Correct or not

[j.sabourn]

Your the one at the coal face John and who I would believe above all others. JS.

[James Curry]

Well that is all well and good the rest of the country has been shafted, Of course the London and greater London is a Labour strong hold.
HS2, ah well never mind it was only part of the levelling up initiative for anywhere North of the Watford Gap.

Not sure were you get the Financial sector is stronger than ever since Brexit.

An article from December 2020 states that since the Brexit vote, financial firms in London have set up new offices in EU cities including Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and Dublin and have moved a trillion pounds in assets to avoid major disruption. So far, some 7,500 UK financial services jobs have been lost to EU states, with many more likely in the next few years post-Brexit2.

It is worth noting that a Financial Times research has shown that Brexit has failed to deliver a big hit to financial services employment in London, with international banks maintaining most of their staff since the vote to leave the EU and big asset managers hiring in the …3.

In summary, the UK financial services sector has undergone significant changes since the Brexit vote, and while there have been some job losses, the sector has remained resilient. However, it is difficult to make a direct comparison of the sector’s current state with its pre-Brexit state

No mention of Stronger than ever!!

[j.sabourn]

Still reading fairy tales then put out by the media ? JS

[Johnny Kieran]

You see, what people tend to forget, is that the financial companies of the world, are the fatcats, it's them that have the ability to punish Brexit, and they have, a little bit, until it starts to cost them loadsamoney. It's them that dictate to Brussels their policies, nobody else.
We see great queues of truck at Dover, huge lines of cars, but the do get across. What we don't see, are the fleets of ships tipping unaccompanied trailers at smaller docks and jetties around the UK. We did it before the EU, so why should there be a problem after Brexit? Only one reason, that's "punishment". It'll last as long as the fatcats want it to, not a minute longer.

[vic mcclymont]

The UK Financial Sector is still the Leading sector in Europe, and the job losses that was predicted.
James, you are quoting reports from 2020.
Remember the scaremongering, if we Leave the EU the finical sector would be decimated, wrong, its stronger than predicted.
Inward investment from outside the EU to the UK is up from $1.9b to £2b. Meanwhile inward investment to the EU is down by 3%
Vic

[James Curry]

Vic, I know you are not a fan but facts are facts
I don't mean you are not a fan of me but you are likely not a fan of the Mayor of London.

https://www.london.gov.uk/new-report...because-brexit
Independent report by Cambridge Econometrics, commissioned by City Hall, shows London has 290,000 fewer jobs than if Brexit had not taken place, with half the total two million job losses nationwide coming in the financial services and construction sectors.

Anyway there are more serious things going on in the world and it concerns fish & chips

[vic mcclymont]

Well James, the F quotes that the London financial services market is buoyant and 7,000 jobs were lost.
The expected financial services markets demise has not happened.
Vic
Don't believe Sadiq Can't, he lives in a fary tale world of make believe.

[James Curry]

Well Vic, he is not on his own
How you doing anyway, all good I hope with you and yours.
I watched a good programme on BBC 4 ? the other night. It may well have been a repeat though?
It was called , The town that floored the world.
It was about the manufacture of linoleum. It gave a great insight on how this product was made.
I would never have gussed at how they produced it and also that it is an all plant based product, so that should keep the Greens happy.
The programme was based mainly on the Nairn Linoleum company, at one time it was the biggest producer of linoleum in the world. They expanded and had several factories around the world.
Linoleum was actually invented by an Englishman , Frederick Walton. Boy did he miss a trick. He did not renew his Patent

It went into decline with the introduction of Vynil floor coverings. I has had a renaissance in recent years because of it's use of natural ingredents.
It is more than likely a repeat but if you missed it well worth a watch. You can always find something on TV while all those crappy soaps are on.

[Peter Gill]

As announced yesterday on the BeebeeSea news, the current UK Government has announced that anyone who has previously resided and hving had the right to vote in the UK, now living abroad anywhere else in the world, may now re-apply to vote in the UK - in the constituency where they last resided. Quite why anyone in their right mind might want to do so, or what benefit this may offer the individual or the country was not explained. Applications online - so good luck with that!!!!

[Johnny Kieran]

Most of those jobs lost in the building industry were caused by Brexit, but the reason being, they were all hired in Eastern Europe. Builders bid low for contracts, then hire through an agency abroad. Of course they could travel to, and work in the UK by EU law, but had to go back after Brexit.
Near me, there is a building site that employed workers under that scheme, they were transported by the agent, all lived in MO housing owned by someone else. I know about this because the workers told me what the score was. Many of those sites are still idle, with the builders going bust, because they can't pay even minimum wages to UK workers. Same thing went on in the NHS and other industries.
It's been a similar situation in the shipping industry, with crew hired in India and the Philippines, but the companies can get away with it.