January47

Although we haven't played that well recently there's a perception that we are on a bad run. Actually we have 10 points from the last five games and only Liverpool (11) and Chelsea (13) have more

Normally I might agree with you. However, for those who haven't seen it that was obviously one of the worst decisions ever in the history of world football. If you can find one worse let me know.. I have a bit of a soft spot for Lincoln and feel absolutely sick for them

He's obviously very bitter about his mother.......looked to be an element of revenge in this. Think all they've done though is paint an even bigger target on their backs for the press than before

Interesting because at the start of the interview they gave the impression they weren't receiving anything. Also with reference to alleged racism, what they said was that someone had asked about what the colour of the baby might be....depending on the context it might be an actual genuine interest rather than something more sinister....however they knew in the current climate it would cause a shitstorm

I can almost guarantee that we will se a rise or fall but it will definitely not be exponential here endeth the maths lessons for today.

be nice if nhs uk could do maths as 44359 out of 81854 is not 51.1%

Nothing you say here is in contradiction to what I said because I was focusing on recent changes. Some forecasters in 2020 were predicting the end of civilisation starting in January. It's almost as if you have an agenda to follow. And as far as I'm concerned I love how Forest and Derby are doing.

Look I don't care about the war or have anything against any other nationality because of it, but the EU is a direct result of and reaction to the second world war, so some some historical context is useful.

I didn't talk about changes since we had the referendum. The point I was making (not very well to be honest because I was too lazy to look up the data) is the value of the pound has risen recently despite all the warnings of doom and gloom

Wow, people actually using data. Fair play. Saying it's a lie is a bit strong though....from the charts more like 9 months for the euro and 2.5 years for the dollar so still makes the point that after leaving the eu the value of the pound has increased.

Who has disputed that? It's pretty obvious there will be short term issues and costs as there will be with any disruption or change.

Its actually relatively higher against the dollar and the US has had a reasonable vaccine roll out.

That analysis has been trashed by people who actually look at the data. It's all based on estimates, mostly wrong, and relying on pre-brexit trends continuing and doesn't allow for covid. Bloomberg are not some independent organization but have a political agenda to promote.

Are you being serious. Euro share trading has seen a shift to Amsterdam, but all more or less done electronically anyway. Total jobs lost in financial sector are currently put at 7,000: estimates by some 'experts' had predicted 500,000 prior to brexit Both 'sides' can cherry pick facts but the truth is it will take time for longer term effects to be seen and nobody really knows what will happen. The pound is currently at several year highs against the euro and the dollar....this is people 'betting' with real money as to what they think will happen. Some people were predicting that the pound would go to lower than parity with the euro last year.. To quote that well known brexiteer Ursula Von Leyen, maybe its because a country can now operate like a speedboat rather than an oil tanker.

One thing you can guarantee about an economic forecast is that it will be wrong....its just by how much. These kind of forecasts can only also really estimate effect on the current economic system. It can't build in opportunities and factors that will occur in the future as no-one can really predict what they what they will be. I notice the pound is up against the euro and the dollar since the new year

Theoretically a life time if not longer. Couple of caveats can get problems with the cork, which can dry out, leak, go mouldy and give off notes for things like gin, particularly in clear bottles, I would store in the dark as light can degrade some of the flavours

When people talk about aging of spirits its really their storage time in oak cask after distillation. All spirits are clear straight after distillation. The aging, or maturing spirit, then picks up colour and flavour from the wood...the longer in cask the more so. There is also a loss of a rough character from the distillate for whiskies and other brown spirits like rum. White spirits (gin, vodka) are not aged I ie stored in barrel) and therefore are clear. Rum can be made both ways, thus white and brown versions, or 'matured' in steel vessels so no colour pick up. Once filled into bottle there is little change in flavour as there will no interaction with the glass. When you see an age statement on a bottle, eg matured 8 years, that refers to minimum time product was stored in the cask.

Exactly, rise above it. Its an absolute political open goal though for brexit supporters if they play it right and potentially areas such as Scots nationalism which plays up the EU against England. Incidentally, one of the key components in the Pfizer drug is produced by the British chemical firm Croda ....it solubilises the actives. Shall we restrict its export?

The use of these pesticides is contentious no doubt but the gist of what you are saying goes back to the point of brexit. The decisions on these things are now going to be made by the democratically elected UK government rather than the EU. I'll take a guess that you don't support the current government but that's democracy....we may find in 20 years time under a future Green government (I hypothesise) we go for stricter regs and if so , fine, because that is what we will have voted for.

Good post and some info I didn't know

Apart from the first few words which are a bit stupid as he doesn't know him, the rest seems reasonable.

Originally the Germans wanted to purchase for themselves but Merkel insisted it was via a centralised eu system. i suspect the political objective of showing european unity in a time of brexit was one of the reasons behind it. They are now copping the flak for this decision causing in delay in the suply which is leading, quite predictably, to the politicians and bureaucrats trying to shift the blame to the suppliers.

Hopefully good news but there have been a lot less tests the last two days so possibly not quite a big as drop as it seems

for a bit of balance More than 1,400 EU-based firms have applied for permission to operate in the UK after Brexit, with over 1,000 of these planning to establish their first UK office. The figures, revealed in a Freedom of Information request, are seen as evidence that the UK will continue to be a leading player on the global financial stage after Britain leaves the EU. The FOI revealed that by October 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority had received a total of 1,441 applications from firms to use the Temporary Permission Regime (TPR).

There is truth in that, although having a super rich and not paying taxes is not unique to them. Its a question of what they can now do about being in the EU. The normal way out of it for a sovereign country would be that their exchange rate would fall which means they could export more or receive more in local currency for exports, and also boost tourism (not at the moment though!) in order to grow the economy. Now they are beholden to the EU (or the central bank more accurately) and told what their financial policy should be with thereby associated democratic issues. The loans they get (mostly backed by Germany) are a fraction of the benefit German exporting companies get (and taxes the German government subsequently receive) due to the depressed level of the euro. Overall its a transfer of money from poorer countries to the richer ones.