Unbelievable Jeff

Can you post the reports as be interesting to see their justifications?

I don't think people are looking at things from their own little bubble - I'm not sure what you think that we think will happen. The whole General Election will be played on whether the Tory's campaign is based on a deal or no deal.

But he will have lost all the no deal ones...and we've been consistently told that Brexiteers voted for no deal.

Yep, there is every chance that what he did is illegal - it is reasonable to assume that the point of the law was to send a signed letter without any accompanying letters, even if it doesn't say it explicitly. Unfortunately, breaking the law on a pedantic technicality is very much frowned upon in our top courts.

Until they scrutinise it they don't know that it is just that. From the outside it does look like that, although we've already heard there has been a withdrawal of the alignment with EU regulations (I believe), so I would guess they want to read the text a little more closely to ensure there are no more nasty surprises.

No-one knows what will happen in a GE, or the splits, so the EU won't take that risk for what is a 3 month extension. Obviously IMHO.

The EU will give an extension if No Deal is on the table and a GE is imminent (which it is).

Why are we out on the deadline? If it fails then Boris still has to ask for an extension.

Frankly, I'd just vote for it and get it done and dusted. Let's get on with actually negotiating the full deal - don't forget this is only an interim deal. The whole thing is just very sad though.

Of course they wanted a No Deal, that is what the ERG wanted. Labour can't call an election - they can raise a Vote of No confidence, but they need to wait until after the extension has been asked for and agreed to.

It might not get that far - the DUP may recognise this and come around anyway, as a No Deal Brexit means a hard border and that is more unpalatable than this deal. Oh, and Juncker may well go back on that anyway - it hasn't been voted on yet - with a prospect of the deal going through if there is a GE and the chance of a deal going through.

It's both TBF, but don't forget that's also based on the majority of profits being based on Dollars and Euros, whereas other currencies have tended to be relatively stable and would not show much of a change for a short term shock.

I can't work out if he's just thick, or wilfully misunderstanding. The same as you are likely to see a increase in the FTSE on the prospect of a No deal, mainly because the prospect of No Deal will lead to a fall in currency, which means that shares are cheaper and will see more being bought from abroad. Of course, this will then plateau, and potentially fall once the currency stabilises and shares hit peak value.

What are you trying to prove, that the prospect of a deal is a positive thing for the pound? That's what Shurlock has always said?

It can't be a split vote like that - needs to be one remain and one leave. Either way, how do you implement that unless the vote is legally enforcable (which I guess is what needs to happen).

Labour and DUP won't support the deal, so now we need to ask for an extension and have a General Election to try to break the impasse.

You forgot this bit:

Where did I say that people cannot fly, where did I say that people cannot have gas guzzling cars? I didn't, and I have never supported that or the extinction rebellion. Personally I think the changes will be technology based, rather than people making wholesale changes to their lives, and with a halt to destruction of the rainforests. I made this very clear on the other thread when you started going on about what car I've got, etc. What I said was that it seems to be the older generation that have a problem with making changes to try to benefit their grandchildren.

So I'm off to the US in a couple of weeks - do I hedge and purchase USD now, or risk it and wait until after October 31st?

Yep, edited.

Lol, yeah, brain fart. That's the problem with posting when you're half asleep.

A deal so bad the DUP can't even support it. Boris has to go doesn't he?

There are so many similarities between the below speech, and the rhetoric of Farage and the Brexiteers on here, from who they blame, attacking the freedom of the press etc Scary times: https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=1355108491303405&_rdr

From King Edwards to Pompey Poly - his parents must have been so disappointed in him.

You don't understand currencies and share value behaviour do you?