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Originally Posted by bigfella

If you don't have many competitors then presumably there is no real need for whatever it is you sell but people will buy it anyway if it's cheap enough. No harm in that but perhaps you will have to find something else to trade and spread your risk a little more.

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That suggestion is no use if the poster has no knowledge of the new product or there is no space in the market for a new trader.

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Originally Posted by shaunaneto

Trying to figure out if the new foreign secretary is a punishment for the electorate, the post holder or those he deals with

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I think it's to keep BJ away from a job where you need to be able to count but allows him to obfuscate, dissemble and display disingenuity to his heart's content.

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Originally Posted by shaunaneto

Trying to figure out if the new foreign secretary is a punishment for the electorate, the post holder or those he deals with

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Electorally he has been successful in a Labour City, so don't dismiss him so easily. He has lots of international contacts from the London Olympics and speaks 4 languages. He's more of an internationalist than most.
I think he'll do fine.

I believe he is very popular in "bongo bongo land" :rolleyes:

It's politically very astute of Teresa May to hand key positions relating to our EU withdrawal to Johnson, Fox and Davis. As a remainer (albeit a reluctant one) she could have been vulnerable to attacks from Brexiteers if the negotiations didn't go well. So placing key Brexiteers in positions of such responsibility will help nullify this.

Although I voted Remain, I admit that there has been some good news since the Brexit vote. I have just heard on the radio that house prices in London have gone down by 5% since the Referendum. If this carries on, ordinary people might even be able to buy somewhere to live in the capital.

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Originally Posted by anthonykay

Although I voted Remain, I admit that there has been some good news since the Brexit vote. I have just heard on the radio that house prices in London have gone down by 5% since the Referendum. If this carries on, ordinary people might even be able to buy somewhere to live in the capital.

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I agree, as someone who has 3 adult children it's concerning that our first house in 1985 was less than our combined annual income and we weren't on much :D
Now the cheapest house here in Blackburn would be around double two people's minimum wage income.

There was a strange piece today on the news about a lady who feared her desire to move could be lost as the housing market stagnates.
But if her 400K house now has to drop to 375K to sell, then the house she is purchasing would also have to drop to sell.
The differentials are unlikely to change.

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Originally Posted by anthonykay

Although I voted Remain, I admit that there has been some good news since the Brexit vote. I have just heard on the radio that house prices in London have gone down by 5% since the Referendum. If this carries on, ordinary people might even be able to buy somewhere to live in the capital.

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The trouble is the 5% drop represents the overall uncertainty in the economy, which means lower wage rises and higher unemployment and more job uncertainty - so the ability for most to buy property will not improve unless something else changes - an annual land tax for example, or capital gains tax on first properties.

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Originally Posted by Witton Park

Electorally he has been successful in a Labour City, so don't dismiss him so easily. He has lots of international contacts from the London Olympics and speaks 4 languages. He's more of an internationalist than most.
I think he'll do fine.

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Someone once said "A diplomat is a man sent abroad to lie for his country" On that basis I'd say that BJ is very well qualified.

Dear Boris was born in New York so presumably is eligible to be President of the USA.

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