An extra dimension added to the upcoming Euro Parliamentary Elections, particularly if this 'trend' continues through to May. The unemployment rate is still high even before any downturn. Unless the US-China Trade War ends, China finds some loose ...

Output growth at near six-year low as manufacturing downturn deepens

If the EU is desperate to NOT have a hard border between Eire and NI, how does "kicking the UK out" of the EU resolve that? What would Eire think of being 'thrown to the lions' by Brussels? The conclusion must be that the EU would blink from ...

Brexit: EU rejects May's request for three-month delay

There can be no real trend until there is a chance of clarity and the political situation is still foggy, to say the very least. There is still a bi-polar outcome of Deal or No-Deal, so GU will swing according to any update on progress towards ...

UK: Lawmakers accept main motion to delay Brexit, 412 vs 202

Whatever the news would have been, always be aware of the old adage: "Mind the Gap" .

GDP monthly estimate, UK: January 2019

Where it will lead to, who knows? It could be said that the one individual blinking least as the deadline nears is UK PM May. Parliament is in confusion, only knowing what they don't like or don't want, and are splitting up as groups as the pressure ...

EU’s Barnier: Does Not Exclude Another Brexit Delay, More Discussions Are Needed Though, Not...

ERG = European Research Group = largely the Tory party Brexiteers and the faction that tried toppling May before Christmas. They would be expected to vote down the proposed deal, so, IF true, it would change the momentum and final tally. Maybe they ...

U.K.'s ERG seen voting with May on Tuesday: ITV

WTO rules would mean an average tariff of 4% so, whilst I understand the sentiment and am amused, Polo's at £50k is a bit OTT. The wider Q is why so many ignore the fact that the UK would then have complete sovereignty on reactive policies to ...

UK PM May’s Spokesman: Parliament Vote On Brexit Deal Will Be In January, Not This Week

The horizon must be getting larger and closer with all those corpses piling up!?

Canada Has Arrested Huawei’s Global Chief Financial Officer In Vancouver

Bottom line: the huge majority of MP's are/were Remainers. So, how was any Brexit deal actually ever going to happen? The EU Commission, Heads Of State, Diplomats AND British Parliament have all stitched it up. Hotel Califormia.

UK PM May: If Deal Is Blocked By Parliament, We End Up Back To Square One

A beautiful irony on so many levels: the EU declares the Italian Budget to be spendthrift and illegal and their "discipline" will be a fine, so increasing the Italian overspend. Meanwhile the Italian Budget deficit will be less than that of France. ...

EU moves to discipline Italy over budget, Rome stays defiant

That's a really good Q. It's unlikely that there is anyone prepared to commit hari-kari on the sword of Brexit negotiations, if they want the top job for any length of time.

Today, I have resigned as Brexit Secretary. I cannot in good conscience support the terms...

JRM is charismatic, a concise speaker, an incisive mind and demonstrates a thick skin. However, those qualities would appear never to have been accepted as making him "Ministerial", never mind PM, To many, he advocates some extreme religious and ...

Senior eurosceptic UK conservative lawmaker Rees-Mogg has submitted letter of no confidence in...

I'm not sure if you're writing with tongue-in-cheek or serious but for a moment let me assume it's serious; 1. T May doesn't want UK out of EU. She was a Remainer and only assumed the PM role after the Brexit Vote. So, she's reluctantly duty-bound ...

PM May battles to save Brexit deal as ministers quit

Choice: balance the budget stealthily over time or do so quickly and be out of office to be replaced by a government hell-bent on unbalancing it even further.

UK FinMin Hammond: Retains Ambition To Balance The UK Budget

Indeed. Meddling by politicians and their appointees; all desperate to demonstrate they have a purpose and justification; to protect against the evil forces of free trade and Mr Market; always believing that their actions will resolve any issue but ...

Pound's Brexit Swing Threatens to Rip Up BOE's Inflation Outlook

It's quite extraordinary how such an innocuous headline can instigate another daily ritual shouting match, with the use of all sorts of irrelevant examples or far-fetched evidence, in attempts to score points against the enemy. Amongst all the ...

Pound's Brexit Swing Threatens to Rip Up BOE's Inflation Outlook

Very, very unlikely. Extremely useful "news release" IF someone was wanting to trick algorithms into helping them clean up positions near the end of the trading week? History repeats . . .

UK Said To Drop Brexit Demand On Irish Border To Ease Deal

This has to be a wind-up. Surely it can't be just an outing of prejudice? It smacks of being the very opposite of accepted scientific methodology, where a thesis is proposed and then tested to destruction before developing a new thesis. Let's take a ...

UK Senior Government Official: Extension Of Brexit Implementation Phase Is Another Option

This is an odd article. Jim O'Neill can usually be trusted to provide some new, inciteful aspect to any debate. He asks an important question but IMO fails to point out exactly why the question is valid and how it could happen. I think most people ...

Will Italy Sink Europe?

That's correct. I could expand on the analogy using that point but I'll spare you the torture if you're not into sport. :-)

Greece Is Trapped