It's it's striking just how much of "Project Fear" is now coming true. Noticeable the pound is dropping too. Why? Because there isn't a mainstream economist on the planet who thinks we can get through a no-deal Brexit without a shock to the economy. Up 'till now, they have hovered but seeing the gathering of the no-deal clouds the markets are preparing. There is talk about the pound falling to parity with the dollar which would be brutal, even the optimists are talking about a straight-line drop to £1.15/1.10

And the good news? Well obviously this is all because they are experts so the 'Leave Without a Deal' group will always know better than they do and the are also an unpatriotic lot for not doing as they are told by the LADs and being optimistic

Yes suziewoozie it was approved on 26/7 so actually going ahead.

I think it is good news that we have Gransnet and through it 'meet' or get to know (online) lots of lovely people, many of whom share our views, political or otherwise.

So do I Day6.

However, I think it is bad news when people try to enforce only what they think is good news about Brexit onto a thread. Either this is a very pleasant "Chat" thread or it should be an open thread with any news about Brexit.

I don't understand why alcohol is seen as a panacea by some

I don't think anyone has admitted to drinking excessively to drown their sorrows, have they?

However, for those of us who do enjoy a drink later in the day, it's a treat, one we couldn't indulge in mid-week if work loomed the next day.

Yes, drinking can lead to dependency, I think we all know that, but it's a bit of a downer growstuff to suggest those enjoying a drink are on the slippery slope and using it to 'alleviate stress'.

I think it is good news that we have Gransnet and through it 'meet' or get to know (online) lots of lovely people, many of whom share our views, political or otherwise.

Lemon and GrannyGravy you are so right. It's a lovely day (not humid, for a change) and for now, Brexit, Boris and the rest of them can sling their hooks. It's good not to engage in political jousting all the time.Our views change nothing and I am going to spend my energy knocking back the big mug of tea OH has just delivered to the windowsill by my armchair! (We still make biscuits in the UK too!. Hurrah!) <eyes up a custard cream>

(5 hours ago ) Carlos Tavares, chief executive of Vauxhall’s owner PSA, is reported to have warned production of the Astra at its Ellesmere Port plant in north-west England could be moved abroad if Brexit made it unprofitable.

The comments will spark fresh alarm among more than 1,000 workers at the Cheshire plant and many others in the local supply chain.

I see Tesco has warned of empty shelves because stockpiling for no-deal Brexit ‘harder’ before Christmas.

Yes Granny I thought this was good news when it was first announced last year and confirmed in May.

Siemens has announced it is going to build a £200 million train factory in Yorkshire, employing 700.

growstuff
And by the same token most people who drink for pleasure don't become winos.

I don't understand why alcohol is seen as a panacea by some. Some of the nation's homeless started off thinking that a drink or two would alleviate distress.