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alistair Uninsured, underinsured. And many of the homes in the nicer areas are owned by families who have had them for decades, making them house rich and cash poor. Looks like the rich will win again.

    • erik

      • Post #1422

      Millsy nice 👌🏽

      Good read

        What a have we done

        We’ve been bang out of order.

        The markets today will be amazing. Nice one Donald.

          LOL @ Amps and Dubman in this thread, looking like that:

          • VVR46

            • Post #1430
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            EU GDP is dead Starmer needs to strike a deal with US. No point siding with EU over tariffs they have been cunts to us the past 5 years. USD is now surging against every other currency which is tackling US inflation already and oil projected to drop to 65 dollars per barrel soon, people need to wake up to fact 5 or 6% gdp quarterly rises are very likely under trump, this is UK’s chance to see some benefit from brexit for once.

              VR46 I think the general direction of cuntage has been UK to EU. 50% of our exports are to the EU despite this horrible mess.

                VR46 Trump threatens to sabotage all of that with his ridiculous tariff war.

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                    • RichM

                      • Post #1433

                      VR46 we side with the US, and then ruin any future better relationship with the EU (which is suicide considering we do more business with them than anywhere else). And then Trump will dump us in a years time over something petty such as Starmer saying he doesn’t like Trumps hair.

                      Whilst Trump is there, we should be very careful how we deal with him.

                        • VVR46

                          • Post #1434
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                          alistair If china can negotiate 10%, anything is possible, if we fuck it up with US we will be looking at stagnate growth the next 10 years just like the EU. You have to play both sides well here and the pressure is on Starmer.

                              VR46 If china can negotiate 10%, anything is possible

                              Not exactly. China have a LOT of cards to play (access to an enormous market, rare earth exports, that’s to name just two…)

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                                  • VVR46

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                                    bosstrabs We need to be striking deals with China too, they are the fastest growing economy by far they are the future. EU is dead, yes we do plenty of business with them and its important but no reason why we can’t have a bit of the pie with US and China going forward, labour want fresh new growth here’s the opportunity, esp when it comes to AI.

                                      • LT42

                                        • Post #1437

                                        Just WAKE UP PEOPLE

                                        Expect both Trump and Starmer will be seeking out the opinions of biz tranz legend Smallman1 at some stage.

                                        One does what one can.

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                                          • Amps

                                            • Post #1439

                                            Smallman1 One does what one can.

                                              • LT42

                                                • Post #1440

                                                This is a sobering thread if true, how this Musk weirdo has been allowed near Govt should be investigated. The odious prick shouldn’t be anywhere near where adults are working.

                                                  LT42 I’m really surprised there isn’t more immediate concern over Musk and a few recent grads without security clearances being granted unmonitored access to the treasury and detailed personnel info. If you were planning a soft coup, this would be a great start.

                                                  And to add to the point about USAID funding, this looks to be a setup for a court challenge. If the Supreme Court decides that the president can override spending already approved or denied by congress, which isn’t out of the realm of possibility, that’s another nail in the coffin of American democracy.

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