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Yes, Boris might not be well received by the Chinese since he has offended them previously. He'll probably be able to clown his way around the western hemisphere though, but that's as far as his humour will travel. .

I agree on the immorality, but I didn't mean the EU when speaking of a swap, these companies could swap to any other country that agreed the same terms. I'm sure that many in this world would, just to gain the revenue, which is why I said it needs international agreement to stop this abuse. .

Looks a misfit on the surface, but his multi-national background and three languages could serve him well. .

I don't condone it and now for the third time have said that. I agree it's wrong how Luxembourg operates. But as you well know, I wasn't posting about the external companies like Amazon using their facilities but about Luxembourgs wealth. Amazon et al are another problem and not specifically...

I've said it's wrong, so why the rant? And once again you are wrong, the amount involved is insignificant in EU terms. Their 60 billion euros makes the half million Luxembourgers moderately well off, but spread over the EU means a one-off payment of 120 euros each. Hardly going to solve any...

I'm not shouting. As I posted, that wealth was created for a century from 1870, taking them well into their founder membership of the EU. And it's not bullying or self righteous to correct another's false information, viz, thr Virgin island's wealth. Also see my next answer. .

Not so, the Virgin Islands are the world's largest tax haven by far. I agree about the behaviour of Luxembourg, but one can hardly blame them when they are able to operate that way. I'm sure the other EU countries tolerate it because they are not affected by it to any damaging extent...

I'm aware of that income, but it's not the fundamental of why they are wealthy as I've pointed out, it's just an addition to well over a century of wealth creation. They are not alone, are you not aware of all our British Crown Dependancy tax havens, the Isle of Man, the Channel islands, the...

Not specifically to you though was it Tom? It's a byline on all d8ve's posts. At a guess I imagine he gets fed up with those correcting any textual mistakes he makes so defends against correction by letting others know his status. .

That's complete bunkum. Some extracts of easily accessed information: "The discovery of iron mineral deposits around 1870, however, brought a century of wealth to the Grand Duchy, and great numbers of foreign workers arrived to supply labor for the booming iron and mining industries." "During...

False premise, they've had more immigration than any other EU country, it's only very recently that it's been reduced to a trickle. And they become so rich on the back of a huge influx of immigrants from the 1960s onwards, mining their resources among other things. But eventually that tiny...

Of course it's not sustainable, but its not a matter for the EU to deal with, it's a national governments issue. This is something that baffles me about so many Brexiter's positions, they dislike the EU having any sovereignty yet for any problem seem to want the EU to have more powers than they...

The Greeks have plenty of money, remember me posting this on the 8th June in this thread: As for Greeks trying to run businesses, they have a large and very wealthy class still making lots of money from their businesses. Greek shipping for example, the world's largest shipping fleet by tonnage...

Just the response I expected, I knew you'd rise to it! :D You love dealing out criticism but can't take even a hint of it. .

Since you are so quick to criticise others, may I point out that it was Norman Tebbitt who said that, not Margaret Thatcher? .

Now who's exaggerating. I didn't do anything of the sort, I merely let Dave know he had an ally in Menzies Campbell, commenting then and later on the fact that he's had influence in the House. In fact I've rarely shared in his opinions and never had faith in the Lib-Dems. . .

Not so in parliament, Menzies Campbell was a cross-bench highly respected figure thoughout most of his career, only spoiling that a little in the late stages. His "elder statesman" views are still respected by many in the House, his selection for an interview reflecting that. .

A key voice has just been added to yours Dave. On the BBC Radio 4 news a few minutes ago, Menzies (Ming) Campbell was wishing to have a bet with the interviewer that we will not leave the EU. .

Surely an oxymoron. Living in the town where the Home Office Immigration centre is housed I know only to well how slowly their processes operate. A points controlled immigration system would seriously impede responses to skilled labour needs, just as it does in Australia. We can't even react...

There's huge resistance to the boundary change, after all, why would the Conservatives in power implement their own downfall. It has to be carried through in the end, but the Conservatives are past masters at tweaking such changes to get a result that suits them. I also question whether this...