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31.10.2020:
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down for: A Home and Small Business
Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st October 2020
By
way of explanation. The
term 'home business' consists of two words.
'Business' is the second one; it's there to
qualify and support the word 'home' and all
that goes with it - and not vice versa. Consequently,
we also list below, items which are of interest
and value to the home. Whether in its context
as an office or as a part of your family and
lifestyle but always
directed at the improved prospects and enjoyment
that running a business from home, in its entirety,
can bring.
For a current, multi-part
overview of
starting and running a
business from home,
go here: http://www.homebusiness.org.uk/features.htm
 31.10.2020:
Personal insolvencies fall to five-year low.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/30/personal-insolvencies-fall-to-five-year-low/
Scrapping
the VAT refund for tourists would be catastrophic
for the UK economy. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/scrapping-the-vat-refund-for-tourists-would-be-catastrophic-for-the-uk-economy/ar-BB1awTcA?ocid=msedgdhp
Too true. Zero rating VAT on print publications
(the offshore, fake news gutter press, in other
words) costing the taxpayer £ hundreds
of millions a year in what is in effect, taxpayer-financed
state disinformation, hate-preaching and propaganda,
should be withdrawn instead.
Households
warned of dangers of celebrating Bonfire Night
at home. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/29/households-warned-of-dangers-of-celebrating-bonfire-night-at-hom/
Man
pays £6 to set up business so he can employ
family and avoid 'rule of six'. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/man-pays-6-set-business-180039385.html
30.10.2020:
UK facing 'flood' of bankruptcies over coming
months, says ONS. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/28/uk-facing-flood-of-bankruptcies-over-coming-months-says-ons
Only
3% of problem gamblers in UK get help, says
study. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/29/only-3-of-uk-problem-gamblers-get-proper-help-says-study
That's why the gambling industry provides
bent Tories with so many cash suppositories:
it doesn't want the government to kill the goose
which lays the golden egg.
60%
of Brits will complete their Christmas shopping
in November: What people are buying now. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/60-of-brits-will-complete-their-christmas-shopping-in-november-what-people-are-buying-now/ar-BB1avp6P?ocid=msedgdhp
A
third of UK households are overpaying for broadband.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/a-third-of-uk-households-are-overpaying-for-broadband/ar-BB1avJMY?ocid=msedgdhp
Advertisers expected to spend almost £725m
less than last Christmas. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/29/advertisers-expected-to-spend-725m-pounds-less-than-last-christmas-pandemic-coronavirus
Banks
lent $2.6tn linked to ecosystem and wildlife
destruction in 2019 – report. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/28/banks-lent-1-9tn-linked-to-ecosystem-and-wildlife-destruction-in-2019-report-aoe
Farms
demand migrant labour scheme as UK workers 'leave
contracts early'. https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/uk-farms-nfu-migrant-seasonal-worker-scheme-eu-125901314.html
There used to be a time when farmers could
fall back on student labour to help out but
those times are well gone. Todays' students
are only qualified to play video games, stare
at their dummyphones, order Just Eat (shit)
and piss in the kitchen sink.
How
to deal with late payment excuses. https://www.crunch.co.uk/knowledge/get-paid/deal-payment-excuses/
'I
could go bankrupt': French businesses react
to new lockdown. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/news/i-could-go-bankrupt-french-businesses-react-to-new-lockdown/vi-BB1avfER?ocid=msedgntp
That's a very real day-to-day prospect in
France with 6 million useless parasite fonctionnaires
to support, endless strikes and manifs and all
things Merde In France = the daily bordel, although
it must be said that the latest covid surge
plus the deliberate, hate-preaching provocation
by Macron and his thugs has certainly added
another dimension to the small businessman's
daily fare.
Migrants
have 'no reason' to cross Channel, minister
George Eustice claims after four die off French
coast. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/migrants-no-reason-cross-channel-090434748.html
Perhaps the minister should go and spend
some time in refugee (not 'migrants') camps
in France which his country and France, led
by the Americans, have created? Although I am
sure anyone who knows the Tory regime and its
fake news gutter press will be aware that this
is a mere propaganda soundbite intended for
Little Ingerlandt's Nazi readerships.
29.10.2020:
People struggling to buy groceries and medicine
as shops refuse cash – Which? https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/27/people-struggling-to-buy-groceries-and-medicine-as-shops-refuse/
The next step will be to phase out money
altogether although this inevitable development
could be slowed down significantly if cash,
shekels, were to be withheld from people who
voted for Brexit or the Tory regime.
UK
tourism venues embrace the great outdoors to
survive the pandemic. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/oct/28/uk-tourism-venues-embrace-the-great-outdoors-to-survive-the-pandemic
Does this mean 'UK tourism venues' like Spain
as well?
Government
backtracks over false claim soy sauce will be
cheaper after Brexit. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-soy-soya-sauce-cheaper-trade-department-b1394031.html
I thought everyone knew by now - ANY claim
made by the Tory regime and appearing in its
fake news gutter media is bound to be a lie.
UK
farmers looking to recruit thousands of workers
for next summer. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-farmers-looking-recruit-thousands-workers-next-summer-1685181
After revealing that only 4% out of 30,000
British job applicants actually started work
(no surprises there then!) our farmers could
do worse than moor up a couple of boats off
Calais to welcome refugee grafters being driven
out of France by baton-swinging gendarmes. And
then do everyone a favour by piling shafting
Brexit and Tory voters into leaking dinghies
before shoving them off to cross the Atlantic
in the direction of Farage Chicken-Shit America.
28.10.2020:
COALITION OF TRADE AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES CALL
FOR BREXIT DEAL. https://www.facilitatemagazine.com/content/news/2020/10/27/coalition-trade-and-professional-bodies-call-brexit-deal
Mobile
networks will be BANNED by Ofcom from selling
locked phones. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/mobile-networks-will-be-banned-by-ofcom-from-selling-locked-phones/ar-BB1aqE5k?ocid=msedgntp
What
the end of free bank accounts means for you.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/end-free-bank-accounts-means-104347491.html
Hairdressers
and beauticians in legal challenge to business
closures. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/hairdressers-and-beauticians-in-legal-challenge-to-business-closures/ar-BB1ark4k?ocid=msedgntp
Export
Growth Plan announced. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hmg-launches-export-growth-plan-to-help-businesses
The Department for International Trade has announced
a package of measures to help businesses in
England recover following the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Export Growth Plan includes a £38
million Internationalisation Fund, which will
help 7,600 small businesses trade internationally.
Small businesses in the north of England, the
Midlands and the south west will also receive
support from new International Trade Advisors
and access to an Export Academy.
27.10.2020:
Covid leaves 6m UK small businesses and 16m
jobs in 'precarious position'. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/covid-leaves-6m-uk-small-businesses-and-16m-jobs-in-precarious-position/ar-BB1anMYo?ocid=msedgntp
'6 million' UK small business now, are there?
Seems like just yesterday there were only 5
million and that included 3 million fake self-employed
even before covid began decimating the employment
statistics still further. Well. The non-Tory
fake/propaganda statistics, that is.
Tories
slammed for slapping 'mask tax' on PPE as prices
set to rise 20% this week. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/tories-slammed-for-slapping-mask-tax-on-ppe-as-prices-set-to-rise-20-this-week/ar-BB1aoCZ4?ocid=msedgntp
We were wondering how long it would be before
the Tory regime slapped a tax on covid to help
benefit its tax-dodging donors.
600
ATMs set to go as Post Office announces £16m
investment in machines. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/24/600-atms-set-to-go-as-post-office-announces-a-16m-investment-in/
Stamp
duty holiday prompts the number of landlords
wanting to buy more buy-to-let properties to
treble. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/homeandproperty/stamp-duty-holiday-prompts-the-number-of-landlords-wanting-to-buy-more-buy-to-let-properties-to-treble/ar-BB1ao8ti?ocid=msedgdhp
And there I was thinking that landlords (like
me) are more concerned about trying to strike
a balance with tenants who are finding difficulty
in paying their rent during these challenging
times. The same ones who are struggling to feed
their families as well - not enjoying the taxpayer-subsidised
snout-in-trough meals afforded to the country's
undeserving politicians at Westminster.
Boom
time for auction houses as lockdown turned to
online shopping. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/boom-time-for-auction-houses-as-lockdown-turned-to-online-shopping/ar-BB1aobBe?ocid=msedgntp
France
urges Islamic world to end boycott of French
goods. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/26/france-islamic-end-boycott-french-goods-macron-muhammad-cartoons
Not everyone approves of Macron's latest
expressions of hypocrisy, double standards and
stupidity then?
Big
tech accused of avoiding $2.8bn in tax to poorest
countries. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/big-tech-accused-of-avoiding-2-8bn-in-tax-to-poorest-countries/ar-BB1anKYG?ocid=msedgntp
Plus all the corporate snouts supported by
(American) big tech and you are actually looking
at tax avoidance in the trillions, not billions.
Ethical
brands often beat big banks for savings returns,
analysis finds. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/ethical-brands-often-beat-big-banks-for-savings-returns-analysis-finds/ar-BB1aoTL3?ocid=msedgntp
This has been common knowledge for decades
now although it's not a subject which crops
up in the fake news gutter press of course,
for fear of annoying its advertisers.
19.10
- 26.10.2020: Rishi Sunak job support
leaves 500,000 self-employed ‘in the lurch’,
claims Labour. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/rishi-sunak-job-support-leaves-500-000-self-employed-in-the-lurch-claims-labour/ar-BB1alntN?ocid=msedgntp
There has NEVER been a British government
which has done anything else. Especially the
most recent Labour/'Blairite' war criminal and
terrorist regimes which were really Labour/Tory
Nazis dressed in red ties and football club
scarves.
Weekly
shop will become ‘much more expensive’
in event of a no-deal Brexit, ministers warned.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/weekly-shop-will-become-much-more-expensive-in-event-of-a-no-deal-brexit-ministers-warned/ar-BB1an7Vb?ocid=msedgntp
Of which anyone with a brain was already
aware although that would obviously exclude
the readershits of the fake news gutter media.
Only
16% of businesses trust government on Brexit.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/exclusive-16-per-cent-of-firms-trust-government-on-brexit/ar-BB1alpzU?ocid=msedgntp
As many as 16% trust the Tory regime? Which
'businesses' are these, then? Offshore tax dodgers?
The murder industry? Money-launderers? Taxpayer-subsidised
state propaganda (gutter press)? Sponging, bent
Tory donors with knighthoods?
Tory
MP Says She Hopes Businesses Who Feed Hungry
Kids Won't Seek Government Support. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/selaine-saxby-free-school-meals-businesses-government-support_uk_5f93fae7c5b6a2e1fb619d2a
Of course. We all know that Tory 'support'
is only available to businesses which employ
or work with war criminals, terrorists, murderers,
fraudsters, tax-dodgers and scammers. That is
why they were supported by the offshore, tax-dodging,
taxpayer-subsidised, fake news, fake conspiracy,
propaganda gutter press.
Shoppers
turn on to online spending as sales rise for
fifth month. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/23/shoppers-turn-on-to-online-spending-as-sales-rise-for-fifth-mont/
Looks like covid was another good investment
by US Big Corp, then. After 9/11.
100
days left until January 31 self-assessment deadline.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/23/100-days-left-until-january-31-self-assessment-deadline/
British
campaigners protest against potential Trump
trade deal. I'm surprised the police
didn't lock them up under anti-terrorism legislation!
Royal
Mail to launch Parcel Collect service: But what
is TRUE cost of asking postman to pick up your
parcels from home? https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/royal-mail-to-launch-parcel-collect-service-but-what-is-true-cost-of-asking-postman-to-pick-up-your-parcels-from-home/ar-BB1amxfD?ocid=msedgntp
Should
you rely on the websites tradesmen PAY to be
listed on? https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/should-you-rely-on-the-websites-tradesmen-pay-to-be-listed-on/ar-BB1amBqo?ocid=msedgntp
Not if they are English 'tradesmen'.
Why
can't questions be asked of Facebook's ads?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/why-can-t-questions-be-asked-of-facebook-s-ads/ar-BB1an3rl?ocid=msedgntp
Because Fakebook is an American terrorist
asset?
Brexit
Bullshit Update: https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-17th-23rd-october/
The
Great Con: AIQ is a company at the heart
of Brexit. It had access to the personal data
of UK voters – data that the Information
Commissioners Office has confirmed it should
not have had (source). AIQ, SCL Elections, Cambridge
Analytica and Facebook worked together on the
Brexit project. Dominic Cummings was at the
heart of the campaign that used these new tools
of technology for distorting the truth, that
led directly to Brexit. All of it was found
to be illegal. They denied it, then they cooked
up stories to say the whole thing was a conspiracy
theory and then paid paltry fines for their
crimes. Now we find more proof that Ukip, Leave
EU, CA, Steve Bannon and others like Cummings
were all in cahoots as contract papers emerge
in legal cases (source). There is now more evidence
that Brexit was mired in an illegal mass propaganda
campaign (source). It is the great con (source)
that will enrich the few, disfigure Britain’s
democracy, pillage the middle class and pauperise
everyone else.
Watch
my Lips: “The UK continues to believe
there is no basis to resume talks unless there
is a fundamental change of approach from the
EU.” These words actually ended with the
UK’s Brexit negotiator David Frost and
his EU counterpart Michel Barnier in talking
this week.
Carry
on Brexit: Business Secretary Alok Sharma
says the difference between an Australia-style
deal with the EU and a No Deal Brexit is a “question
of semantics”. In other words, not even
he can promote this arrangement as anything
positive as there is no difference between an
Australia deal that the government keeps on
harping about and no-deal. Watch this car-crash
episode of – Carry on Brexit right HERE.
Fishy
Headlines: The Daily Express, the newspaper
that cheered on the right-wing free-marketeers
of Brexit are starting to get jittery. “FISHERIES
could stand to be wiped out if Boris Johnson
fails to agree a Brexit deal, UK fishermen have
warned” is a headline from this week. The
paper worries that fleets could suffer tariffs
which could decimate them but also says –
that French boats may blockade ports or halt
UK exports. This from a newspaper that regularly
warns us of alien sightings, visitations and
invasions.
Head-in-Sand:
Police in the UK “will be increasingly
unable to cope” in the event of a no-deal
Brexit because existing data-sharing agreements
with the EU will be cut, a former independent
reviewer of terrorism legislation has said (source).
It was only Tuesday this week that Theresa May
signalled her disgust at Michael Gove in the
Commons as he insisted the UK’s security
and counter-terrorism capabilities would flourish
in the wake of a no-deal Brexit (source).
Below
is an infographic produced by the Trade Justice
Movement. It demonstrates the complete lack
of transparency in Brexit negotiations in Britain
as compared with potential trade partners such
as America, Japan and not least the EU itself.
What this demonstrates if anything is that A)
democracy is all but dead in Britain and B)
if Brexit was so great, why the need to suppress
all information about what is being negotiated
and then deny representative democracy to decide?
The UK’s censorship of these negotiations
and destruction of democracy is comparable to
the workings of tinpot dictatorships that we
all used to look down upon.
18.10.2020:
UK food standards: why No 10's lack of commitment
is making farmers furious. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-food-standards-why-no-10-s-lack-of-commitment-is-making-farmers-furious/ar-BB1a7gR9?ocid=msedgntp
Perhaps such a large number of farmers shouldn't
have voted for Brexit? Now, they will have to
suck up their own slurry.
UK
bans any use of mobile phones while driving.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-bans-any-use-of-mobile-phones-while-driving/ar-BB1a7mtn?ocid=msedgdhp
Really? The police can't handle terrorists,
murderers, rapists and fraudsters and yet they
are going to handle millions of morons who think
they can drive safely while using a dummyphone?!
The
Great British make off: More of us are buying
goods made in the UK - and that bodes well in
these stricken times. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-great-british-make-off-more-of-us-are-buying-goods-made-in-the-uk-and-that-bodes-well-in-these-stricken-times/ar-BB1a7qFA?ocid=msedgdhp
Unless it's Brexit Knobheads, of course,
who will remain loyal to log-book loan, second-hand
BMWs and American McChicken-Shit nuggets.
New
proposals outlined to support insurance customers
beyond October. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/16/new-proposals-outlined-to-support-insurance-customers-beyond-oct/
Watch
out for 'waste of money' boiler cover: Consumer
experts warn households not to spend thousands
on costly and ineffective insurance.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/watch-out-for-waste-of-money-boiler-cover-consumer-experts-warn-households-not-to-spend-thousands-on-costly-and-ineffective-insurance/ar-BB1a6Tlx?ocid=msedgntp
‘By
May I'd made over £1,000’: teen entrepreneurs
defy the Covid slump. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/oct/17/teen-entrepreneurs-defying-covid-slump
Brexit
Bullshit Update: https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-10th-16th-october/
Cheap
Food: The lies and ideology of Brexit are
laid bare when minsters from constituencies
that are largely agricultural were silenced
when it mattered. The agriculture bill looks
set to be passed (Cummings is reportedly threatening
rebel MP’s (source)), which will water
down food standards and make way for a wave
of cheap, low quality food imports. This is
the governments’ way of confirming that
food prices will not increase as a result of
Brexit. Following on from stupid antics like
Gavin Williamson’s desk whip, Chief Tory
Whip Mark Spencer has a large clamping tool
(source) designed to castrate small animals
on his desk – presumably to intimidate
MP’s that would know what it was for in
the first place. It’s about as childish
as one can imagine when running a country.
No-Deal,
No Trust: EU member countries are expecting
the worst and are now working on strategies
for no deal. Whilst this includes the possible
resumption of negotiations with the UK after
Dec 31st – “French President Emmanuel
Macron and other EU leaders will this week insist
on tough enforcement rules for any U.K. trade
deal, warning that British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson’s move to override the Brexit treaty
has shown Britain’s word cannot be trusted”
(source).
Concentration
Camps: The political narrative in politics
today is not just about culture wars –
it’s taken a decidedly insidious hard-right
turn. Lord West (source) former Parliamentary
Under-Secretary (Security and Counter-terrorism)
was on the BBC’s Broadcasting House talking
about what we do with asylum seekers arriving
by boat “I can see we might need to concentrate
them whether be it in a camp or something…”
So that would be a concentration camp then.
In the meantime, humanity is binned for a soundbite
when no-one utters a word of objection (source).
Environment
Fail: Britain is set to be left without
an environment watchdog to replace the EU’s
at the end of the Brexit transition period,
because of government “dither and delay”
over legislation. Ministers’ flagship Environment
Bill was supposed to establish a new enforcement
structure for environmental regulations in time
for the end of December when EU rules stop applying.
But repeated delays to the legislation mean
there is no longer enough parliamentary time
for the bill to pass into law before 1 January
– leaving a gaping chasm in environmental
enforcement (source).
Losing
Out: Britain’s professional services
industry, worth some £225billion annually
is in danger of losing valuable EU business
after Brexit, even if the government strikes
a “Canada-style” trade deal with the
EU. The warning comes from the latest report
published by the House of Lords’ EU services
subcommittee (source).
DING
– It’s Oven Ready: Below is a
tweet the Conservative party put out in December
2019 before the election. Britain now faces
tipping over the no-deal cliff because they
lied, lied a lot more – then doubled down
on it.
17.10.2020:
Brexit: Trade talks with the EU are 'over',
says No 10. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54566897
UK
economy not ready for no-deal Brexit, say business
leaders. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/uk-economy-not-ready-for-no-deal-brexit-say-business-leaders/ar-BB1a6f0w?ocid=msedgdhp
'Business leaders' should have given that
some thought before contributing to a series
of fake conspiracy and 'anti-Semitic' stories
in the snout-in-trough, serial-lying gutter
press and voting for the present Tory regime
which was never going to be ready for anything
but dropping its trousers and bending over for
American Big Corp.
Brexit:
Businesses fear ‘dual impact’ of coronavirus
and no-deal departure from EU. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-brexit-no-deal-eu-institute-of-directors-b1050825.html
We see the Institute of Diddlers is fast-tracking
its, errrr, business acumen again!
‘Concerning’
fall in self-employed pension savers over past
two decades – IFS. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/15/a-concerninga-fall-in-self-employed-pension-savers-over-past/
'Past two decades'?! That's taken them a
long while to squeak up over what has always
been common knowledge.
One
in four UK firms stockpiling for Brexit disruption.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/one-in-four-uk-firms-stockpiling-for-brexit-disruption/ar-BB1a4CVE?ocid=msedgntp
Debit card spending soars to record high as
UK avoids credit card debts. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/debit-card-spending-soars-to-record-high-as-uk-avoids-credit-card-debts/ar-BB1a5TIn?ocid=msedgdhp
Twitter
down: social media platform suffers global outage
with users unable to post. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/16/twitter-outage-social-media-platform-goes-down-across-the-world
Oh, my God! OMG. OMG. OMG. Oh, my God. (A
bit of good news for a change, although the
lumpenproletariat, Z-celebs, American trailer-trash
and American terrorists will obvioulsy be gutted.)
Farage
Garage: Thousands sign petition to name Kent
‘lorry park’ after Brexit Party leader.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/farage-garage-thousands-sign-petition-to-name-kent-lorry-park-after-brexit-party-leader/ar-BB1a5IQR?ocid=msedgdhp
And there's also Farage American McChicken-Shit
Nuggets. Not forgetting Farage American Shit-Burgers.
Ummm. Arse-lickin' good!
Instagram
to tackle ‘hidden advertising’ after
competition watchdog probe. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/16/instagram-to-tackle-a-hidden-advertisinga-after-competition-w/
Only Instagram, is it?
'I'm
sick of influencers asking for free cake'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54543279
That's probably because they've only got
little peckers and can't get proper jobs.
UK
supreme court backs housing charity's 'Jewish
only' rule. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-supreme-court-backs-housing-charity-s-jewish-only-rule/ar-BB1a5NRo?ocid=msedgdhp
An increasingly common case of non-fake 'anti-Semitism'
for you.
Berlin
tourism advert showing old woman giving the
finger gets pulled. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/travel/berlin-tourism-advert-showing-old-woman-giving-the-finger-gets-pulled/ar-BB1a5UE5?ocid=msedgdhp
Anything in the public interest is clearly
'anti-Semitic'.
16.10.2020:
National Grid warns of short supply of electricity
over next few days. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/14/national-grid-warns-of-short-supply-of-electricity-over-next-few-days
That's what all that homeworking will do
for you - with worse to come as winter arrives.
Ofcom
investigates BT's charges for remote areas to
have broadband. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/15/ofcom-investigates-bt-charges-remote-areas-broadband-quote-pounds-100000
Another belated 'promise' of an Ofcon investigation?
On the basis of better late than never; which
would also apply to giving Ofcon the bum's rush.
UK
banks plan to hike cost of credit card borrowing.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/uk-banks-plan-to-hike-cost-of-credit-card-borrowing/ar-BB1a3v7t?ocid=msedgntp
Small firms’ legal action against Clydesdale
heads to court. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/15/small-firmsa-legal-action-against-clydesdale-heads-to-court/
Best of luck.
UK
supermarket salad suppliers investigated over
pesticides in rivers. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/15/uk-supermarket-salad-suppliers-investigated-over-pesticides-in-rivers
Pesticides in UK rivers have been a problem
for decades although government agencies (like
Ofcon) have been doing their best to kep it
all swept under the carpet. Mind you, pesticides
in EU rivers are just as bad. Whereas pesticides
in US rivers are mandatory.
Kent
gets new Brexit treat amid accusations that
the govt is “taking the p*ss”.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kent-gets-new-brexit-treat-amid-accusations-that-the-govt-is-taking-the-pss/15/10/
It's what Tory politicians have been educated
to do. As well as fagging, serial-lying and
'finding' (thieving).
Dominic
Cummings allowed to avoid backdated council
tax on second home. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/14/dominic-cummings-must-pay-council-tax-on-second-home-in-durham
Our daily reminder of just how bent the Tory
regime is.
How
A British Start-Up Plans To End Loneliness In
Care And At Home. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2020/10/15/how-a-british-start-up-plans-to-end-loneliness-in-care-and-at-home/#37a7cfe013b1
15.10.2020:
Brexit: UK will continue trade talks after Boris
Johnson’s deadline expires. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/brexit-uk-will-continue-trade-talks-after-boris-johnson-s-deadline-expires/ar-BB1a0yzx?ocid=msedgdhp
That will give Tory donors (and some Tory
MPs) every opportunity to continue making a
huge profit from Brexit chaos!
The
fleecing of the freelancers: Thousands of self-employed
workers are facing tax bills bigger than their
total income. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-fleecing-of-the-freelancers-thousands-of-self-employed-workers-are-facing-tax-bills-bigger-than-their-total-income/ar-BB19Zql2?ocid=msedgdhp
Unlike Big Corp interests, freelancers just
don't have the wherewithal for the large cash
suppositories required for Tory arses.
Amazon
to escape UK digital services tax that will
hit smaller traders. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/amazon-to-escape-uk-digital-services-tax-that-will-hit-smaller-traders/ar-BB1a0utW?ocid=msedgdhp
Just like the taxpayer-subsidised, offshore,
fake conspiracy, fake news, serial-lying gutter
press, any other scenario would be undemocratic
and 'anti-Semitic'.
FCA
takes ‘welcome step’ in asking banks
to warn customers over account closures.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/14/fca-takes-a-welcome-stepa-in-asking-banks-to-warn-customers-o/
Only six months late but what else do you
expect from politicians and the criminal financial
services sector's watchpuppet?
A
fifth of UK consumers using social to shop,
driven by convenience and boredom. https://internetretailing.net/themes/themes/a-fifth-of-uk-consumers-using-social-to-shop-driven-by-convenience-and-boredom-22130
So what about all those of millions of fake
friends on social media which are supposed to
be filling the loneliness gap? (For trolls,
retards and social inadequates.)
PayPal
launches interest-free instalment payments system
to boost retail sales. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/13/paypal-launches-interest-free-instalment-payments-system-to-boos/
14.10.2020:
UK shoppers urged to shun Amazon Prime Day to
support small businesses. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/13/uk-shoppers-urged-to-shun-amazon-prime-day-to-support-small-businesses
I'm sure Amazon can rely on fake patriot
Brexit Knobheads and the offshore gutter press
to continue their support.
Amazon
to escape UK digital services tax that will
hit smaller traders. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/amazon-to-escape-uk-digital-services-tax-that-will-hit-smaller-traders/ar-BB1a0utW?ocid=msedgdhp
Businesses
have 'head in the sand' over Brexit preparation.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/businesses-have-head-in-the-sand-over-brexit-preparation/ar-BB19Yk65?ocid=msedgdhp
They
are clearly following the Tory regime's lead!
More than 50,000 people have claimed tax relief
for working from home. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/more-than-50-000-people-have-claimed-tax-relief-for-working-from-home/ar-BB19Y2md?ocid=msedgdhp
Bearing in mind there were supposed to be
5 million people working and running businesses
from home at one stage, 50,000 is a mere drop
in the ocean. More fake news Brexit/Covid bullshit
again?
UK
taxes could rise by more than £40bn, says
IFS. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/uk-taxes-could-rise-by-more-than-40bn-says-ifs/ar-BB19YggX?ocid=msedgdhp
Got to keep taxpayer subsidies rolling in
for offshore companies (like the fake news gutter
press) and Tory donors.
Microsoft
‘rings alarm bell’ after almost half
of firms report turnover slump. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/12/microsoft-a-rings-alarm-bella-after-almost-half-of-firms-repo/
UK’s
food standards will not be lowered for US trade
talks, Minister insists. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-s-food-standards-will-not-be-lowered-for-us-trade-talks-minister-insists/ar-BB19YgJr?ocid=msedgntp
On that we have the word of a politician
from a regime of corrupt, serial-lying war criminals
fagging for American thieves and terrorists
for the past fifty years.
Households
could save £858 a year by cutting food
waste, trial suggests. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/13/households-could-save-858-a-year-by-cutting-food-waste-trial-suggests
I'm sure that's not included in the Brexit
Chicken-Shit trade deal with the Americans,
though.
13.10.2020:
Campaigners in last-ditch push to protect farming
standards post-Brexit. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/campaigners-in-last-ditch-push-to-protect-farming-standards-post-brexit/ar-BB19VAoQ?ocid=msedgdhp
Legal
challenge launched against 'catastrophic' restrictions
on pubs, bars and restaurants.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/legal-challenge-launched-against-catastrophic-restrictions-on-pubs-bars-and-restaurants/ar-BB19VQAe?ocid=msedgntp
MPs
launch legal action against UK government over
Covid contracts. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/11/mps-launch-legal-action-against-uk-government-over-covid-contracts
Two-thirds
of landlords ‘expect business to suffer
negatively from Covid-19’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/10/two-thirds-of-landlords-a-expect-business-to-suffer-negatively/
Bank
of Mum and Dad ‘helping with around half
of home purchases among under-35s’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/10/bank-of-mum-and-dad-a-helping-with-around-half-of-home-purchase/
English
villages wake up to find they're Brexit's new
border. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/english-villages-wake-up-to-find-they-re-brexit-s-new-border/ar-BB19VMeO?ocid=msedgntp
UK
urged to do more to open up tax havens to public
scrutiny. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-urged-to-do-more-to-open-up-tax-havens-to-public-scrutiny/ar-BB19VoHO?ocid=msedgntp
But
that's why the tax-avoiding 'snout-in-trough'
industry, including the offshore, fake news
gutter press, lobbied, lied and conspired to
ensure a Tory regime was returned to power:
to avoid any 'public scrutiny' - as promised
by a Corbyn-allied government. It was 'anti-Semitic'.
COVERDALE:
CHEESE WHOLESALER SAVES RARE ENGLISH CHEESE
FROM ‘EXTINCTION’. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/cheese-rare-extinct-coverdale-cryer-and-stott-west-yorkshire-b987000.html
12.10.2020:
UK urges businesses to prepare for end of Brexit
transition. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/uk-urges-businesses-to-prepare-for-end-of-brexit-transition/ar-BB19U1xQ?ocid=msedgntp
Brexit:
Anger as ministers use obscure rule to deny
MPs a vote on blocking chlorinated chicken imports.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-chlorinated-chicken-eu-mps-boris-johnson-b914047.html
Scammers exploit Covid to steal from stressed
bank customers.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/oct/11/scammers-exploit-covid-to-steal-from-stressed-bank-customers
How spam texts can cost you £1,200 - beating
the sneaky mobile rip offs. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/how-spam-texts-can-cost-you-1-200-beating-the-sneaky-mobile-rip-offs/ar-BB19U8vB?ocid=msedgntp
Brexit
Bullshit Update: https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-3rd-9th-october/
Mass
Surveillance: A ruling by the EU’s
top court last Tuesday dealt a serious blow
to the prospect of digital information being
able to flow freely across the Channel after
Brexit. Simply put – this is because Britain’s
mass surveillance regime has been ruled illegal
(again) under EU rules. Britain is the Western
world’s leader in privacy abuse and citizen
data theft. From January 1, the UK will lose
its automatic status as a safe destination for
EU data because it falls out of the EU’s
legal system. To keep the data taps flowing
after Brexit, the U.K.’s data protection
regime needs to get a stamp of approval from
the European Commission in what is known as
an “adequacy decision.” It won’t
do that because Dominic Cummings cannot keep
his dream alive of managing the state by data
systems and AI if Britain complies to normal
laws in normal democratic countries (source).
Pallet
Shortage: The United Kingdom faces a race
against time to have enough pallets for exporting
to the European Union once the Brexit transition
period ends in less than three months. The timber
packaging industry says the coronavirus outbreak
forced companies to put efforts to stockpile
ISPM 15-compliant pallets on hold for several
months. Now it is urging Boris Johnson’s
UK government and the European Union to agree
on an adjustment period lasting at least half
a year so it has more time to build up stocks
(source).
Simply
Complicated: The updated Border Operating
Model shows big gaps still remain. The document,
dated September and said to have been handed
out last week to senior managers, still lacks
detail about crucial online systems hauliers
will need to file paperwork with before heading
to ports. Not only this but freight firms are
facing a complicated array of customs declarations
who will now need to record more than 10 different
data points about their shipments, including
purchased invoice numbers, date and time of
entry and warehouse approval numbers, among
other things. Apparently, this is meant to be
the simple version.
Compo:
Japanese manufacturers Nissan and Toyota have
demanded that the UK government reimburses them
for tariff costs if the UK can’t agree
on a Brexit deal with the European Union (EU).
As first reported by business publication Nikkei
Asia, the companies are preparing themselves
for a 10% tariff on cars exported from the UK
to the EU that could come into place from 1
January 2021. If such market conditions do arise,
they want the UK government to bear the brunt
of the tariff costs (source).
Lamb:
UK landowners warned this week that millions
of lamb carcasses could go to waste if there’s
a no trade-deal Brexit. The Country Land and
Business Association said the imposition of
tariffs could see the industry collapse, with
prices depressed and about 2 million carcasses
unsold. The lamb sector with 30,000 businesses
in the supply chain is one of the most vulnerable
to the shocks of a no-deal Brexit, with 89 per
cent of sheepmeat exports heading to the EU
each year (source).
Violence
Warning: The Brexit backing Daily Mail has
finally had to admit that the security checkpoints
and customs bases in Northern Ireland that will
inevitably be constructed after Brexit will
become targets and a ‘recruiting badge’
for dissident republican groups, MPs have warned.
It came after MI5 carried out an investigation
into the terrorism threat linked to ‘installations
or infrastructure at the border’ with the
Irish Republic. The intelligence agency said
it feared the New IRA could become a more dangerous
threat in the future. The New IRA are recruiting
significant numbers of politically violent young
people (source).
Optimism:
Brexit deal probability is up from 60% to 70%
– according to Morgan Stanley. It joins
the market bulls expecting a soft Brexit in
its latest forecasts for a trade deal ahead
of the autumn talks between the EU and UK. The
bank cites the reduction of 10% from the previous
40% expectations of a World Trade Organization
(WTO) terms based departure of the ex-neighbours.
The resultant 70% soft Brexit probabilities
also take clues from an increase in the mixed
deal favours to 60%, from the previous 50%.
In other words – money is now going on
a deal of some sort (source). In addition, Goldman
Sachs is advising its clients to buy sterling,
with analysts predicting that the UK and EU
could reach a post-Brexit trade deal by early
November (source).
11.10.2020:
‘Unacceptable’ bacteria levels found
on US meat may fuel fears over UK trade deal.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/10/unacceptable-bacteria-levels-found-on-us-meat-may-fuel-fears-over-uk-trade-deal
If
the bacteria levels on US meat were 'acceptable'
Americans would be eating it themselves. On
the other hand, they haven't gone to decades
of trouble and grooming of their colony, Little
Ingerlandt and its Brexit Knobheads, not to
be able to use it as a dumping ground for their
shit.
Government
accuses media of exaggerating reports of panic
buying. https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/stores/media-exaggerated-panic-buying-claims-government-report/649258.article
Now there's a thing. The Tory regime accusing
its own fake news and propaganda gutter press
of 'exaggerating reports' (lying).
Which?
reveals top-rated mortgage lenders as coronavirus
hits customer service. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/09/which-reveals-top-rated-mortgage-lenders-as-coronavirus-hits-cu/
The
seven cities where property earns more on Airbnb:
As demand from overseas tourists plummets, landlords
weigh long-term tenants versus short-term lets.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/homeandproperty/the-seven-cities-where-property-earns-more-on-airbnb-as-demand-from-overseas-tourists-plummets-landlords-weigh-long-term-tenants-versus-short-term-lets/ar-BB19SXGi?ocid=msedgdhp
10.10.2020:
Brexit deal close but EU seeks more before starting
final talks. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/eus-barnier-return-brussels-shortly-082714654.html
Inquiry
into self-employed launched. https://community-tu.org/launch-of-self-employed-inquiry/
Community
and the Prospect Union have launched an inquiry
into how self-employed people have been affected
by the COVID-19 pandemic. The inquiry will set
out what policymakers need to do to support
the self-employed in the short and medium term.
The inquiry will cover the tax status of freelancers
and the self-employed, government support and
employment rights.
Freelancer
average earnings fall to lowest level. https://www.ipse.co.uk/ipse-news/news-listing/freelancer-earnings-drop-lowest-record-coronavirus.html
Freelancers' average quarterly earnings fell
to the lowest level since 2014 due to the impact
of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research
by IPSE. The research has revealed that average
quarterly earnings of highly skilled freelancers
fell to £15,709 in Q2 2020, down from
£20,821 in Q1 2020 and £22,742 in
Q4 2019. The fall has been attributed to freelancers
working fewer weeks due to a fall in demand
caused by the pandemic.
Third
and final round of Small Grants scheme opens.
https://www.farminguk.com/news/third-and-final-round-of-small-grants-scheme-opens_56698.html
Farm businesses can apply for grants of between
£3,000 and £12,000 to help them
invest in new technology.
Green
Homes Grant: homeowners frustrated by lack of
installers. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/09/green-homes-grant-installers-scheme-government
09.10.2020:
Exclusive: 'Big progress' in Brexit talks leaves
EU seeing trade deal closer - sources. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-big-progress-brexit-talks-132546836.html
Plans
for up to 10 inland border sites to cope with
Brexit congestion. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/plans-for-up-to-10-inland-border-sites-to-cope-with-brexit-congestion/ar-BB19PqwT?ocid=msedgntp
Roll-on the Little Ingerlandt orgy of Brexit
red tape. A subject on which the Brexit-promoting,
fake news, serial-lying gutter press has gone
very quiet.
Brexit:
UK confirms plans for future Kent 'passport'
for lorry drivers. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/brexit-uk-confirms-plans-for-future-kent-passport-for-lorry-drivers/ar-BB19Pgo3?ocid=msedgntp
And more Brexit red tape.
UK
publishes updated post-Brexit border operating
model. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/uk-publishes-updated-post-brexit-border-operating-model/ar-BB19P8f1?ocid=msedgdhp
Or, The Little Ingerlandt Brexit Red Tape
Commandments.
First time buyers discover their 3-bed new
build property is worth absolutely nothing.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/first-time-buyers-discover-3-22812081
More bent Tory donors and delinquent local
authorities at work.
Romance
scams rise during lockdown as people seek ‘connections
online’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/07/romance-scams-rise-during-lockdown-as-people-seek-a-connections/
Are
you a British expat whose bank account is being
closed due to Brexit? Here's what's happening
and what you can do about it. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/are-you-a-british-expat-whose-bank-account-is-being-closed-due-to-brexit-here-s-what-s-happening-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/ar-BB19OGLS?ocid=msedgdhp
08.10.2020:
‘It’s unacceptable’: 250,000
SMEs struggle to access bounce-back loans. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/07/its-unacceptable-smes-unable-to-access-bounce-back-loans
Taxpayers
face losing up to £26bn on Covid-19 business
loans. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/07/fears-grow-over-uk-firms-ability-to-repay-covid-business-loans
Billionaires
Got 25% Richer During The Coronavirus Pandemic.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/billionaires-wealth-coronavirus_uk_5f7d678bc5b60c6bcc642cf4
Which,
if you follow the money trail, leads you back
to 9/11.
Martin Lewis debt collection victory 'could
save lives' after 'crucial' law changes. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/martin-lewis-debt-collection-victory-could-save-lives-after-crucial-law-changes/ar-BB19MlMd?ocid=msedgdhp
We can see why it took 'the establishment'
so long to concede this particular victory,
in that case.
Brexit
drives government consultancy fees to £450m
in three years. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/06/brexit-drives-government-consultancy-fees-to-450m-in-three-years
Good to see old-fashioned corruption and
incompetence continues to thrive under the Tory
regime!
Government
'likely to miss' 2025 target for fibre broadband
in every home. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/06/government-likely-to-miss-2025-target-for-fibre-broadband-in-every-home
This being the same 'target' successive corrupt
and incompetent British regimes have been 'missing'
for 25 years now.
BT
wants to charge me £70,000 to connect
to faster broadband. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/oct/07/bt-wants-to-charge-me-70000-to-connect-to-faster-broadband
Someone at BT has obviously got their lines
crossed (again) and thinks they are talking
to a bent Tory politician. (Again.)
Inheritance
delays causing financial hardship for the bereaved.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/inheritance-delays-causing-financial-hardship-for-the-bereaved/ar-BB19LJYS?ocid=msedgdhp
Planning
changes would drastically cut affordable homes,
councils say. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/07/up-to-30000-affordable-houses-to-be-scrapped-under-tory-planning-reforms
Burglary
warning as one in four leave doors unlocked
while at home. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/07/burglary-warning-as-one-in-four-leave-doors-unlocked-while-at-ho/
Have people forced to work from home got
anything worth burglaring?
07.10.2020:
Big progress' in Brexit talks leaves EU seeing
trade deal closer - sources. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/exclusive-big-progress-in-brexit-talks-leaves-eu-seeing-trade-deal-closer-sources/ar-BB19KXuo?ocid=msedgdhp
PM
promises to turn ‘generation rent into
generation buy’ with new mortgages. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/06/pm-promises-to-turn-a-generation-rent-into-generation-buya-wi/
That's good news for the Tory regime's 'construction
industry' sponsors.
Pent-up
demand brings boost to UK construction industry.
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/06/pent-up-demand-brings-boost-to-uk-construction-industry/
And
no sooner has Boris said, than done. Now there's
a coincidence.
Half of consumers using challenger banks to
make digital payments, says survey. https://www.altfi.com/article/7127_half-of-consumers-using-challenger-bank-to-make-digital-payments-says-report
06.10.2020:
Home-working could be here to stay for many,
say business leaders. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/04/home-working-could-be-here-to-stay-for-many-say-business-leader/
SMEs
stand tall in face of pandemic, with over half
adapting to survive. https://www.newbusiness.co.uk/articles/banking-finance/smes-stand-tall-face-pandemic-with-over-half-adapting-survive
There's a lot of 'standing' left to do yet
with the Brexit effect also on the way.
Self
assessment ‘time to pay’ threshold
raised to £30,000. https://www.accountancydaily.co/self-assessment-time-pay-threshold-raised-ps30000
05.10.2020:
Boris Johnson warns EU chief 'time is running
out' for trade deal. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/boris-johnson-warns-eu-chief-time-is-running-out-for-trade-deal/ar-BB19Gw7k?ocid=msedgntp
Is
that why the non-fake news is reporting that
both sides have agreed to a one-month extension
to trade negotiations?
Working
from home in UK over winter ‘will add £100
to fuel bills’. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/04/working-from-home-in-uk-over-winter-will-add-100-to-fuel-bills
That can easily be met - with loads left
over - out of the savings made from non-commuting,
surely?
Farmers
call on UK to commit in law to ban chlorinated
chicken. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/farmers-call-on-uk-to-commit-in-law-to-ban-chlorinated-chicken/ar-BB19GkJd?ocid=msedgntp
Would this be British 'chicken-shit' battery
farmers?
UK
imports Dutch sewage for use on farmland despite
being banned in Holland. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/uk-imports-dutch-sewage-for-use-on-farmland-despite-being-banned-in-holland/
More hypocritical Brexit shit?
Who
are the Blackburn billionaire brothers returning
Asda to British hands? https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/02/who-are-the-blackburn-billionaire-brothers-returning-asda-to-bri/
That's the problem with letting illegal migrants
into the country. They have no respect for the
American ownership of their new-found homeland.
Unlike the offshore, hate-preaching gutter press,
Brexit Knobheads and Tory traitors.
France:
Emmanuel Macron presents plan against 'Islamic
separatism'. https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/02/france-emmanuel-macron-presents-plan-against-islamic-separatism
The plan will include moving Muslims and
blacks from their exclusive apartheid/'separated'
areas known as 'banlieus' to the residential
areas historically reserved for 'whites': 'separated'
French 'whites' will then be moved into the
banlieus. There some will be paid the state's
minimum wage (if that) and deprived of banking
facilities, employment and business prospects.
The new 'separatist' law will also provide taxpayers'
funding for a hate-preaching rag a la
Charlie Hebdo to incessantly target 'white'
French religion, customs, traditions and amorality.
Similarly, it will become legal to make inclusive
jokes about Frogs without risking persecution
by the police, the courts and prisons as well
as the rantings and 'white' propaganda of the
Frog gutter press. Wow. But will it win votes
from Macron's favourite 'white' terrorist group
- the chasseurs?
Sadly,
it is types like Macron who spend all their
time lecturing other countries around the world
on how they should behave - including Brexit
Britain.
Brexit
Bullshit Update https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-27th-sept-to-3rd-october/
Broken
Down: Britain’s car industry risks
losing out even if there is a post-Brexit trade
deal with the EU, according to newly leaked
documents. This is because car parts from Japan
and Turkey used in the UK will not be treated
as British (min 45 per cent country of origin),
so some exports may see higher tariffs. In a
letter, Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator
says the UK has failed so far to get the car
parts deal it wants, and “obviously cannot
insist on it”. Much of UK car manufacturing
is below the required threshold to call them
British, although the reverse is not the case
for the European Union. The problem is particularly
acute for electric vehicles where an even larger
proportion of the value of the car is contained
in the battery. Instead of focusing on this
– British negotiators decided to switch
to fishing rights and subsidy powers (which
they have just backed down on). Car manufacturing
is worth nearly £19bn, fishing £1.4bn
leading many in the car business to get very
angry at how negotiations are going (source).
Something
Smells Fishy: Britain has backtracked on
the issue of fishing rights in UK waters in
a last-minute attempt to salvage Brexit trade
talks. The UK offered the EU a three-year transition
period for its fishing fleets to leave British
seas beginning from 2021. The idea of a phase-out
has been discussed before but details of how
one would work were not released until recently
(source).
Oz
and us: The International Trade Dept of
the EU has announced it is now in advanced negotiations
with Australia on a trade deal. “We’ve
just wrapped up round 8 of negotiations towards
an ambitious European Union-Australia Trade
Agreement. Happy with the good progress. More
work lies ahead: The next virtual negotiation
round is scheduled for 30 November” (source).
The UK government continues to tell people that
if it does not end up with an EU trade deal,
it will revert to the ‘Australia’
deal, which the Australians don’t want
themselves – because being outside of it
is not as good as being in it (source).
The
Queen’s Big Bet: The private bank to
the Queen is moving $350million in a bet that
there will be a Brexit deal that defies widespread
market scepticism. Coutts & Co. has moved
its US stock holdings to an exchange-traded
fund that would benefit from a rally in the
pound if the U.K. government defies the odds
to secure a new trading relationship with the
European Union. “Based on game theory,
we think there’s a deal to be done between
the UK and Europe. Markets will be surprised,
and that will result in higher sterling.”
Mood
Swings: A survey by Ipsos MORI found that
58% of the public now think Britain will not
receive a good Brexit deal, while 63% say ministers
have done a bad job overall (source). Round
10 of Brexit talks begin next week with optimism
pairing back a little after last week. The Internal
markets Bill wasn’t helpful and the EU
not really knowing what the UK parliament will
eventually agree isn’t either. Boris Johnson
laid down his own ‘red-lines’ and
said a deal must be done by October 15th, which
it won’t be – meaning BJ is bluffing
– again. In another survey – just
under half of Britons (49%) believe that Britain
is a force for good in the world, down 10 points
from April 2019. While 41% of Britons say the
UK should punch above its weight in world affairs,
the proportion who believe Britain should stop
pretending it is an important power is up five
points from last year to 38%. (source)
Cut-Price
Uni: UK universities are offering EU nationals
cut-price tuition fees after the Brexit transition
period ends, amid fears the numbers of students
coming to Britain from the Continent will plummet.
The problem: “Lawyers have questioned whether
such an offer is legal and whether it could
breach discrimination laws” (source).
Bad
Deal – Good Friday: In a further dig
to No10, the US government continues to emphasize
its support of Ireland to thwart any use of
the Internal Market Bill that pulls the rug
on the Good Friday Agreement, the Irish foreign
minister has confirmed once again. Dublin has
full US support in opposing UK’s Internal
Market Bill. Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden
have made no bones about it – the Good
Friday Agreement is to be protected or there’s
no trade deal with the USA – and that’s
final (source).
04.10.2020:
UK looks to EU to break Brexit talks impasse.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/eu-sees-just-days-brexit-132718342.html
So it was the EU which voted for Brexit,
was it? Typical whingeing, buck-passing, cowardly
Little Ingerlandt mentality.
Black
Pound Day: how to support Black-owned UK businesses.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/black-pound-day-how-to-support-black-owned-uk-businesses/ar-BB17qU2f?ocid=msedgntp
Prime
Minister wants to create ‘Generation Buy’
and help young purchase homes. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/02/prime-minister-wants-to-create-a-generation-buya-and-help-you/
Another propaganda exercise, then?
Expansion
of adult training to prepare for post-COVID
economy. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/major-expansion-of-post-18-education-and-training-to-level-up-and-prepare-workers-for-post-covid-economy
The Government has announced that adults in
England without an A-level or equivalent qualification
will be offered a free, fully funded college
course from April 2021. The courses will be
funded via the National Skills Fund and aim
to make it easier for employers to recruit skilled
staff post-COVID. Higher education loans will
also become more flexible to allow adults and
young people to break up their study into segments,
transfer credits between colleges and universities
and study part-time. Apprenticeships will also
be increased, and more funding will be provided
to smaller businesses who hire apprentices.
03.10.2020:
'Eat out to help out' did not boost hospitality
sector finances – poll. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/01/eat-out-to-help-out-failed-boost-finances-uk-hospitality-industry
Well - it was only ever a Tory/fake news
propaganda campaign after all.
Visa
works with Totally Locally to protect the future
of high streets. https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/visa-works-with-totally-locally-to-protect-the-future-of-high-streets-02-10-2020/
Nearly
half of UK firms report Q3 sales decrease.
https://www.retailsector.co.uk/234913-nearly-half-of-firms-report-uk-sales-decrease-says-bcc/
Post
Office scandal: Postmasters celebrate huge victory
against convictions. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54384427
And now it's high time Post Office management
were labelled, arrested, bankrupted and imprisoned.
Estate
agents ‘should be forced to disclose hidden
referral fees’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/01/estate-agents-a-should-be-forced-to-disclose-hidden-referral-fe/
02.10.2020:
EU takes legal action against UK over Brexit
treaty breach. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/eu-takes-legal-action-against-uk-over-brexit-treaty-breach/ar-BB19Bhwv?ocid=msedgntp
That will go to the top of a pile of breaches
of the law which include war crimes, crimes
against humanity, terrorism, sponsorship of
terrorism, mass murder, fraud, theft and money
laundering. It would be naive to expect the
charges to be levelled only against the guilty
parties - namely politicians, their gutter media
and propaganda and Brexit Knobheads, of course.
But it's a start and the more shit which can
be shovelled out of the way the more resources
there should be left over for taxpayers and
small businesses.
Red
tape for firms is price of leaving 'anti-science'
EU, Gove says. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/red-tape-for-firms-is-price-of-leaving-anti-science-eu-gove-says/ar-BB19BB7v?ocid=msedgntp
So finally we have Tory serial-liars and
their fake news gutter-propaganda back-pedalling
on the old chestnut that all red tape emanates
from Brussels and that it was something which
would be left behind by voting Brexit! And 'anti-science'
EU? Now that's a new one. Or have they mis-spelt
'anti-Semitic'?
Consultation
launched on new powers to ensure small businesses
are paid on time. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/10/01/consultation-launched-on-new-powers-to-ensure-small-businesses-a/
Another 'consultation', eh? That will be
about the same number of promises as made by
the telecons industry to improve connectivity.
Facebook
bans adverts pushing far-right conspiracy theory.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/qanon-facebook-bans-adverts-pushing-far-right-conspiracy-theory/ar-BB19AVjn?ocid=msedgntp
That should put the Semitic fake news, fake
conspiracy theory, serial-lying, disinformation
gutter press and their Tory regime out of business!
Hopefully. (Although on the same basis, Facebook
itself should also be shut down.)
Irish
court rules Subway bread is not bread. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread
One
can always rely on the Irish to cut to the chase.
So. Subway 'bread' is not bread as civilised
folk knows bread because it contains so much
sugar. (Which anyone who has tasted this muck
knows already.) In other words, it's just another
example of the American shit which the Tory
regime and Brexiteers want to thrust down everyones'
throats.
01.10.2020:
Third of people ‘have relied on their overdraft
during coronavirus crisis’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/30/third-of-people-a-have-relied-on-their-overdraft-during-coronav/
The banks will be absolutely delighted. That
should give their money-laundering and finances
for terrorist activities a welcome boost.
Further
support for overdraft, personal loan and credit
card customers confirmed. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/30/further-support-for-overdraft-personal-loan-and-credit-card-cus/
Thousands
of households lost access to cash during lockdown,
research finds. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/29/thousands-of-households-lost-access-to-cash-during-lockdown-res/
Trade
will be ‘day-to day struggle’ after
Brexit is completed, MPs told in grim industry
forecast. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/trade-will-be-day-to-day-struggle-after-brexit-is-completed-mps-told-in-grim-industry-forecast/ar-BB19yTAt?ocid=msedgdhp
UK
lower house passes trade bill that govt admits
violates EU divorce treaty. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/uk-lower-house-passes-trade-bill-that-govt-admits-violates-eu-divorce-treaty/ar-BB19yKIa?ocid=msedgntp
UK
beef exports to US resume after more than 20
years. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54347426
'Chicken
Licken' views will hold us back, says Bank economist.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54355395
Almost. That should be Tory 'arse-licken'
American 'chicken-shit'.
With
our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and
Cobweb Info.
Len
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