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    There is no money.... Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on August 1, 2019, 3:59 pm

    ...they tell us, either for the NHS, the infrastructure, social care and for other necessary provision but Boris the Slayer and his pal Javid are happy to blow £2billion on what is basically a PR exercise in the case of a No Deal Brexit.

    The previous lot, May and Failing Grayling & co spent a few tens of £millions (£53m?) on non-existent channel ferries, planning the creation of a port at Ramsgate and having a dummy run at congestion on the roads leading to the Channel ports. That was in the Spring.

    The excess tells us all about it.
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1160273/brexit-news-no-deal-brexit-boris-johnson-sajid-javid-treasury

    Mr Carney, that very very nice Canadian at the BofE, tells us however that a recession is in the offing and that there is the possibility of a slump in the New Year.

    Brexit: Mark Carney warns UK economy faces profound uncertainty
    Brexit uncertainty and global trade tensions are harming UK growth, with the Bank of England’s forecasts showing a one-in-three chance that the economy will shrink at the start of next year
    https://www.ft.com/video/2ef981d7-818e-4234-89ca-1861dd28f3da

    Carney will leave with a gong or two from Her Maj in January. Remember him showing her round her gold bars which he stores for her FOC?


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