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30.09.2020:
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Scroll down for: A Home and Small Business Viewpoint by Len Tondel, from 1st September 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

30.09.2020: Brexit: UK risks being flooded with cheaply produced food, EU warns. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/28/brexit-uk-risks-being-flooded-with-cheaply-produced-food-eu-warns The UK has been flooded with cheaply produced food for decades. That's why Just Eat (shit), Uber, Deliveroo, etc are in business.

Britons face losing their homes when mortgage holiday ends, report warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/mortgage-repayment-holiday-ends-furlough-scheme-unemployment-b675564.html Something the Tory regime will be looking forward to with some excitement, no doubt: loads of more affordable housing suddenly becoming available to meet the deliberate 'housing shortage'. Trebles all round, chaps!

Global Microsoft outage brings down Teams, Office 365 and Outlook. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/29/major-microsoft-outage-brings-down-office-365-outlook-and-teams

Business Secretary confirms judge to lead Horizon scandal review. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/business-secretary-confirms-judge-to-lead-horizon-scandal-review/ar-BB19x6Qo?ocid=msedgntp The Tory regime performing at the same crawl in addressing this disgusting scenario of Post Office criminal mis-management as making criminal local authorities face justice for the manslaughter of council tenants.

British expats in EU ‘must be given sufficient warning if bank accounts close’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/29/british-expats-in-eu-a-must-be-given-sufficient-warning-if-bank/ 'Sufficient warning' is only half the issue: where are millions of EU expats going to bank if their accounts are closed as a result of Tory regime criminal incompetence?

29.09.2020: Government inches towards progress on late payments. https://www.aatcomment.org.uk/news/government-inches-towards-progress-on-late-payments/ Or 'fractions of inches' perhaps?

£75m Amazon Prime Day small business promotion. https://tamebay.com/2020/09/amazon-prime-day-small-business-promotion.html

Deliveroo to take on 15,000 more riders before end of the year. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/28/deliveroo-to-take-on-15-000-more-riders-before-end-of-the-year/

Uber to get London licence as court rules it is 'no longer a risk'. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/28/uber-keeps-london-licence-risk-tfl-safety

28.09.2020: Brexit trade talks: Deal can and must be made, says CBI boss. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54312985 CBI members should have been mindful of this fact before they voted in the corrupt, incompetent, criminal Tory regime.

Brexit official – UK/US talks “at the far end of the secrecy spectrum”. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-official-uk-us-talks-at-the-far-end-of-the-secrecy-spectrum/ Well - it's called Fagging For America, or, what fagging politicians and the fake news gutter press have been calling the 'special relationship', or, what is better known in the rest of the world as 'terrorism', 'war crimes' and creating millions of refugees.

As rent day looms, it's the landlords' turn to be worried. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/27/as-rent-day-looms-its-the-landlords-turn-to-be-worried

Chefs and celebrities in warning against low-quality foods in new trade deals. https://www.aol.co.uk/entertainment/2020/09/27/chefs-and-celebrities-in-warning-against-low-quality-foods-in-ne/ Bit late now. Let's Eat (shit) and American Chicken-Shit have been doing the rounds for quite a few years now.

Brexit billionaire James Dyson hoovers up £3.7m in EU handouts amid hypocrisy claims. https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/city-news/brexit-billionaire-james-dyson-hoovers-22747422 Dyson's hypocrisy has long been a matter of record. Other than in the equally hypocritical, offshore, fake news gutter press.

Brexit Bullshit Latest: https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-20th-26th-september/

Agriculture: Some good news for once. The government has been heavily defeated in the Lords over a cross-party move to guarantee high food standards post-Brexit. “Peers backed by a majority of 95 a change to the Agriculture Bill aimed at blocking the import of foodstuffs produced abroad at lower animal welfare standards. Voting was 307 to 212 for an amendment requiring food products imported under future trade deals to meet or exceed domestic standards, to prevent U.K. farmers from being undermined.” When the bill gets back to the House of Commons, MPs will have to vote on whether to take the amendment out. If they do, and that looks increasingly likely, that would further limit a US/UK trade deal. This Bill only goes to show what the Tories have in mind, simply by passing it first time around in the Commons and presenting it to the Lords in the first place.

Deal or No Deal: The U.K. is no longer concerned the EU could block food exports if trade talks fail. It appears both sides have agreed terms and have moved on in the Brexit talks. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier told British negotiators last week that it would have no issue getting “third country listing” for food exports. The negotiating teams have now closed round 8 – round 9 next week is starting on a more positive note. As it turns out, there are still bottlenecks in getting a deal – but some rumours are emerging, for the first time in ages, that a deal is now in sight – time will tell.

Banking: JPMorgan is moving about $230 billion from the U.K. to Frankfurt as a result of Brexit, a shift that will make it one of the largest banks in Germany. In January, the bank had also announced its significant expansion into Paris as part of plans to relocate some services from London after Brexit. Brexit has now caused something like $1trillion in cash and assets in the banking industry to be moved from the UK to the EU in preparedness for January 1st (source)

Red Tape: Some 51% of companies had not taken any steps recommended by the government to prepare for changes in the trade of goods, a new survey showed, with little more than three months to go before a shift in the terms of trade with the European Union. Britain told businesses on Wednesday to prepare for paperwork or face 100 km-long queues of lorries when the country’s post-Brexit transition arrangement ends. Even Reuters news agency reports that this had “prompted accusations that the government was setting up the industry to take the blame for any chaos from a botched Brexit” (source).

Kent Border: Brexit just keeps on serving up gems. Michael Gove has had to admit for the first time that police will now need to enforce a need for trucks to have a ‘Kent access permit’ at what is really a de-facto border. Gove said officers will use automatic number plate recognition cameras and “other means” to block drivers. Gove also admitted an expectation of 7,000-long lorry queues and two-day delays to cross the Channel. Just wait for the headlines as police start arresting British truckers for not having the permit. Many national papers are reporting that furious hauliers said they were being lined up to take the blame for the looming disruption (source).

Gibraltar Border: Another border now appears, this time we are informed by the Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar who explains how it will have to erect new border restrictions against goods coming from the UK in the event of no deal. Trucks will need to go through and then return through a border control post. In a rather bizarre statement, the Minister accuses Spain of using the border as a ‘weapon’ – probably because it is ready, whereas Gibraltar and Britain is not (source).

Rights Bonfire: Stormont passes a motion telling the government to implement the N.I. protocol in full and not undermine international law with its Internal Markets Bill. This, of course, means that if it passes the government will be breaching the principles of consent enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement. Sinn Fien’s Martina Anderson said “The Northern Ireland protocol was “an ugly compromise” which “mitigated” the worst effects of Brexit, she said, adding that it was “breathtaking” the scale of the damage done to lives and livelihoods by this “Brexit mess”. She said British ministers had “expressed an interest in lighting a bonfire under hard-won rights”, and urged the EU and the Irish Government to “stand firm” in defence of the peace process in opposition to the UK government’s “increasingly reckless” actions (READ MORE). Expect more trouble over this as the days continue.

Abandoning Brits Abroad: UK high street lenders have been accused of “outrageously failing” British expats living in Europe following reports last week that they would be shutting down their accounts after the UK leaves the EU at the start of 2021. “Most of the UK’s high street banks are plotting to unceremoniously abandon their customers across Europe within weeks,” says Nigel Green, the CEO and founder of deVere Group. “Once again, traditional banks are outrageously failing their clients.” It was reported Lloyds, Barclays and Coutts (Nat West) are among amongst those UK banks that have started giving notice to expatriate customers to say they will close their accounts at 11 pm on December 31 (source).

27.09.2020: New package to support and enforce self-isolation. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-package-to-support-and-enforce-self-isolation People who are required by law to self-isolate from 28 September will receive a payment of £500. The payment will be available to people receiving benefits who cannot work from home and have lost income as a result.

Data protection guidance for collecting customer information. https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2020/09/data-protection-guidance-for-collecting-customer-information/ The Information Commissioner's Office has published guidance about how to legally collect, use and store customer and visitor information. Since 18 September 2020 it is now mandatory for all businesses in the hospitality, tourism and leisure sectors to collect customer and visitor information as part of the Government's test and trace programme. Close-contact businesses, such as beauty therapists, will also be required to collect customer information.

MINI-DISHWASHER THAT STERILISES KEYS AND OTHER ITEMS. https://tinyurl.com/y2sob7yv

FINNISH STARTUP'S PACKAGING TECH OFFERS ENHANCED SUSTAINABLE OPTION FOR RETAILERS. https://tinyurl.com/y22uvc5m

LED FACE MASK MIMICS PATTERN OF MOUTH. https://tinyurl.com/yyku4nce

SEAWEED BACTERIA HELPS LAUNDRY BECOME ECO-FRIENDLY. https://tinyurl.com/yyqrz2q4

PARTNERSHIP PAIRS SUSTAINABLE FASHION AND COFFEE TO RAISE BRAND AWARENESS. https://tinyurl.com/y348cabo

26.09.2020: More than one million self-employed left out by Chancellor’s winter plan. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/24/more-than-one-million-self-employed-left-out-by-chancellora-s-w/

Warnings of strong ecommerce demand this Christmas as customers shift online – threatening in-store jobs. https://internetretailing.net/themes/themes/warnings-of-strong-ecommerce-demand-this-christmas-as-customers-shift-online--threatening-in-store-jobs-22040

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, UK's richest person, prominent Brexiteer and super-hypocrite, moves to tax-free Monaco. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/sir-jim-ratcliffe-uk-s-richest-person-moves-to-tax-free-monaco/ar-BB19q31S?ocid=msedgdhp He'll be able to hob-nob more freely now with the offshore, Brexit-campaigning, serial-lying, fake news gutter press.

25.09.2020: Chancellor announces new business support measures

On 24 September, the Chancellor announced a package of measures to protect jobs and support businesses across the UK. The measures include:

Job Support Scheme. Under the scheme, the Government will contribute towards the wages of employees who are working at least 33% of their usual hours due to decreased demand. The scheme will start on 1 November 2020 and run for six months.

Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). Two additional grant payments will be made under the SEISS. The first grant worth up to £1,875 will be paid to those currently eligible for SEISS to cover the period from 1 November 2020 to 31 January 2021. The second grant will be available for the period from February to the end of April 2021 and be dependent on business circumstance.

Tax deferrals. Self-assessment tax payments that were deferred from July 2020 and payments due in January 2021 will not need to be paid until January 2022. Businesses will also be able to pay their VAT bill in 11 smaller instalments during 2021/22 rather than in one lump sum at the end of March 2021. The temporary 15% VAT cut for the tourism and hospitality sectors will also be extended until 31 March 2021.

Business Loans. Under a Pay as You Grow repayment system for the Bounce Back Loan Scheme the duration of loans will be extended from six to ten years. Interest-only periods and payment holidays will also be available. Lenders will also be able to extend the duration of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme from six to ten years. Applications for the coronavirus loan schemes will be extended until the end of November 2020.

Read more about the measures at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-outlines-winter-economy-plan

Most British firms are not prepared for end of Brexit transition period. https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/most-british-firms-are-not-prepared-for-end-of-brexit-transition-period-20200924 Another blindingly obvious piece of 'news' from the fake news media.

Dover-Calais ferries suspended due to French strike action. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/24/dover-calais-ferries-suspended-due-to-french-strike-action/ Now that's unusual - the Frogs going on strike. Still, with British-made Brexit chaos looming the boot will soon be on the other foot - although that won't stop the French going on strike in future: it's like a national bowel movement.

Australian bank agrees to $919M fine for money laundering. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/australian-bank-agrees-919m-fine-234027003.html An event which appears to have escaped the BBC's recent jaundiced investigation into criminal banking on the grounds of, one supposes, that it didn't fit the broadcaster's propaganda criteria of denouncing only Muslims and Russians.

The most commonly regretted purchases. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-most-commonly-regretted-purchases/ss-BB19niUi?ocid=msedgdhp

24.09.2020: Covid expected to cost small businesses £69bn. https://smallbusiness.co.uk/covid-expected-to-cost-small-businesses-69bn-2551264/

Leaked Brexit Letter Warns Of Gridlocked Lorries And Traffic Chaos In Kent. https://tinyurl.com/y6aylvr8 That much was obvious before the so-called Brexit debate in the serial-lying, disinformation gutter press even started. Now, the selfsame villains of the Brexit vote are pretending this is 'news' and a 'story'!

New initiatives aim to improve UK communities’ access to cash. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/21/new-initiatives-aim-to-improve-uk-communitiesa-access-to-cash/

23.09.2020: ‘Back to work’ shifts to ‘work from home’ in yet another U-turn from the gutter-press-backed Tory regime. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/22/a-back-to-worka-shifts-to-a-work-from-homea-in-government/

Calls mount for more business support as restrictions deal ‘crushing blow’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/22/calls-mount-for-more-business-support-as-restrictions-deal-a-cr/

Businesses received more than £13bn Government support in last month. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/22/businesses-received-more-than-a-13bn-government-support-in-last/ And how much of this taxpayers' money went to businesses from the country's 95% of the business community, the SMEs?

Radical shake-up of home and motor insurance pricing proposed. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/22/radical-shake-up-of-home-and-motor-insurance-pricing-proposed/

Dover port still awaiting Brexit infrastructure funds. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/cutting-it-tight-dover-port-still-awaiting-brexit-infrastructure-funds/ar-BB19iHOG?ocid=msedgdhp Is that the money the Tory regime has spent on international terrorism, maintaining London as the world's leading money-laundering centre and tax evasion for American Big Corp?

UK bank may have moved money 'linked to terror activity'. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54235202 A decades-overdue 'investigation' based on the BBC's (British Bullshit Corporation's) propaganda that anything Muslim or Russian falls into the 'terrorist' and 'mafia' categories while unlimited finances for mass-murdering war criminals, particularly the Americans and their British and Israeli toe-rags, are moved around without any comment whatsoever. Still, since the same BBC story (cover-up) also showed professional football (the dross of the sporting world) and its millions of dumb supporters as contributors to international terrorism, we don't want to see overpaid BBC 'sports' reporters who are otherwise unfit to shovel shit, without jobs, do we now? Or worse still, the fake news gutter press, which also profits from the whole corrupt, criminal banking infrastructure, finding itself with no-one who believes their lies, conspiracies and propaganda any more. In the meantime, the Bank of England looks to remain on course for negative interest rates so that the public remains a steady source of funds for the world's thieves, crooks and murderers.

Internet: Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54239180 That will be the forthcoming 6G scam, then?

22.09.2020: 50% Vow To Do More Christmas Shopping Online As New COVID-19 Rules Likely To Last Beyond Black Friday. https://www.365retail.co.uk/50-vow-to-do-more-christmas-shopping-online-as-new-covid-19-rules-likely-to-last-beyond-black-friday/

UK banks accused of facilitating fraudsters and criminals after financial documents leaked. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fincen-document-leak-uk-banks-fraud-crime-russian-oligarch-b509133.html This has been the case for hundreds of years although one can understand why the fake news gutter press, anxious to protect their key advertisers' commercial interests, have been turning a blind eye to the fact. Nonetheless, the Tory regime isn't taking any chances and while the 'fuckin' plebs' rely increasingly on food banks, the corrupt and the crooked will be passing laws to ensure the status quo is maintained.

Coronavirus: UK government to extend business lending schemes. https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/929579/coronavirus-uk-government-to-extend-business-lending-schemes-929579.html

Police chiefs routinely turn blind eye to illegal fox-hunting as hunts go unchecked, report claims. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fox-hunting-police-force-illegal-evidence-report-video-law-hounds-crime-b499031.html Police chiefs turn a 'blind eye' to everything from visiting terrorists to rape these days. One presumes it has something to do with their commitment instead to filming for reality trash tv and putting the boot into climate change protesters?

Brexit Bullshit Update. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-13th-19th-september/ Crushing Blow: Logistics UK says it learned this week that the Smart Freight System being developed by the government for handling cross-border trade won’t be ready for January 1st. Policy director Elizabeth de Jong says it’s a “crushing disappointment and “a massive blow to UK businesses and the economy.” Logistics UK expressed “dismay” at the revelation that the system will not be tested until April 2021. “To find out with only 14 weeks to go, that there will not be a ready workable solution for those moving goods to the EU is a massive blow to UK businesses and to the economy … and to protect the UK’s supply chain” (READ MORE).

Gibraltar: The Spanish government is pushing for Gibraltar to join the passport-free Schengen zone after the Brexit transition period, which Britain itself will not be part of. The British government, which handles the foreign affairs of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, is expected to respond to the proposal in two to three weeks’ time, according to EU officials. The idea is part of Spain’s strategy of “shared responsibility” with the U.K. over the Rock’s affairs after Brexit. Madrid argues that 97 per cent of people in Gibraltar voted Remain in 2016, and that means tailored solutions should be found to allow Gibraltar to continue to benefit from as many EU policies as possible, with freedom of movement being one of the priorities. Without freedom of movement – Gibrater will become a real political battleground. The proposal has the backing of Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo (source).

Auto Warning: Europe and Britain’s car industries called on Monday on the two sides to urgently clinch a free trade agreement, warning that a disorderly Brexit would cost the sector 110 billion euros (£101.79 billion) in lost trade over the next five years. Failure to secure a deal would lead to tariffs. That would make vehicles more expensive and cause a drop in demand that could eliminate the production of 3 million vehicles over the next five years, 23 auto industry associations said in a joint statement on Monday (source).

Luxembourg’s Big Brexit Win: British financial firms are close to losing their “passporting rights” that allow companies in EU member states to service clients across the bloc. The consequence is that many UK based financial services companies are leaving for Dublin, Frankfurt, Paris, and Amsterdam. But the biggest winner so far is Luxembourg. 275 firms in the U.K. have already moved or are moving some of their business, staff, assets, or legal entities from the U.K. to the EU in preparation for Brexit. Around 250 of those companies chose specific “post-Brexit hubs” for their EU business. While Dublin ranked No. 1 with around 100 relocations, Luxembourg scored a solid second. The population of Luxembourg is just 600,000 – so they stand to see a huge cash injection into their economy (source).

21.09.2020: Landlords slash rents by up to 20% as tenants quit city centres in pandemic. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/homeandproperty/landlords-slash-rents-by-up-to-20-as-tenants-quit-city-centres-in-pandemic/ar-BB19dxJA?ocid=msedgdhp

Scrapping VAT-free shopping for tourists to cost 70,000 jobs, say retailers. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/scrapping-vat-free-shopping-for-tourists-to-cost-70-000-jobs-say-retailers/ar-BB19e3w4?ocid=msedgdhp I'm sure the Tory regime and its serial-lying, Semitic fake news gutter press which promoted Brexit, will pop a few bob in the millions of redundancy kitties which are now doing the rounds.

Month-long delay to get a mortgage blamed on home working at banks. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/month-long-delay-to-get-a-mortgage-blamed-on-home-working-at-banks/ar-BB19dhp9?ocid=msedgdhp

British expats in Europe to be 'stripped of UK bank accounts in weeks'. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/british-expats-in-europe-to-be-stripped-of-uk-bank-accounts-in-weeks/ar-BB19ek2l?ocid=msedgdhp Due to Brexit becoming a bureaucratic banking nightmare, it seems. An orgy of Little Ingerlandt regulations and red tape which didn't receive any mention in the Brexit-campaigning, Semitic fake news gutter press spreading a pack of lies about Brussels red tape instead.

20.09.2020: UK insurers should pay up quickly after business interruption ruling - watchdog. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/uk-insurers-should-pay-up-quickly-after-business-interruption-ruling-watchdog/ar-BB19bcqI?ocid=msedgdhp

Smaller builders won't have to pay CITB Levy. https://www.citb.co.uk/about-citb/news-events-and-blogs/uk/2020/09/thousands-more-smes-set-to-pay-no-citb-levy-for-2021-citb-confirms-halving-of-levy-rates/

Stronger measures needed to tackle scam ads on Google. https://press.which.co.uk/whichpressreleases/stronger-measures-needed-to-tackle-scam-ads-on-google-which-warns/ Which? is calling for Google to take stronger measures to tackle scam ads, after finding fake ads for debt charities, car insurers and investment firms are regularly appearing on the tech giant's search results.

Foreign offices: the Britons who work from home – abroad. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/foreign-offices-the-britons-who-work-from-home-abroad/ar-BB19csn1?ocid=msedgdhp

All the countries on the Foreign Office’s updated list of ‘safe’ destinations. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/travel/all-the-countries-on-the-foreign-office-s-updated-list-of-safe-destinations/ar-BB17XnmR?ocid=msedgdhp

Selling online: how to clear your clutter on eBay and beyond. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/sep/19/selling-online-clear-clutter-ebay-clothes-cds-dvds-bikes

19.09.2020: Retail sales continue recovery in August but lose pace. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/18/retail-sales-continue-recovery-in-august-but-lose-pace/ All the public's money spent on eating out perhaps?

New rules to help businesses tackle fraud. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/18/new-rules-to-help-businesses-tackle-fraud/

UK travellers get government help to plan trips to EU in 2021. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-travellers-get-government-help-to-plan-trips-to-eu-in-2021/ar-BB19a37n?ocid=msedgdhp More Brexit rules, regulations and red tape, then?

US-led wars have displaced 37m people. America should accept responsibility. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/18/us-wars-iraq-george-w-bush And around the same number again have been murdered by American terrorism since World War 2. Not that the snout-in-trough, Semitic fake news media and propaganda has ever mentioned the fact so hopefully, the next group of displaced people will be dumb, Brexit-voting Little Ingerlanders, crooks and hypocrites after their fake political regime has signed a chicken-shit trade deal with the US.

Updating cities’ Wikipedia pages could boost tourism by ‘billions of euros’. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/travel/updating-cities-wikipedia-pages-could-boost-tourism-by-billions-of-euros/ar-BB19aIpA?ocid=msedgdhp

Less threatening debt recovery letters could save lives, says MP. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/17/less-threatening-debt-recovery-letters-could-save-lives-says-mp/

In-flight meals now available for home delivery. https://tinyurl.com/y3sufvo5

Scottish startup develops seaweed-based, marine-safe bio-packaging. https://tinyurl.com/y5wdrrwx

Design firm develops chairs made from brewery waste. https://tinyurl.com/y33ly2xa

Cord-free smartphone accessories reduce waste. https://tinyurl.com/y5xfprxx

18.09.2020: Coronavirus: Home working expected to double after pandemic, new study suggests. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-home-working-expected-to-double-after-pandemic-new-study-suggests-12073861

UK awards border contract to firm criticised over role in US deportations. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/17/uk-awards-border-contract-to-firm-criticised-over-role-in-us-deportations As befits an American colony under a regime of fagging, corrupt war criminals, rapists, crooks and serial-liars.

Thousands of renters at risk of homelessness as eviction ban ends on Sunday. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/thousands-of-renters-at-risk-of-homelessness-as-eviction-ban-ends-on-sunday/ar-BB197RSO?ocid=msedgdhp

17.09.2020: Further support for overdraft, credit card and personal loan customers proposed. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/16/further-support-for-overdraft-credit-card-and-personal-loan-cus/ Running up even more debt, in other words.

Not a single UK airline has been fined for breaking consumer law in 17 years, finds Which? https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/travel/not-a-single-uk-airline-has-been-fined-for-breaking-consumer-law-in-17-years-finds-which/ar-BB195VuH?ocid=msedgdhp And having spread covid around the world to boot, these criminals are now asking for taxpayers' money for a bail-out!

Huge queues of lorries at Dover as Operation Stack activated. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/huge-queues-of-lorries-at-dover-as-operation-stack-activated/ar-BB196m4S?ocid=msedgdhp

16.09.2020: Small firms thrown lifeline in insurance test case ruling. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54158830

Convenience sales continue to rise. https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/convenience-sales-continue-to-rise-15-09-2020/

VAT-registered businesses urged to prepare for Brexit trading changes. https://www.accountancydaily.co/vat-registered-businesses-urged-prepare-brexit-trading-changes

Scams and scandals mean consumers lack confidence in investment market – FCA. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/15/scams-and-scandals-mean-consumers-lack-confidence-in-investment/ Or is it that they lack any confidence in the FCA?

An app that finds a nearby home for unwanted food. https://tinyurl.com/y28cq9ql

Startup provides fully-stocked community fridges to address hunger amidst COVID-19. https://tinyurl.com/y5lag3po

Process converts unrecyclable plastics into new materials. https://tinyurl.com/y6s8qpdu

Book subscription service for children of minority backgrounds. https://tinyurl.com/y2heo8dq

15.09.2020: Further support for mortgage borrowers struggling financially due to Covid-19. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/14/further-support-for-mortgage-borrowers-struggling-financially-du/

Millions at greatest risk from coronavirus may be told to stay at home again. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/millions-greatest-risk-coronavirus-may-182432561.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews

Heatwave: Everything you need to keep cool while working from home. https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/house-garden/how-keep-cool-heatwave-uk-work-home-desk-fan-face-mist-ice-cube-lolly-a9581806.html

Rental sector tenants join ‘space race’ as many choose to upsize homes. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/12/rental-sector-tenants-join-a-space-racea-as-many-choose-to-up/

Banks will need to analyse customers’ needs before closing branches, says FCA. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/14/banks-will-need-to-analyse-customersa-needs-before-closing-bra/ That will be a 'first': the banks being responsive to customers' needs. Especially since the watchpuppet quango FCA arrived on the scene. And how many branches have the banks closed over the past couple of years? 3,000 or a third of the total number, perhaps? Some 'analysis'"!

Tax-free airport sales to end in January. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/travel/tax-free-airport-sales-to-end-in-january/ar-BB190VrV?ocid=msedgdhp That will make a welcome contribution to the Treasury's support of snout-in-trough, tax-dodging Tory donors. Including the Semitic fake news media.

Wetherspoon: 66 staff test positive across 50 pubs. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54144130 Now we know where to find the UK's covid source: boozing Brexit voters. Comparing selfies taken on their recent covid holiday in Spain.

Israeli government to impose second Covid-19 national lockdown. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/13/israeli-government-set-to-vote-on-second-covid-19-national-lockdown That should thankfully cut down the rape breaks, Cyprus included. Which leaves equally cowardly American terrorist skanks with fake diplomatic immunity to go on the lockdown list. If the occupants of No. 10 Downing Street weren't such a bunch of lying, craven ass-lickers.

14.09.2020: Boris Johnson's US trade deal hopes face new blow as peers set to block chlorinated chicken imports. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-trade-deal-boris-johnson-chlorinated-chicken-hormone-beef-peers-b421986.html Oh, dear. What a shame. Not doing business with lying, thieving, war criminals.

Home delivery firms blamed for enabling problem drinkers. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/13/home-delivery-firms-blamed-for-enabling-problem-drinkers And who is to blame for the UK being a nation of problem drinkers for the other fifty years?

Covid-19: France reports over 10,000 new coronavirus cases in record surge. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/covid-france-record-cases-infections-coronavirus-latest-b432279.html Not to worry. The Tour de France will be over in a weeks' time and then, hundreds of thousands of Froggies will no longer be faced with the challenge of social distancing (counting up to 1.5 or 2), self discipline and personal hygiene. As the Tour de France also coincides with National Hypocrisy Month it can (almost) safely be assumed that covid will subsequently be dealt with minus the current bullshit coming from politicians and state fake news and propaganda.

The common misconceptions about self-employment and getting a mortgage. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/careersandeducation/the-common-misconceptions-about-self-employment-and-getting-a-mortgage/ar-BB18YPbB?ocid=msedgdhp

13.09.2020: Brussels could ‘carve up’ UK if Tories reject controversial Brexit Bill, says PM. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/11/brussels-could-a-carve-upa-uk-if-tories-reject-controversial/ Clearly a moral dilemna for this un-elected, serial-lying, war criminal head of a state which saw the beginning of its 'carve up' under Margaret Thatcher and the pretext of a 'special relationship' with American thieves and terrorists forty years ago.

Brexit Bullshit Update: https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-6th-12th-september/

Poker stakes: For all of the noise coming from Downing Street over the FT’s article over the Withdrawal Agreement – don’t forget that Boris Johnson is a poor poker player. The question is – is Johnson serious over walking away if he doesn’t get what he wants? On October 7th last year No10 sent a bombshell text message to the Spectator Magazine claiming the talks were about to end for good as they’d had enough of intransigence from the EU (source). “They think we’re bluffing and there’s nothing we can do about that… We’ll either leave with no deal on 31 October… we will wash our hands of it, we won’t engage in further talks … everything to do with ‘duty of sincere cooperation’ will be in the toilet.” Three days later, a deal was reached. That deal was Theresa May’s deal with some changes that ended with the Northern Ireland Protocol and lots of fanfare that Johnson has saved the day. The financial markets don’t believe Johnson this time, nor does the EU and now, nor do many of his own party.

Follow the Money: Bloomberg writes an interesting article about Brexit by pointing out that international currency traders no longer believe Boris Johnson’s government. “Yet Johnson is setting Oct. 15 as a deadline to reach a deal, while also apparently promising to rip up the last one. This is crazy, as my colleague Therese Raphael puts it, not to say breathtakingly reckless, and downright stupid.” Bloomberg quotes traders as saying – “traders appear to have decided that Boris Johnson’s threats don’t need to be taken seriously” – the consequence is that Sterling remained stable (when it should have quickly weakened) because they are now backing against what Johnson is saying. They stand to make significant losses if Johnson does take Britain over the cliff (source).

Cliff-Edge: There is ‘plummeting trust in Boris Johnson” as EU diplomatic cables leaked to the Guardian’s Daniel Boffey: “Johnson is suspected of holding back on finding a compromise on the key outstanding issues of fisheries, state aid and dispute resolution until the last moment in order to achieve a last-minute trade-off.” Apparently, the European Commission “fears Downing Street is behind a barrage of anti-EU articles in the British press, citing reports accusing Brussels of intransigence directly ahead of the last round of talks” (source).

Can the WTO be saved: Brexiteers keep banging on about how great Britain will be outside of the EU. Boris Johnson has this week declared Britain will ‘prosper mightily’ without a deal. All of them cite the fact that the UK can simply trade on WTO rules. But there’s a problem. As the World Trade Organization selects a new director-general this month, the Geneva-based group will be faced with two acute challenges: There is not a great deal of support for trade outside of trade deals, and there is even less support for the WTO itself. There are many reasons for this, not least – “For its part, the WTO is faulted for its inability to complete a trade round. To put it politely, the WTO is not designed for success.” The WTO is really a place where decades ago, countries needed to reach common ground over trade. Today, they do that through global trade deals not via the WTO (READ MORE).

Truth Hurts: Billionaires Sir James Dyson and Sir James Ratcliffe, the latter of chemical giant Ineos, are two of Britain’s big business Brexiteers, where both made grand plans in the motoring space to return the UK to its former glory in the year following Brexit. However, with news that Ineos is moving its reported Grenadier 4×4 project to France, and Dyson having pulled the plug on his own electric vehicle dreams last October, the reality of Brexit (and the complexities of trade) are proving that even for billionaires, it is risky to stay in the UK. This is because, as they now say themselves any competitive advantage from the U.K.’s decision to leave the EU is heavily diminished. Both Dyson and Ratcliffe were vocal in supporting Brexit – but when the reality of it became clearer – they jumped ship as both have now abandoned plans to build in Britain (READ MORE).

The Withdrawal Method: The swivel-eyed fanatics of the ERG are gearing up for yet another fight with Boris Johnson. This time they are pressurising the PM to fully and selectively renege on any Withdrawal Agreement clauses if they don’t get the deal they want and that Britain should abandon the WA in its entirety on the basis that it has the mandate to do so. Sir Bernard Jenkin, chair of the ERG steering group officially stated that “I hope it is not necessary, but if it is the only way to achieve UK prosperity and the kind of sovereign independence which is the democratic right of any nation recognised under the UN charter, then so be it.” The ERG should be mindful that a majority in government does not give them an automatic mandate if electors were duped. What the electorate voted for was to end the Brexit nightmare and get it done – with a deal that was promoted by Boris Johnson and fully supported by the ERG (source). In addition, the ERG are effectively promoting Scotland’s position over independence.

12.09.2020: UK strikes agreement with Japan to secure first post-Brexit trade deal. https://news.sky.com/story/uk-strikes-agreement-with-japan-to-secure-first-post-brexit-trade-deal-12068674 Not a done deal just yet but one thing is for sure: the Japanese will be getting more out of it than Brexit Little Ingerlandt.

Johnson’s rewrite of the withdrawal agreement threatens future trade deals. https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/johnsons-rewrite-of-the-withdrawal-agreement-threatens-future-trade-deals-20200911

Consumer confidence slides following 'rule of six' restriction. https://www.thecaterer.com/news/consumer-confidence-slides-rule-of-six-restriction

Boom in online retail sales shows signs of slowdown. https://www.theindustry.fashion/boom-in-online-retail-sales-shows-signs-of-slowdown/

Export trade measures for online retailers. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bounce-back-plans-launched-for-consumer-and-retail-industry A package of trade measures for online retailers has been announced to help support businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The new measures include a Consumer and Retail Export Academy that will provide retailers with the knowledge, skills and networks required to increase exports. The measures also include an International Clicks Fast Track Initiative, an Omnichannel Optimiser Initiative and an FDI (foreign direct investment) e-commerce marketing campaign which will all provide specialist advice.

Online banking most popular among young people, study finds. https://www.bankingsector.co.uk/2020/09/11/online-banking-popular-young-people/ Hardly surprising as young people don't earn much in the way of cash, shekels, requiring proper banking. (Or tins under matresses if it's a Tory, 'snout-in-trough' regime.)

Ofgem could save customers £1.7bn, says Citizens Advice amid battle over rules. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/10/ofgem-could-save-customers-a-1-7bn-says-citizens-advice-amid-ba/

Seven-year lending partnership to support small builders. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/homes-england-and-invest-fund-launch-7-year-lending-partnership-to-support-small-builders Homes England and Invest & Fund have announced a seven-year partnership to increase the amount of finance available to SME developers to help them grow and deliver more homes.

Piers Morgan says thieves stole £10k in France villa burglary. https://www.aol.co.uk/entertainment/2020/09/10/piers-morgan-says-thieves-stole-10k-in-france-villa-burglary/ Not a surprising revelation from this fake Brit, barstool media gobshite. If he had staycationed to support his country then at least a British and not a French crook would have had that money.

11.09.2020: What do businesses want if there is a no-deal Brexit? https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/business-calls-covid-style-backing-172034433.html

COVID 'rule of six': A rough guide for businesses. https://www.cirmagazine.com/cir/2020091003.php

Blockchain marketplace rescues fabric waste from landfill. https://tinyurl.com/y4rseznu

Subscription-based, sustainable waste-management for businesses. https://tinyurl.com/y4jejapl

Leather alternative made from waste seafood shells and coffee grounds. https://tinyurl.com/y36l27ub

Tree-shaped urban farming solution provides affordable, local produce. https://tinyurl.com/y662tqya

Blockchain-enabled marketplace optimises empty cargo space. https://tinyurl.com/y62l2395

10.09.2020: ‘Lifeline’ grants vowed for businesses shut by local lockdowns. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/09/a-lifelinea-grants-vowed-for-businesses-shut-by-local-lockdow/

Stay-at-home households ‘could be in for energy bill shocks’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/08/stay-at-home-households-a-could-be-in-for-energy-bill-shocksa/ That's taken the fake news media a long time to realise! And winter is yet to come.

80% chance of ‘chaos in Kent’ after Brexit transition period, says haulage boss. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/09/80-chance-of-a-chaos-in-kenta-after-brexit-transition-period/

EU could make British tourists quarantine when they arrive in resorts. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/eu-could-make-british-tourists-quarantine-when-they-arrive-in-resorts/ar-BB18Q8RL?ocid=msedgdhp They should be doing that already.

‘Festival of Brexit’ to cost £120m - but will justify bill, claims director. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/festival-of-brexit-to-cost-120m-but-will-justify-bill-claims-director/ar-BB18QKZm?ocid=msedgdhp Next thing you know, they will be holding a Nazi-style Olympics. Or have we had one of those already? And who is going to benefit? Tory donors?

09.09.2020: Business leaders warn Boris Johnson that Brexit deal is essential. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/07/sterling-slumps-as-leaked-plan-stokes-no-deal-brexit-fears

Small businesses forced to open fee-paying accounts to get Bounce Back Loans. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/08/small-businesses-forced-to-open-fee-paying-accounts-to-get-bounc/ Whaddya know? Banks profiting from their customers' misery. Now there's unusual.

Royal Mail delivers 1.1bn fewer letters in lockdown. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/08/royal-mail-delivers-1-1bn-fewer-letters-in-lockdown/ Could this also be because with Twatterers confined to their homes, they aren't finding someone who can write addresses with more than 50 characters?

Amazon starts work with driverless delivery team in UK. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/07/amazon-starts-work-with-driverless-delivery-team-in-uk/ Is this before or after the so-called 7,000 new jobs Amazon are supposed to be creating? As reported recently by the fake news media and state propaganda.

France's Covid 'red zones': The regions and cities considered higher risk. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/france-s-covid-red-zones-the-regions-and-cities-considered-higher-risk/ar-BB18MHC4?ocid=msedgdhp Conspicuously omitted from this list is anywhere the Tour de France passes, where large numbers of the disrespectful and unhygienic French public can be seen without masks, shouting into each others' and the riders' faces, a complete lack of social distancing and the odd fan spitting and throwing urine. It therefore comes as no surprise that even the Tour de France director has just tested positive. However, that's OK with the French regime because the Tour de France generates a lot of money just as every other 'accepted' social killer: crime, smoking, alcohol, drugs, pollution, poverty, driving, foreign policy (terrorism), ignorance - and the list goes on. So, Covid is OK if it can be taxed.

08.09.2020: High street footfall rises 2.6% as Britain gets back to work. https://www.theindustry.fashion/high-street-footfall-rises-2-6-as-britain-get-back-to-work/

UK house prices at record high after biggest leap since 2016. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/house-price-index-halifax-rise-fall-latest-2020-coronavirus-073510469.html

Hundreds of Brits hand life savings straight to potential scammers. https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/hundreds-brits-hand-life-savings-22641218

England’s ‘tax-dodging’ hotspots revealed. https://www.theweek.co.uk/108014/englands-tax-dodging-hotspots-revealed

07.09.2020: Working from home damaging economy, Raab warns. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54047347

Britain to join despised TTP. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/britain-to-join-despised-ttp-wikileaks-a-huge-transfer-of-power-from-people-to-big-business/

Brexit Bullshit Update. https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-august-30th-sept-5th/

Propaganda: Speaking to the Financial Times, Julian Jessop – fellow at the think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs that so heavily pushed for a hard Brexit (that also got caught flogging access for US lobbyists to Brexit negotiating MP’s) – said: “Any costs from a change in our relationship with the EU are likely to be trivial compared to the swings in GDP due to coronavirus, as well as potentially being smaller during the crisis than they would have been otherwise” (source). You’ll be hearing a lot of this in the coming months – that the C19 crisis will be massively more expensive to the economy than Brexit. It will in the short run but not in the long run, as Brexit has already been calculated by the government itself to cost significantly more over 15 years. What the IEA is pushing is yet more propaganda to save the ideology of Brexit.

Leaked: Border trade plans for 1 January are ‘unmanageable’, a leaked government document admits. A memo warns of ‘critical gaps’ in new IT systems – with just four months to go to the end of the transition (source). In addition, the government has just changed the law to grant emergency planning permission for it to build “temporary” [for up to 5 years] no trade deal Brexit lorry parks in no less 29 council areas. It cites no space for infrastructure and is urgently needed by year-end. If you think that the pandemic was badly managed – Brexit and all of its complexities will be a real problem (source)

What Brexit?: The Institute for Government made this statement two weeks ago – “The government will not be able to conclude a large number of trade agreements at speed and maintain its much-prized regulatory autonomy after Brexit.” The report says prospective trading partners are likely to tell the UK to change its standards (downwards) if it wants a trade deal. “The importance of trade deals as a ‘prize of Brexit’ makes the UK particularly vulnerable to such pressure. But even though it is now negotiating four new trade agreements and 18 ‘rollovers’ of existing EU deals (not to mention a comprehensive agreement with the EU itself), the government still lacks a firmly agreed position on many of the issues it will face.” In other words – the Brexiteers still don’t know what Brexit is with 17 weeks to go – tick, tock… (READ MORE).

Standing alone: It is a matter of fact that Britain could soon end up with a no-deal Brexit on January 1st. If that happens, the UK will stand alone as the only country in the world that has no trade deal with its nearest neighbours, excepting the odd failed state here and there of course (source). The UK is unable to make a trade deal with the three biggest trading economies in the world namely the EU, China and USA because they have different trading standards. So, you have to pick one if you want to trade. The EU is by far the easiest, its the biggest and we’re already in it. When the difficulties of a no-deal Brexit become apparent (source), the rejoin movement will have all the evidence they need to crush the Brexit movement – but the EU will not consider re-entry for decades. Where does that leave Britain – except more divided and isolated.

Doomed: If a “typical” free trade agreement is struck with Brussels, the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted a 5.2 per cent loss of potential GDP over the next 15 years after Brexit. This is in addition to the already lost 2 per cent of output since the 2016 referendum. The OBR added that higher trade barriers would mean imports and exports will be roughly 15 per cent lower after ten years, while overall productivity – already a problem in the UK – would also be lower. A study by the United Nations earlier this year predicted that, without a trade deal, the UK’s post-Brexit exports could decline by an eye-watering 14 per cent (source). All that – without Covid-19 factored in.

Hypocrite: Billionaire Brexiteer Jim Ratcliffe – the boss of Ineos Automotive – is now considering scrapping plans to build a car plant in Wales, and is reportedly looking to buy a factory in France instead. Ratcliffe, who moved to Monaco last year, presumably to escape Brexit Britain, said: “we have an obligation to do what is right for the business.” Wait, what – I hear you say. Carwyn Jones, the former Welsh first minister who represents Bridgend, rightly suggested that “Brexit-backing businesses held extra responsibility to invest in the UK” and not dash off to better and bigger markets across the channel (source).

Future-proof living with a self-sufficient floating house. https://tinyurl.com/y5ufw7f8

Tiny, sustainable and affordable houses address a housing crisis. https://tinyurl.com/y3yb7hkl

Disused office space becomes smart vertical farm. https://tinyurl.com/y3vz4uga

06.09.2020: Tony Abbott keen to contribute ‘expertise’ to trade role. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/05/tony-abbott-keen-to-contribute-a-expertisea-to-trade-role/ If Mr Abbott has any 'expertise' to contribute, it makes you wonder why it isn't being used in his own country, Australia? Hasn't he heard that there is an 'anti-economic migrant' policy in the UK? Well. Amongst serial-lying, Tory war criminals and their fake news and propaganda, that is. Perhaps that's why Mr Abbott has found his new responsibilities seem like home from home?

Hole-in-the-wall fees soar to £100million a year for cash withdrawals. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/hole-in-the-wall-fees-soar-to-100million-a-year-for-cash-withdrawals/ar-BB18IY1h?ocid=msedgdhp

UK tourism hotspots extend their holiday season to lure more visitors. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/uk-tourism-hotspots-extend-their-holiday-season-to-lure-more-visitors/ar-BB18Jfi0?ocid=msedgdhp

Airbnb host branded 'fatphobic' after setting weight limit for guests. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/airbnb-host-branded-fatphobic-after-setting-weight-limit-for-guests/ar-BB18JuxQ?ocid=msedgdhp

Ministers and MPs criticise protesters for targeting printing presses. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ministers-and-mps-criticise-protesters-for-targeting-printing-presses/ar-BB18JwhE?ocid=msedgdhp There was bound to come a time when the more intelligent and responsible members of the public became fed up with fake news, fake conspiracy theories, lies, hate-preaching, propaganda, the undermining of democracy and a threat to humanity. Which is why the country's thieves, crooks and war criminals are so unhappy.

05.09.2020: Quarantine: Grant Shapps admits ‘confusion’ over tangle of regulations amid travel industry fury. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/quarantine-coronavirus-grant-shapps-uk-travel-holiday-no-go-list-a9704626.html Of course, one of the central arguments (lies) of the Brexit campaign was ending the (mythical) burden of EU regulations/red tape. What wasn't made clear is that it was to be replaced with two to three times as many UK regulations and red tape.

Haulage bosses demand meeting with ministers over Brexit border fears. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/haulage-bosses-demand-meeting-with-ministers-over-brexit-border-fears/ar-BB18Hcav?ocid=msedgdhp

UK construction sector suffers ‘setback’ as growth stalls in August. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/04/uk-construction-sector-suffers-a-setbacka-as-growth-stalls-in/

40% of homes given planning permission between 2011 and 2019 not built – Shelter. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/04/40-of-homes-given-planning-permission-between-2011-and-2019-not/ It all helps to keep prices nice and high. Happy days for snout-in-trough Tory regime donors.

Watchdog threatens to take big builders to court for misleading house buyers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/04/watchdog-threatens-to-take-big-builders-to-court-for-misleading/

More people travelling to work and fewer working exclusively from home – survey. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/04/more-people-travelling-to-work-and-fewer-working-exclusively-fro/

Channel crossings: Government to launch campaign telling migrants UK streets ‘not paved with gold’. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/channel-crossings-government-launch-campaign-192530024.html A message which would not have been lost on Brexiteers and Tory voters, either. In between 'anti-Semitic' fake conspiracy theories from the snout-in-trough media whose 'streets' are paved with taxpayer 'gold'.

Uber launches car rental service in the UK. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/04/uber-launches-car-rental-service-in-the-uk/

04.09.2020: Services sector enjoys fastest growth since 2015, but job losses mount. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/09/03/services-sector-enjoys-fastest-growth-since-2015-but-job-losses/

Next round of UK-U.S. Chicken-Shit trade talks to begin on Sept. 8 - UK minister. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/next-round-of-uk-u-s-trade-talks-to-being-on-september-8-uk-minister/ar-BB18F63H?ocid=msedgdhp The posturing continues. And now, 'Brexit for Britain' has appointed an Australian-American stooge to take the acting still further.

UK transport and warehouse chiefs warn of 'severe' Brexit border disruption. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/companies/uk-transport-and-warehouse-chiefs-warn-of-severe-brexit-border-disruption/ar-BB18FWiF?ocid=msedgdhp Unfortunately, the Tory regime only takes advice from The Scum, The Daily Wail, Fakebook and corporate donors brandishing large cash suppositories.

UK's 4G and 5G connection to get better as huge chunk of spectrum freed for phone companies. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/uk-4g-5g-connection-spectrum-band-rural-communities-phone-a9701616.html Yet another shaggy dog promise from the telecons sector and the fake news media. If the history of all these promises were ever to be joined up we'd be in light-speed communication with life on Mars by now.

Social media firms ‘only taking down 2%’ of posts containing anti-vaccine misinformation, report finds. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anti-vaccine-socia-media-facebook-twitter-coronavirus-anti-vaxxers-a9701926.html As we keep saying - the moment social media takes down its misinformation, there will be no more social media.

MP blames French politicians for migrants coming to UK ‘on false premise’. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/mp-blames-french-politicians-for-migrants-coming-to-uk-on-false-premise/ar-BB18Fjni?ocid=msedgdhp Perhaps war criminal MPs should address the problem at its source? Simply stop creating refugees (not 'migrants') by starving and bombing them out of home and country in the first place?

Stag hunt handed taxpayer-backed £50,000 coronavirus loan and £10,000 grant. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/stag-hunt-coronavirus-business-loan-taxpayer-funding-ban-a9699621.html The criminal Tory regime getting its priorities right - as always!

Smart bricks power home electronics in proof of concept study. https://tinyurl.com/y6m3f9l4

Hybrid food delivery that utilises drones. https://tinyurl.com/y48zdy22

Web browser extension transforms saved articles into podcasts. https://tinyurl.com/y6dzupnt

Translucent barn improves animal welfare. https://tinyurl.com/y2uwukcz

Green energy as a company perk for remote workers. https://tinyurl.com/yxjkrl7z

03.09.2020: House prices at all-time high, says Nationwide. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53995878

UK insolvencies set to jump by a third in 2020. https://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2020/09/uk-insolvencies-set-jump-third-2020

What consumers want this Christmas according to Magento. https://tamebay.com/2020/09/consumers-want-christmas-according-magento.html

These are the bills you should not pay off. https://www.independent.co.uk/money/bills-don-t-pay-interest-rate-charge-cost-mortgage-loan-credit-card-student-loan-car-finance-cash-recession-a9698216.html

Covid fears grow after reports of crowding among arrivals at UK airports. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/02/covid-fears-grow-after-reports-of-crowding-among-arrivals-at-uk-airports And of course, the only reports or suggestions (non-reporting) to the contrary have been appearing in the fake news and state propaganda.

'Hot, sweaty … just very unpleasant'. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/01/french-adapt-to-new-coronavirus-law-on-workplace-face-masks A very appropriate description of Parisites generally - regardless of covid - which they have been spreading throughout France and abroad as a result of the refusal by French politicians to keep them locked down within the Ile de France, where they belong.

02.09.2020: FSB on PfG: Put small firms at heart of plans for economic recovery. https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/fsb-on-pfg-put-small-firms-at-heart-of-plans-for-economic-recovery.html

Covid-19 deals blow to cash-dependent shoppers. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/08/30/covid-19-deals-blow-to-cash-dependent-shoppers/

100 UK small businesses given limelight boost to mark Small Business Saturday. https://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/uncategorized/100-uk-small-businesses-given-limelight-boost-to-mark-small-business-saturday/

01.09.2020: France accuses UK of stalling in post-Brexit trade talks. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/france-accuses-uk-of-stalling-in-post-brexit-trade-talks/ar-BB18yeaj?ocid=msedgdhp True though this probably is it's also a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black! Which makes you wonder what was going through Brexiteers' tiny minds when they voted for their futures to be placed entirely in the hands of the biggest collection of wankers in the world.

Rishi Sunak urges diners to keep supporting eateries after Covid subsidy ends. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/31/rishi-sunak-urges-diners-support-eateries-after-covid-subsidy-ends Perhaps he should have a word with the media's narcissistic fake patriots who keep fuc*ing off to support tourism and eateries abroad, rather than keeping their infected arses at home? Not mentioning any names like barstool gobshite and fake moral beacon, Pe'ers Moron, for example?

Airline Launches 'Full Investigation' After Reports Of 'Selfish Covidiots' Not Wearing Masks On Flight. https://tinyurl.com/yxj2qlby ALL the airlines and a small percentage of their passengers are at it. This is just a tiresome publicity exercise which will change nothing.

'Suspicious item' that diverted Ryanair flight turn out to be a phone. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/suspicious-item-that-diverted-ryanair-flight-tursn-out-to-be-a-phone/ar-BB18y0ys?ocid=msedgdhp It had to be a Ryanair flight. It's almost certainly a case of the call to the RAF being the usual unitelligible Ryanair gibberish and our boys in blue decided to act just to be on the safe side.

UK plans to slash foreign aid to plug black hole caused by coronavirus. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-plans-to-slash-foreign-aid-to-plug-black-hole-caused-by-coronavirus/ar-BB18xMVt?ocid=msedgdhp I'm sure an exception will be made for continuing 'foreign aid' to Israeli and Saudi terrorists.

Hundreds of thousands of chickens to be culled after Covid disruption. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/31/hundreds-of-thousands-of-chickens-to-be-culled-after-covid-disruption This should improve the prospects of the country being flooded out with American chicken-shit.

31.08.2020: Treasury officials push for bombshell tax hikes to pay for virus. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/treasury-officials-push-for-bombshell-tax-hikes-to-pay-for-virus/ar-BB18vbWp?ocid=msedgdhp Rather to pay for the criminally corrupt and incompetent Tory regime foisted on the dumb public by a taxpayer-subsidised, snout-in-trough media peddling fake 'anti-Semitic' news and conspiracies. Perhaps restrict the new tax burden to those who promoted and voted for these terrorists? And Cambridge Analytica to identify the guilty 'majority'.

Britons' cash will stretch further in 'many' (a few) European cities - study. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/britons-cash-will-stretch-further-in-many-european-cities-study/ar-BB18tn57?ocid=msedgdhp On the other hand, those cities (in Poland and Portugal) don't want shit-faced, infected Brits arriving on their doorsteps.

Border Force admits it spot checks fewer than a THIRD of arrivals. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/border-force-admits-it-spot-checks-fewer-than-a-third-of-arrivals/ar-BB18uzpH?ocid=msedgdhp A THIRD? They haven't even got the staff or competence to check 3% - much less a third. Or this just another piece of fake news?

Brexit Bullshit Update: https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-23-29th-august/

EU Gives Up: In an extremely serious turn of events, Germany has scrapped plans to discuss Brexit at a high-level diplomatic meeting next week because there has not been “any tangible progress” in talks, as Brussels laments a “completely wasted” summer. EU officials now believe the UK government is prepared to risk a no-deal exit when the transition period comes to an end on 31 December and will try to pin the blame on Brussels if talks fail. The EU has now, after all this time, all but given up and are walking away from the table (source).

Another Lorry Park: Several sites across Hull have been identified to hold Britain’s fifth Brexit ‘lorry park’ to deal with congestion caused by the UK’s exit from the EU. Although the official site is yet to be named publicly, there are rumours it could be built in the Humber Bridge car park. This comes as four sites in Kent have been mapped out to host lorry parks aimed at easing traffic travelling through Dover port much to the annoyance of the Brexit backing voters in Kent (source).

No deal more likely: Negotiators have continued to meet over the summer break, where the seventh round of talks between the EU and UK over post-Brexit trade relations resumed last Tuesday. The UK says that the remaining negotiating rounds will seek to “plug the gaps”. EU negotiators said the opposite. Barnier repeated that an agreement was “unlikely”, adding that he was “disappointed, concerned and surprised” by the UK’s rigid stance. “I simply do not understand why we are wasting valuable time,” Barnier told reporters.

City not Ready: 94% of senior managers at London’s largest finance firms – including banks, asset managers, insurance firms and fintech businesses – said they still had work to do “to remain operational” in the event of a no-deal Brexit, and that they were simply not ready, according to a poll conducted by consulting firm EY. John Liver, a UK financial services partner at EY, said Brexit uncertainty was now “causing increasing concern across the City” and was becoming “increasingly critical” (source).

Cornwall – one of the poorest parts of the UK, has been among the biggest recipients of financial support from Brussels in the past twenty years. Cornwall, who overwhelmingly voted for Brexit, now wants the government to stump up £700 million to make up for the EU funding it is set to lose after Brexit (source). Andrew McRae – an English professor at the University of Exeter – said: “What a desperately sad story this is. All those Brexit myths of British greatness somehow overlooked the fact that the UK has some of the poorest regions in Europe, that gained considerably from EU support. Good luck getting that from the Tories” (source).

Cost of Brexit: It is almost impossible to calculate but If you estimate what the UK will have paid in net contributions to the EU by 2020, using the latest figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility on the financial settlement with the EU, then it comes to around £222 billion in real terms. But that is the total cost over 47 years (including rebates). Bloomberg Economics puts the cost of Brexit at £170bn as at January this year and £200bn by the year-end, which only covers four and half years (source).

What’s the point: Britain is attempting to strengthen its weak negotiating position by waving its £2.2trillion economy in front of America and the EU in the hope that one blinks before the other. The reality is that a real trade deal with the USA is impossible to sign in 2020 (for all sorts of reasons) and the EU deal will be Theresa May’s deal or no deal – both of which are terrible options. The least worst deal is May’s deal with the Johnson difference being the Irish backstop replaced with the Northern Ireland Protocol, which means Britain is in the same trading position as it was before Brexit, but has no influence in the EU (source). This then leads to the question – why bother in the first place?

30.08.2020: UK STAYCATION BOOM BRINGS HOPE AND FEAR TO BRITAIN’S COASTAL RESIDENTS. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/staycation-uk-residents-beaches-coronavirus-fear-second-wave-local-economy-tourism-a9692221.html

How a small change could save British staycationers hundreds of pounds. https://news.sky.com/story/how-a-small-change-could-save-british-staycationers-hundreds-of-pounds-12058469

Consultation about regulation of professionals. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/recognition-of-professional-qualifications-and-regulation-of-professions-call-for-evidence The Department for Business has launched a consultation about professional qualifications and how professionals are regulated in the UK. The consultation will consider if the current regulatory frameworks, both statutory and voluntary, will be fit for purpose once the Brexit transition period ends. The consultation is also seeking views about transparency of entry requirements and whether a UK-wide cross-sector strategy for professional regulation is required. The consultation closes on 23 October 2020.

Payments for people self-isolating in highest risk areas. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-payment-for-people-self-isolating-in-highest-risk-areas Local authority payments will be provided to people on low incomes who need to self-isolate and are unable to work from home in areas with a high incidence of COVID-19. Employees and the self-employed can claim up to £182 if they can provide evidence that they will lose income as a result of being unable to work from home. To claim the funding, self-employed people will be required to provide evidence of their trading income and the nature of their business. Employees will be required to provide proof of employment.

Professional styling from the waist up for Zoom meetings. https://tinyurl.com/y2y2ax4t

Domestic sightseeing flights entertain locals and keep airlines busy. https://tinyurl.com/yxfylj6z

A sharing economy ‘Airbnb’ model for swimming pools. https://tinyurl.com/y59rcvvt

Module turns cars and vans into mini-motorhomes. https://tinyurl.com/y5wbz7bs

A French company that digitises smell. https://tinyurl.com/yyn3ppnc

A property-buying scheme for a generation of renters. https://tinyurl.com/y2dsk7zo

29.08.2020: UK business confidence sees biggest rise in three years, Lloyds Bank says. https://www.sharecast.com/news/news-and-announcements--/uk-business-confidence-sees-biggest-rise-in-three-years-lloyds-bank-says--7622589.html

Advisory groups to support global trade negotiations. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/liz-truss-brings-key-industries-closer-to-trade-negotiations The Department for International Trade has launched 11 new trade advisory groups (TAGs) to support the UK's global trade negotiations. TAGs will help inform the Government's negotiating position and aim to deliver key industry requirements. TAGs will be made up of business representatives from sectors including agri-food, financial services, professional advisory services and creative industries.

2020 tourism forecast. https://www.visitbritain.org/2020-tourism-forecast The forecast for inbound tourism to the UK in 2020 is a decline of 73% in visits to 11 million and a decline of 79% in spending to £6 billion. This would represent a loss vs the pre-COVID forecast of 30 million visits and £24 billion spending.

Benefit claimants face landlord discrimination despite ruling. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53821317

Coronavirus: Campaigners call for emergency cash for renters. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53941058

Nine out of 10 want to continue working from home, report says. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/08/28/nine-out-of-10-want-to-continue-working-from-home-report-says/

Third of mobile owners ‘still overpaying out-of-contract despite pledge’. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/08/27/third-of-mobile-owners-a-still-overpaying-out-of-contract-despi/

28.08.2020: Coronavirus: Restaurants extend discount dining into September. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53923027

Deliveroo to launch ‘Eat In’ discount scheme as Eat Out To Help Out nears end. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/08/26/deliveroo-to-launch-a-eat-ina-discount-scheme-as-eat-out-to-h/

Corner shops boosted by lockdown spending, figures show. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/08/26/corner-shops-boosted-by-lockdown-spending-figures-show/

Remote Workers Are Turning To Airbnb For WFH Alternatives. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/remote-workers-are-turning-to-airbnb-for-wfh-alternatives/ar-BB18qdjj?ocid=msedgdhp

27.08.2020: UK loses £60m a day from collapse in tourism. https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2020/08/uk-loses-60m-a-day-from-collapse-in-tourism/

Banks told to offer further payment holidays to some mortgage holders. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/08/26/banks-told-to-offer-further-payment-holidays-to-some-mortgage-ho/

Virgin Media to launch budget broadband plan for struggling Britons. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/08/26/virgin-media-to-launch-budget-broadband-plan-for-struggling-brit/

A zero-waste design tool-kit for the fashion industry. https://tinyurl.com/y25k6yrj

Startup's contactless dining app thrives during pandemic. https://tinyurl.com/y2smqdba

Water-filled windows improve acoustics and reduce energy usage. https://tinyurl.com/y4qz8j4y

26.08.2020: Around 6% of UK workers switched occupations in quarter after pandemic hit. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/08/25/around-6-of-uk-workers-switched-occupations-in-quarter-after-pa/ Or, 6% of the fake 'self-employed' stopped pretending they had a job.

Local beer delivery searches jumped by 500% during lockdown, says Google. https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/08/25/local-beer-delivery-searches-jumped-by-500-during-lockdown-say/ That's an awful lot of extra revenue for HM Treasury. All the better to hand it back to US Big Corp with.

Could the Kickstart Scheme Help Your New Freelance Business? https://www.moneymagpie.com/make-money/could-the-kickstart-scheme-help-your-new-freelance-business

Export goods to countries outside the EU: step by step. https://www.gov.uk/export-goods-outside-eu This would have been useful guidance for decades instead of finally being offered as part of the Brexit propaganda exercise.

19 of the best places to visit in the UK for your next staycation. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/tripideas/19-of-the-best-places-to-visit-in-the-uk-for-your-next-staycation/ss-BBZmDDQ

Is it worth keeping my buy-to-let property, or should I sell? https://uk.yahoo.com/news/worth-keeping-buy-let-property-060019125.html

Eviction Rights for Tenants and Landlords. https://www.moneymagpie.com/manage-your-money/eviction-rights-for-tenants-and-landlords

25.08.2020: £20m advice support for SMEs to recover from Covid-19. https://www.accountancydaily.co/ps20m-advice-support-smes-recover-covid-19 The other couple of £ billion needed to help British SMEs recover are being gifted to tax-dodging US Big Corp instead.

Retail subscriptions jump 50% in lockdown with food boxes, wine and grooming leading the way. https://internetretailing.net/themes/themes/retail-subscriptions-jump-50-in-lockdown-with-food-boxes-wine-and-grooming-leading-the-way-21894

Treasury denies it plans to drop 'Facebook tax' in favour of trade deal. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-drop-facebook-tax-favour-112305280.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews The Treasury in full arse-lickin' mode to US Big Corp again. Mind you, as the terrorist skank Slagoolas recently reminded everyone - Americans are allowed to get away with murder.

Coronavirus: Bailiffs return but are told not to shout. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53887877

24.08.2020: Businesses confident that they will recover from impact of COVID-19. https://www.accountancydaily.co/80-uk-smes-confident-they-will-recover-covid-19 Four in five (80%) of small and medium-sized businesses are confident they will recover from the economic impact of COVID-19 according to research from Starling Bank. The research also revealed that 39% of firms have changed their business to survive, with many transferring their business online. However, 20% of business owners said they have considered closing as a result of the pandemic and 63% have seen a fall in their revenue.

Fakebook's animal trafficking. https://bgr.com/2020/08/10/facebook-trafficking-illegal-wildlife-trade/?mc_cid=f7b049da97&mc_eid=5b31c128e1

Fund to support dairy farmers opens for applications. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fund-to-support-dairy-farmers-opens-for-applications The dairy response fund is now open for eligible farmers to apply for up to £10,000 of financial support following the coronavirus outbreak.

CLC advises construction workers to wear face coverings on site. https://www.constructionmanagermagazine.com/clc-advises-construction-workers-to-wear-face-coverings-on-site/ The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has updated its advice on coronavirus to expand the use of face coverings on sites.

London startup promises groceries delivered in 15 minutes. https://tinyurl.com/y2quvtsu

Sugarcane-based bioplastic replaces rubber shoe soles. https://tinyurl.com/yxb6a9tf

Startup’s plastic-reducing refill system goes mobile in Chile. https://tinyurl.com/y6sb3o7y

Text messaging improves community psychiatric care outcomes. https://tinyurl.com/y5kjyef6

An app to direct your aimless wandering. https://tinyurl.com/yxrjp9bl

Brexit Bullshit Update https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-16-22-august/

Deal or No-Deal – You Choose: An EU official has urged Boris Johnson to take the ‘unique and highly attractive’ offer it has made to the UK which it says has never been offered to any country before. The deal offers quota-free and duty-free access for goods to the single market”. But in the interest of “fair competition,” the UK must accept the level playing field demand and EU Court of Justice for trade disputes as its red-line to tie up loose ends and agree a deal. “For the EU it is not negotiable that the ECJ is the only institution that is allowed to interpret EU law.” Brexit hard-liners won’t accept this even though it will greatly soften Britain’s economic woes as it heads for the much-reported car-crash no deal come January 1st 2021 (READ MORE).

UK Pressure Pot: Related to the above – EU officials have taken note of recent setbacks in UK trade talks with the USA and Japan, as well as comments from New Zealand’s deputy PM that UK trade negotiators are not “match fit.” “The U.K. desperately needs this deal,” an EU official closely involved in the talks says. “If the clock is ticking, reality will start to sink in, in London … Surely the pandemic and the lack of trade alternatives must lead to some reason in London?” One thing the EU negotiators can be sure of though is that ‘reason’, logic or common sense is spread quite thin in Westminster these days.

Johnson’s dead body: “There will be no border down the Irish Sea – over my dead body” lied Boris Johnson, yet again. It was in May this year when Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove told Parliament there would be additional controls on goods moving between Britain and Northern Ireland once the Brexit transition period ends this year (source). To that end – the Government has insisted a £355 million package to help Northern Ireland’s businesses navigate Brexit red tape is not an admission of an Irish Sea border – which it is (source). In May this year – the UK government confirmed it will construct three border posts at Northern Irish ports. This is known to every country on planet earth as … a border (source).

Bannon and Brexit: The US Senate Intelligence Committee has sent a bipartisan letter to the Justice Department asking federal prosecutors to investigate Stephen K. Bannon, a former Trump confidant, for potentially lying to lawmakers during its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Steve Bannon advised Nigel Farage (source), Boris Johnson (source), Vote Leave (source) along with tactics and strategies for Brexit (source). The UK’s Russia Report was a whitewash when it came to reporting on Brexit as MI5 decided it wasn’t important enough to bother (source) (READ MORE).

Food prices: The Grocer Magazine is concerned about the inevitability of rising food prices as a direct result of Brexit. It rightly asks the basic question – how are billions in additional tariffs, taxes and administration costs going to be paid for if, in the end, it’s not the consumer? “It’s very concerning that with less than five months to go there are still so few discussions between retailers and suppliers on how the burden of customs and tariffs will be shared? (source). Customs bills alone are expected to cost £7bn each year with reduced access to cheap European labour and increased transport costs also needing to be factored in. Price hikes are the harsh reality of leaving the EU” the trade body complained (source). Just for info – 7 billion divided by the number of households in Britain puts another £300 a year on the average food bill.

Science Reversal: Nobel prize-winning scientist, Sir Paul Nurse lays out a dire future for Brexit Britain in the specialist but important scientific arena. “I meet scientific colleagues around the world and they just think that the UK has turned away from collaborative science by looking back on an imperial history that no longer exists. It’s just very sentimental. And we’ve taken a leap several decades into the past” (READ MORE).

Big mouth BJ: Yes, it’s Johnson’s big mouth again that means trade deals in Africa have basically ended up being a non-starter. Having played down slavery and recommended a new form of colonialism for the continent, Johnson wrote in the Spectator (source) that: “The best fate for Africa would be if the old colonial powers, or their citizens, scrambled once again in her direction; on the understanding that this time they will not be asked to feel guilty.” The other fact that has not gone unnoticed in Africa is that since the funeral of Nelson Mandela in 2013, there has been just one visit by a UK prime minister to sub-Saharan Africa – and that was a cursory trip by Theresa May in 2018. In the meantime, Africa’s main trade partner in goods is … the EU. That trade deal runs an almost zero trade deficit, is well balanced for both parties and worth 300 billion Euros per year (source).

With our usual gratitude and thanks to BAD News and Cobweb Info.

Len Tondel

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