bernieecclestoned

Suggesting that Germany and France have been affected by brexit is nonsense. Covid supply shock and the Russian invasion and resulting sanctions on Russian energy dwarfs any brexit disruption from 2021

2y ago

An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel

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2y ago

what did your government do well in the near past?

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UK. Changing the agriculture subsidies from production and harmful farming practices to public good.

Yet to be implemented though

2y ago

what did your government do well in the near past?

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How does this answer the question?

2y ago

UK businesses still ‘reluctant to invest’ over Brexit and interest rates

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Of course you can compare PMI results, it's a survey of purchasing managers, why do they publish them then?

How did brexit affect France and Germany? There are no import controls from the EU to the UK

2y ago

Dengue will 'take off' in southern Europe, US, Africa this decade, WHO scientist says

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And fungus that couldn't survive in lower temps

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/dangerous-fungus-becoming-prevalent-scientists-climate-change-blame-101720334

2y ago

UK businesses still ‘reluctant to invest’ over Brexit and interest rates

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Lol, the guardian have to crowbar brexit into everything, even making the image brexit related

They never make any comparison, as if the UK is the only country with any issues

If you look at PMI manufacturing survey data, the UK is doing better than the EU, France and Germany, and they also don't mention the good news on services...

But that probably doesn't get any clicks

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/manufacturing-pmi?continent=europe

Funny how the report they are reporting on doesn't mention brexit once... inflation being the number one concern, closely followed by interest rates, which affect investment obviously, but the guardian doesn't mention that

Inflationary pressures continue to ease but remain the top concern. 

The percentage of firms expecting their prices to rise fell for the fifth consecutive quarter. Two-fifths of firms (41%) now expect to put up prices in the next three months. This is down from an historic high of 65% in Q2 of 2022, indicating inflationary pressures are continuing to ease.

While inflation remains firms’ biggest concern, the level has dropped for the third quarter running, with 65% of firms now worried compared to 69% in Q2. However there has been a corresponding 4 percentage point rise in businesses worried about interest rates, increasing from 41% in Q2 to 45% in Q3. 

https://www.britishchambers.org.uk/news/2023/10/bcc-quarterly-economic-survey-investment-flatlining-as-interest-rate-fears-climb/

2y ago

She sounds fun

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Lose count?

2y ago

Apple's carbon-neutral product claims called a 'climate-wash'

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They're claiming apple was greenwashing when they removed the charger. It removed cost and waste, it can be both green and good business.

I thought they were arguing that the move to usb c was also greenwashing, when it was the EU regulations, again to reduce waste. It is green, not greenwashing.