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If Trump does put import tariffs of 45% on everything from China,that will hit the American poor very hard,because everything that Wal Mart sells comes from Asia,I can see WalMart stuffing their prices up. IT IS THE IMPORTING COUNTRY THAT PAYS THE TARIFF. If Theresa May does a free trade deal...

Wages won't go up,recent costs on business including min wage increase,workplace pensions,business rates,insurance costs and purchase increases due to the weak pound are ensuring that substantial wage rises will not happen for years ahead. KudosDave

Till son and Oxygen James.....ignoring what is the outcome of Brexit for a moment,we all have our own opinions as to the ultimate success of this experiment. But does it bother you that prices are currently rising rapidly,making everything less affordable ??? KudosDave

I thought Nissan were too good to be true. They are now indicating that post Brexit they need to source more of their components from the UK,at the moment only 15% comes from the UK. That sounds like good Brexit news.....except that Nissan want 140 million to expand the supply side. The downside...

I would have thought that EU people are entitled to all the rights of pre A50 until we leave the EU. If May feels that she can take those rights away post A50 but prior to us exiting,then I can see another court case May v ECJ,some EU citizen who is on legal aid. May is getting good at wasting...

This parliament is not idiotic,actually they have been quite clever in threatening parliament to abide by the wishes of about 80 right wingers and making sure that the current will of the people has no voice or power. It reminds me how clever Hitler harnessed the discontent of the German people...

This packaged the current situation nicely..... Ah, but “the people have spoken”, have they not? Well, it is a fine democratic tradition that, after they have spoken in a general election, the people can speak again, often with a somewhat different view. It was therefore a most welcome...

Nobody voted to pay 60 billion euros on the divorce.....most thought that leaving the EU would give £11 billion back to the NHS (red bus). The weakness of the £ is making that bill bigger. I dont think its going to go down well with Leavers if we have to pay anything to leave,never mind 60...

Trump and May are in the position they are because the establishment in both the US and the U.K. ignored so many in the poorer regions of both countries. Osborne realised this but his northern powerhouse was all talk,will Trump and May deliver on their promises or will they also be just talk...

There are a few practical problems with Trump wanting to bring jobs back to the US.and May wanting Brits to be retrained ro replace EU workers. General Electric have many joint ventures with Chinese partners,these are often high volume medical equipment,syringes etc or they are precise printed...

Labour have 2 major problems... Corbyn just doesn't have ministerial presence,but the prime problem is that they don't have a clearly defined voice over Brexit. Theresa May is 'Brexit at all costs' whatever the route and the outcome she can claim 'we are abiding by the will of the people' Corbyn...

I assume that diesel cars are OK in rural areas ,bad in cities. If this government are serious about stopping city pollution,then ban all vehicles ,petrol and diesel,except essential vehicles. Provide a top quality public transport system and provide big car parks accessible by the M25. It will...

Just read that the EU workers in our care homes,has risen from 65,000 to 92,000 in 3 years. Jeremy Hunt admitted that the care system would fall apart if we restricted EU workers doing this important and caring job,he said they needed to be a special case. So the care workers need to be a...

Caring comment of the day....I have just been offered £11k off a brand new A6 allroad 320 diesel......see every black cloud has a silver lining. KudosDave

Wow,that is amazingly optimistic....are you suggesting that Brexit will at best be ok but May will think she has done a good job? I also don't agree that May will step aside,unless health intervenes,to be fair she seems to be coping quite well with all the travelling. I cannot see having gone...

You do appear to have rose tinted specs on these matters. May and Trump are both performing in the early stages of dictators,I don't know any dictator in history who ultimately succeeded and many met with a sticky end. Will be interesting who falls first Trump or May....my money would be on...

It looks like the Lords are going to be able to pass 2 amendments to Brexit,the Tories are in minority in the Lords.... 1. That EU citizens currently residing in the UK are to be given an automatic right to stay here,this is effective even if the EU does not give similar rights to UK citizens...

Do you think man from Huddersfield is going to wait 5 years? KudosDave

Put yourself in the position of a poor family in the north. What are their expectations from Brexit? What has Hammond/May in the pipeline post Brexit to satisfy those expectations? But if it isn't working for them they have no way to advise they are unhappy,except maybe civil unrest KudosDave

You are looking at it from the viewpoint of the UK but as yet the EU haven't got involved. They are clearly hell bent on making leaving both difficult and expensive. The leave process may prove so prohibitive and lengthy that many in the U.K. will say it's just not worthwhile. It won't just be...