1 hour ago, aright said:

"Liam has been Political Correspondent for The Financial Times (based in Parliament), written for The Economist from Moscow and, between 1999 and 2006 was Economics Correspondent at Channel 4 News – where he won a string of awards, including the Wincott Business Broadcasting award an unprecedented four times. He continues to research, write and present hard-hitting Dispatches documentaries for Channel 4 and regularly appears on flagship programmes such as BBC1’s Question Time and Any Questions on BBC, while also broadcasting frequently on LBC, Sky, CNBC and other outlets.

Between 2007 and 2013, he was Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management, the world's largest Russia/CIS-focused asset manager, controlling investments worth over $4bn for a range of institutional clients from Europe, the US and the Middle East, including pension funds, insurance companies, charities and sovereign wealth funds."

 

I can understand you disagreeing with him but why do you feel the need to insult him as well?

 

Can you give us your educational qualifications, business experience and accomplishments that makes your opinion more valuable than his? 

 

 

I could do ... but then I'd be told by you and others that I am a liar. And then I'd be asked to post proofs on here ... which would be incredibly foolish. 

He takes his coin from the Barclay Brothers ... it's really that simple. He would not be allowed to publish anything that deviates from the agenda that this newspaper is pushing. Common sense tells you that. 

1 hour ago, RuamRudy said:

To be fair, the typically warm Scottish welcome slipped last time he ventured north of the border.

 

Nigel Farage barricaded in Scottish pub and rescued by police riot van

Surprisingly, for such a patriot, it appears that Farage doesn't even know the flag of England. For one who was instrumental in the forming of the EDL, I would have thought he knew the difference between the Union flag and the St George's Cross.

 

"A shaken Mr Farage told reporters: “We have never had a reception like this anywhere in Britain before. Clearly, it’s anti-British and anti-English. They hate the Union Jack.”"

No Nigel, they hate you, and know a snakeoil selling conman when they see one.

13 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/15/warren-buffetts-failures-15-investing-mistakes-he-regrets.html

 

He doesn't get it right all the time either.

No one does, but he’s a more credible businessman than the chimp from the Daily Telegraph .... and Buffett doesn’t have to take the company position, unlike the Torygraph chimp.

Blood coming from his nose and mouth ... found dead on the beach ... had been drinking heavily?

Is it common for drowning victims to be bleeding from the nose and mouth?

2 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

And the start game.

None of this will end well ... 

2 hours ago, aright said:

You are most probably right...he's a real dolt .

Liam Halligan has written his weekly Economic Agenda column in The Sunday Telegraph since 2003 – which enjoys a wide international readership and has been recognised with a British Press Award. He is Editor-at-Large and a shareholder of bne-Intellinews and has extensive business experience. Halligan took degrees in economics from the Universities of Warwick and Oxford and has held economic research posts at the International Monetary Fund, the Social Market Foundation and the London School of Economics. He has reported from Moscow for The Economist, been Political Correspondent for The Financial Times and for eight years was Economics Correspondent at Channel Four News – where he won the Wincott Business Broadcasting Award an unprecedented four times. 

He’s a talking head .... he’s never ran a business in his life. Line the idiot up against the numerous economists and commentators who don’t think Brexit was a great idea for the economy and business ... Warren Buffet being one just recently. Now he does know something about business.

1 hour ago, Loiner said:

Of course they will have to adapt and should be doing so now. The CEOs have had long enough to sort themselves out rather than constantly wailing the Remainer mantras.

Who are all those businesses that will leave the UK anyway? Plenty of histrionics from Remainers about the not-really-brexit-related auto industry but no real exodus of indigenous UK business. Businesses which relocated over the years of EU industry poaching will soon be subject to whatever new post-Brexit tariffs are imposed on their previous 'imports' back to their home market. Maybe they will have to relocate back to their home factories? Post-brexit tariffs on EU products can only help to ease trade imbalance that we suffer from EU products. I will happily watch the price increases on all the German cars. 

Is this why there is record high foreign investment in the UK recently? While the Pound is still at a low, it's a good time for business to set out its' new UK stall.

 

Our foreign investment since the vote has been much lower than forecast ... the idea that investment is pouring into the UK is a sad lie. If you are advocating a tariff war with the EU your simply economically illiterate.

1 hour ago, StreetCowboy said:

It seems clear to me that the main objective has been achieved - to sow political discord and weaken civic institutions.  The next step, economic decline, seems inevitable, before we look at the possibility of civil unrest. Someone must be chortling with satisfaction at a job well done, but whoever he is, he’s not my friend and he’s probably not yours.

Your post is a bit deep, but I suspect you are right about dark forces surrounding this vote ... Aaron Banks Russian funding might be a good place to start.

31 minutes ago, aright said:

LIAM HALLIGAN is an economist, writer and broadcaster – and also has extensive business experience. He is best known for his weekly “Economics Agenda” column in The Sunday Telegraph, which he has written since 2003. The column enjoys a large international following and has been recognized with a highly-coveted British Press Award. 

 

Given your view or Liam Halligans view I have made my choice

 

The public finances are on the mend, recording a healthy surplus in January on booming tax receipts. Employment is at record levels, with real wage growth at a two-year high. Despite a global slowdown, Britain expanded 1.4 per cent last year, recording just 4 per cent unemployment. Yet Germany and France are on the brink of recession, the Italian economy is contracting and eurozone joblessness is twice as high.

https://www.economistsforfreetrade.com/Media/the-telegraph-britains-economy-is-set-to-boom-and-become-the-largest-in-europe-because-of-brexit/

He is a Daily Telegraph stooge, takes his money from the Barclay Brothers ... his opinion is of no interest to me as it is tainted by vested interests. I’d be interested to know what his business experience is? 

It’s a morbid post ... but an important reminder of the real dangers of spending your twilight years hanging around red light districts.

4 minutes ago, Chelseafan said:

I have still yet to see any factual data that supports a massive economic decline if we leave. Even the BOE with their 9% reduction of GDP admitted that this was the very worse scenario and when challenged again said that they expected GDP to rise over a period of 10 years.

Businesses will adapt and those that want to leave (or threaten to leave) will be replaced by others.

 

 

There are people in the UK today who will lose their businesses or careers over Brexit ... for no real economic benefit to the rest of us. The benefits of Brexit are in the imaginations of Brexiteers ... the only difference is that when there is an economic issue they won’t be able to blame it on the EU (although I guess they’ll have a go at trying). A pointless exercise that will make people on their way out “feel” better ... like your team winning the cup and then back to work on Monday.

23 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

With whom have our marvelous Brexit leaders lined up trade deals - Iceland and Lesotho? Is Iceland where they have the rotten shark? Not sure what staples Lesotho produces though.

Lesotho can do you a decent diamond mine ... but not much else. We’re all sitting in anticipation of this brilliant future on WTO terms ... like Mauritania. We’re playing alongside the big boys now.

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The lying con men are all in Brussels, and the EU is a huge con in itself.

Was supposed to be a purely economic arrangement, and got hijacked into a political fiasco.

Yeah, and crashing out of it is going to make everyone’s life better? You don’t even live in the UK. It’s the young that will bear the economic brunt of the foolishness of old age bigots, harking back to some halcyon day that never was. Talking crap about sovereignty   and other such nonsense ... it was a vote that will make people’s lives tougher ... but the sacrifice will not be met by the OAPs who voted for it.

36 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

For me, a problem with Oz is - it's boring after one has lived there most of one's life. SE Asia is a cheaper and more exciting place to live.

I suppose I could work out a plan for three months in each destination - Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia in terms of best logistics. Despite my age, I'm still reasonably fit and strong. It's the mental aspect of constantly uprooting myself which would concern me more.

I quite enjoy minimalist living, and the travelling is okay once you build up places that you know and like ... once you land you know where everything is and you can get back in a routine, even if only for a month or two. You need to be fit and active though. At some point I will stop and settle back home or somewhere in Europe.

17 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I avoided Cambodia for the last ten years because of everyone badmouthing it.

Then a pal moved there this year, I went to see him January in Siem Reap and loved the place.

Then I went to see him April in Phnom Penh again totally loved the place.

 

I can't believe I avoided it for 9 years .......... it was like Thailand when i first arrived ten years back.

I will try Siem Reap at some point. I was in Phnom Penh for a month and thought it was okay but a bit primitive ... too many people peeing on the street for my liking. The new Japanese mall was pretty good. The one thing that would trouble me is the state of the hospitals should you have an accident. But for a month it's fine.

9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

15 is totally OK in France and Spain and many states in the USA.

I've never managed to have sex with anyone under 19 years old (and they were all 40 years or more ago)

You were either a late developer or you got lucky with an older girl as a teenager. I had an uncle, who when he was 17 moved in with his teacher. These were different days, and that's why I'd give Elvis a pass.

25 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Thanks for the input. It's not a bad place to live if you have your own roof over your head. Renting there is very expensive, although I have considered the option of buying a mobile home.

i was not aware one could get six months on a tourist visa alone. Would that involve a border hop every 90 days, or simply doing an extension?

I'm planning to come back to SE Asia in 2020, and I'm not keen on any of the options that involves keeping money in Thailand. So I'm thinking of spending time in the Philippines (central area with good facilities, like Cebu), or Vietnam, and a month in Bali, and squeeze Thailand for three months on either end. I want to look like a traveller. It's not for everyone. I'll use Air Asia to get around. Another option is a language visa ... but that restricts you to one place in Thailand.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Depends where they live.

Obviously, I wasn't talking about your village!

I’m with scuba above on this. You could try to find a couple of countries nearby that you are happy to live in, and just jump around on tourist visas. Get shot of possessions and live out of a 20kg suitcase ... liberating.

But if that is too much hassle at your age I’d guess Australia is best. Not a bad place to live.

Poor man. RIP. 

Try to remember to enjoy every day as you never know if it will be your last.

26 minutes ago, sanemax said:

I assume that you are actively involved in any negotiations between the U.K./E.U and any other Countries .

   How are the negotiations coming along ? 

Although I dont expect you go provide any Governmental private confidential information on a public forum , right honorable Mr Rich

No Max, but a certain Mr Fox is, and he’s achieved sweet hee haw.

A 17 yr old boy having sex with his gf on her 16 birthday is a normal young man, but if he did it the day before he’s a paedophile.