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Numerous things wrong in one post. That was one.
A low pound helps our tourist trade, our exports and apparently is a good thing.
Owen Jones, reckons it's a strong pound that is bad.
Owen Jones Complained Strong Pound Destroyed Working Class Communities -
Jones argued that a strong pound was to blame “above all” else for the decimation of manufacturing in this country.
“But above all it was allowing the value of the pound to soar that did for industry, making its exports far more expensive than overseas competitors.”
So we could remove all VAT on energy for pensioners? Nope. The EU is currently telling Italy what budget they can have.
American Students Gasp in Horror When they Learnt About the EU
Net migration isn't at a deficit. It's been at an influx of hundreds of thousands for years.
Latest figures:
Rise in net migration from outside EU
The ONS has put net migration in the year to September at 283,000.
It says more than 625,000 people moved to the UK and about 345,000 people left. |
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