THE UKRAINE

18 November 2021 "American and British intelligence officials last week showed Ukraine’s top brass satellite images and electronic intercepts indicating a “high probability” of military attack this winter".How likely is a military attack, in reality, and what is Russia really looking to achieve? Is Putin leveraging the energy weapon to try to reverse Europe’s green deal or is this really about preparations for an attack on Ukraine?Russia...

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TIGHT LABOUR MARKET : WHY SO MANY OVER 50s ARE QUITTING

17 November 2021The tight labour market is not directly a result of covid, nor Brexit, but due to younger people staying on for more studies and older people przferring early retirement.Here is the thinking behind one older person's decision to quit work. (Extract is presented with all punctuation as-found.)===Cool. Think we should leave Britain to the Woke young now. As a bit of an older worker am thinking of moving abroad anyway to retire, with my equity, inheritance, pension and savings, 15+ years early. Personally, speaking, the reason...

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THE CURRENT POLISH PM : GOOD GUY OR BAD GUY?

17 November 2021The answer might surprise you. (Extract from article recovered 16 Nov)But he got the economy roaring ahead, stopped the mass emigration (Poland now issues more work visas than any other EU state) started the welfare state, kicked out all Moscow-trained military and diplomats, started rearmament — Abrams and F35s are coming, doubling the army — brought in large tax cuts, shut down the humungous Russian mafia fuel smuggling that Prime Minister Donald Tusk supported ($25 billion for the Kremlin), and has pushed forward major...

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ZEMMOUR ON BREXIT AS APPLIED TO FRANCE

14 November 2021Frexit is not possible.Asked about the Macron administration’s apparent desire to “punish” the UK over Brexit and, as his prime minister recently put it, to “show there is more damage to leaving the Union than staying in it”, he was scathing. “That is the criminal mistake of the French government and European Commission. The British, inventors of modern democracy, left because they could no longer take being tyrannised...

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STUDENT LOANS

University students are the very lifeblood of the UK economy. This govt under johnson is splashing cash around to many millions of worthless types, like there is no tomorrow, which there may well not be; it is letting thousands more worthless types scramble up UK beaches every week to join their friends in luxury hotel accomodation, at my expense, while awaiting their passports.And you mean to tell me the govt makes these kids...

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END THIS EU INTERFERENCE

10 November 2021Look, you cannot have an outside entity imposing a customs border down the middle of a sovereign state. Neither can you have an outside entity assuming the powers of a supreme Court over a sovereign state.It was agreed to to avoid a hard border between UK and EU and a potential return of "the troubles" (those in the South of the island objecting to those in the North remaining attached to Britain).Agreed to, but only...

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BREXIT TRADE WARS

The key point is the threat of war. Not real war of course, but a trade war. So what would this look like?The EU has previous as it triggered article 16 over its sense in January that the UK was smuggling vaccine supplies out of its AZ factories in  Belgium. What shocked many of us was that the measures in the Brexit protocol designed to protect peace in Northern Ireland were here being repurposed in a completely different theatre of war.If (when) the UK uses art. 16, it is very likely the EU will announce plans to suspend the trade...

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NEW TAPERING

120 billion dollars a month on asset purchases. Hard to get your head round that and how artificial the market has become. Maybe it's just Keynsian!It seems weird, but these govts think that debt is absolutely no problem, they will never default, and the markets know this, because they can print the repayments.They also think that what they print is owed to them (!), it is a call they have on us through taxation, that we have...

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MORE ABOUT "THE NEW NORMAL"

4 November 2021"what a complete pile of delusional nonsense ..  what does this so called "NEW NORMAL" actually mean?"Please add a little water to whatever you are drinking!"New normal" means the changes in how we live due to the virus, that look like becoming permanent. For example, most people in public enclosed spaces will continue to wear a mask. Another example: we replumbed the Internet so people could...

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COMMANDO LESSONS WE CAN ALL USE

3 November 2021Commando training lessons we can all use To ensure long-term success, you need to be able to adapt and change quickly. It’s the best way to be sure of sustained personal growth.There are two kinds of motivation – intrinsic...

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CARE IN THE HOME OR CARE IN A HOME?

3 November 2021In weighing up the two options, as well as the wishes of the elderly person, consider the standard of care on offer, the stress on the family and the costs.A few points worth making.The standards in care homes are high these days, thanks to the CQC. And the owners of care homes are not ripping off their guests, though they are in business.Care at home can easily come to be twice as expensive as care in a home - £8k a month v....

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TEN RULES FOR EVERY TRADER

10 Rules For Every TraderThese are rules handed down, honed and handed on.Trading. So, not investing, not gambling either.1. Price doesn't HAVE to do ANYTHING.A common misconception among very new traders is that skilled traders are able to 'predict' the market. This is not true. This is not even possible. As a trader, your job is to deal in probabilities and risk-management2. Ranges are more common than breakouts.In any given market,...

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