QuoteSo you're better informed, more independant minded and a greater expert on these matters than this Minford bloke? .Ah I see nobody is allowed an opinion other than YamFazFan.
So you're better informed, more independant minded and a greater expert on these matters than this Minford bloke? .
Summing upAlternative economic models have different advantages and drawbacks and are suited for different purposes. Unfortunately, Minford’s model is inconsistent with two basic facts about international trade: first, that trade satisfies the gravity equation; and second, that the EU has been trade-creating, not simply a tool for trade diversion.This implies that the model will give very unreliable predictions of the consequences of Brexit for trade and living standards. When we analyse the same scenario considered by Minford using a more realistic assessment of how UK ‘unilateral trade liberalisation’ could actually work, we find (alongside just about everyone else) that Brexit still leads to a decline in UK living standards.Minford’s ‘Liverpool model’ with its 1970s vintage of perfect markets everywhere has a bad track record when it comes to policy analysis. For example, in 1997 the model predicted that the proposed national minimum wage would mean millions more unemployed. Subsequent evaluations of the minimum wage have shown that the actual effect was rather less – zero, in fact (Metcalf, 2008).Like the other 1970s hit, we Won’t Get Fooled Again.
Minford admits his model predicts that the policy would cause the ‘elimination’ of UK manufacturing and a large increase in wage inequality.
And can I come back to the one thing I think Minford is absolutely right about;QuoteMinford admits his model predicts that the policy would cause the ‘elimination’ of UK manufacturing and a large increase in wage inequality.
He's stopped selling European beers and wines and his prices have come down.
Be seen to putting public spaces and parts of gardens aside for allotment to grow our own it
So what do you think will happen to his prices when the pound is worth 80p to the dollar?
But your missing the point....
Wetherspoon has four pubs in suburban Dublin and one in Cork.
It also has two undeveloped sites in Carlow and Waterford and plans to purchase more sites around Ireland.
Quote But your missing the point.... No I'm not. I'm correcting what you said. He's not replacing ALL European beers and wines, just a few. As for being an 'expert', I think I was brewing beer and making wine while you were still in short trousers And as for replacing Champagne. Who on earth would buy Champagne in a Wetherspoons
I'm off to get showered and down Wetherspoons for some British Champagne
Ok then, how about sparkling wine
QuoteOk then, how about sparkling wine Sorry I thought you were a bloke. Enjoy. Personally I drink beer and whisky in the pub.
Getting a bit petty now I think. And if I have to dig for victory, then Ill do it. Some of our small breweries are turning out fabulous beers, so the EU can keep its bland tasteless lagers. If we are no longer able to get bratwurst, Gorgonzola, or Belgian chocolate, so what. In the grand scheme of things, they don't matter. If house prices tumble, great news for all those poor buggers that couldn't previously afford to buy a home. If the pound falls, it'll recover, it always has. Life will go on, and rather than the pigs ear parliament over the water churning out compromises which leave half of em unhappy all the time, dictating what national governments can and cant spend their own money on, we''l be back in control of our own destiny and stand or fall by it. If the Scots want to go their own way, let them go, be interesting to see Sturgeon with the begging bowl in Brussels, in the queue behind Romania/Bulgaria etc, with absolutely no say in mattersOh, and by the way " TREASON" - the crime of showing no loyalty to your country, especially by helping its enemies or trying to defeat its government.
If the Scots want to go their own way, let them go
On one hand you talk about sheep and exporting/ importing being bad for the environment but on the other you seem to take umbridge with Witherspoon doing the right thing by the environment by only using UK beer/ sparkling wine.
What about all that yellow whisky stuff scotland sends to Japan, surely there is no need for all those air miles when saki tastes just as bad, so the Japanese may as well just stick to drinking that.
AND I want back the hour of daylight that scotland steals from us every October. ---Just so the farmers can see their sheep in the mornings so they they can catch them and send to New Zealand.