How do we think EU negotiations will go?
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Eddie Strohacker said:
In my callow youth, I was into paragliding & once landed on Monaco beach. They've since banned people from doing so, the point of all this blah being that flying over the place was both over & done with quickly, coupled with the afternoon wandering around the place fed into the view that living there would be a miserable existence no matter how much Chinese tea one might have squirrelled away.
I'd be pretty surprised if anyone who claims to be resident there actually lives there full time and doesn't have a full portfolio of other properties.desolate said:
I'd be pretty surprised if anyone who claims to be resident there actually lives there full time and doesn't have a full portfolio of other properties.
I know a few people who live there permanently, I also know some who have moved to London from Monaco, despite the loss of tax exemption. Some people do love the place and the lifestyle. Quite a lot of the more wealthy residents do have multiple homes around the world, but I would expect the vast majority who live there don't.jsf said:
I know a few people who live there permanently, I also know some who have moved to London from Monaco, despite the loss of tax exemption. Some people do love the place and the lifestyle. Quite a lot of the more wealthy residents do have multiple homes around the world, but I would expect the vast majority who live there don't.
Fair enough. The few that I know have a flat there but spent most of their time elsewhere.sidicks said:
Mrr T said:
Since there is clear evidence EU immigrants are better educated than the UK average. That means they will have improved productivity.
Nonsense.mx5nut said:
Having highly qualified immigrants doesn’t automatically mean that productivity is improved.It seems like (once again) you are commenting on things well beyond your area of expertise!
mx5nut said:
sidicks said:
Mrr T said:
Since there is clear evidence EU immigrants are better educated than the UK average. That means they will have improved productivity.
Nonsense.sidicks said:
That’s priceless given many of the claims that you’ve come up with recently!
Please explain why having skilled immigrants automatically leads to increased productivity...
I am not going to waste time engaging with you other than to take the piss. You dont engage seriously with any point that anyone makes. You just snipe and look for internet points. Please explain why having skilled immigrants automatically leads to increased productivity...
ORD said:
I am not going to waste time engaging with you other than to take the piss. You dont engage seriously with any point that anyone makes. You just snipe and look for internet points.
Says the person who replied to me purely to be sarcastic and who refuses (or more likely is unable) to justify the claims being made.ORD said:
mx5nut said:
sidicks said:
Mrr T said:
Since there is clear evidence EU immigrants are better educated than the UK average. That means they will have improved productivity.
Nonsense.
Mrr T said:
JagLover said:
ORD said:
Oooooh correlation does not show causation. Really iffy reasoning.
2000- has seen relatively little growth because (1) the financial world basically collapsed halfway through it and (2) the West has largely had its day and wealth is inevitably to be shared out more evenly across countries.
I was responding to a post that claimed the years since 2000 have been great, and they haven't.2000- has seen relatively little growth because (1) the financial world basically collapsed halfway through it and (2) the West has largely had its day and wealth is inevitably to be shared out more evenly across countries.
As to the causes of that in a UK context that is another matter. Poor productivity growth in particular has been partly attributed to the mass migration of low skilled workers.
Immigrants from the EU14 are more educated than the average and more likely to be in professional occupations. Those from the EU8 and now Bulgaria and Romania as well are far more likely to be in low skilled employment.
I suspect that without EU expansion FOM would never have become an issue.
Mrr T said:
sidicks said:
Mrr T said:
Since there is clear evidence EU immigrants are better educated than the UK average. That means they will have improved productivity.
Nonsense.That EU immigrants are better educated than the Uk average?
mx5nut said:
Your profile doesn't mention an occupation, but I'm assuming groundsman based on your experience moving the goalposts 
I’ve moved no goalposts. You just jumped in, trying to be clever, and failed miserably, because you failed to understand the issue I was querying. Never mind.I guess you now agree that the claim about automatically increased productivity was nonsense?
sidicks said:
Mrr T said:
sidicks said:
Mrr T said:
Since there is clear evidence EU immigrants are better educated than the UK average. That means they will have improved productivity.
Nonsense.That EU immigrants are better educated than the Uk average?
Mrr T said:
JagLover said:
ORD said:
Oooooh correlation does not show causation. Really iffy reasoning.
2000- has seen relatively little growth because (1) the financial world basically collapsed halfway through it and (2) the West has largely had its day and wealth is inevitably to be shared out more evenly across countries.
I was responding to a post that claimed the years since 2000 have been great, and they haven't.2000- has seen relatively little growth because (1) the financial world basically collapsed halfway through it and (2) the West has largely had its day and wealth is inevitably to be shared out more evenly across countries.
As to the causes of that in a UK context that is another matter. Poor productivity growth in particular has been partly attributed to the mass migration of low skilled workers.
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