I scoured every paper this morning, looking for the 20 mile tailbacks at Dover.
None.
Project Fear or incompetence ?
I also checked the exchange rates given that Goldman Sachs told us that after the transition period ended, the GBP would be on par with the Dollar and Euro.
today - 1.40 for the dollar and 1.16 for the Euro
Project Fear or incompetence ?
I looked for evidence of the demise of the City of London and stumbled across this
"Almost 1,500 EU-based financial services firms have applied for permission to operate in the UK, with around 1,000 of these planning to establish their first office in the country, according to a Freedom of Information request (FOI) by financial regulatory consultancy Bovill. The FOI request from last year showed 1,441 firms had applied to the Temporary Permission Regime (TPR), with 83 percent of these on a services passport, meaning they would need to set up an office in the UK for the first time. Bovill repeated its FOI at the end of December, which found 1,476 firms have signed up to the regime and are awaiting FCA authorisation in order to operate in the UK. "
Project Fear or incompetence ?
I fully expect a remainer to counter this with ... but .. but a cheesemaker somewhere had said he's moving ten jobs to France.
The point really is, that so many have been suckered by 'experts' peddling Project Fear for years, and virtually none of their 'predictions' have come to fruition.
None.
Project Fear or incompetence ?
I also checked the exchange rates given that Goldman Sachs told us that after the transition period ended, the GBP would be on par with the Dollar and Euro.
today - 1.40 for the dollar and 1.16 for the Euro
Project Fear or incompetence ?
I looked for evidence of the demise of the City of London and stumbled across this
"Almost 1,500 EU-based financial services firms have applied for permission to operate in the UK, with around 1,000 of these planning to establish their first office in the country, according to a Freedom of Information request (FOI) by financial regulatory consultancy Bovill. The FOI request from last year showed 1,441 firms had applied to the Temporary Permission Regime (TPR), with 83 percent of these on a services passport, meaning they would need to set up an office in the UK for the first time. Bovill repeated its FOI at the end of December, which found 1,476 firms have signed up to the regime and are awaiting FCA authorisation in order to operate in the UK. "
Project Fear or incompetence ?
I fully expect a remainer to counter this with ... but .. but a cheesemaker somewhere had said he's moving ten jobs to France.
The point really is, that so many have been suckered by 'experts' peddling Project Fear for years, and virtually none of their 'predictions' have come to fruition.