EU Burden On SMEs, Science and Non Profit Organisations

Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Leave vote: 70.0% 

MP: Yvette Cooper (Labour) 

Yvette Cooper voted for Article 50, saying: “Nobody said at any time ‘you know what, I am not going to respect the result afterwards’ – that’s the kind of thing Donald Trump says.”

Burden on SMEs

We frequently hear the protestations from the CBI on how Brexit will affect our businesses etc. As such they are calling for the softest of Brexit's. To put into perspective, these are generally large companies that have quantifiable exports to the EU. They are also companies that can weather the juggernaut of regulations that come our way.

However, those Smaller, medium-sized companies whose markets are outside of Europe, of which their numbers are significant. These companies are burdened by the regulation and the requirement on them to conform.  It is these companies that are in favour of Brexit. This should not be dismissed as irrelevant because it's not! It's a real burden impacting their business and their future and getting worse.  It's important to stress that these companies are not heavily represented within the CBI. We should also remember that John Longworth Director General of the British Chamber of Commerce resigned in order that he could speak out on behalf of the SMEs.

Science and the impact from The Clinical Trial Directive.

Be mindful, the immense burden that the regulations add, whilst they affect adversely the bottom line of many companies. The impact is significant on the public sector, non-profit organizations. As an example;  Professor Angus Dalgleish one of our leading Cancer researchers when interviewed by a journalist, Dominic Lawson he complained of the EUs Clinical trial directive.  This had added to experimentation a tenfold cost.  Of course such costs do not appear in the protestations of our business leaders.

Whilst it is right that our business leaders voice concern, and we should take note. We have to be careful that their gloom does not become a self-fulfilling prophecy. There's also a bigger picture here.

Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Leave vote: 70.0% 

MP: Yvette Cooper (Labour) 

Yvette Cooper voted for Article 50, saying: “Nobody said at any time ‘you know what, I am not going to respect the result afterwards’ – that’s the kind of thing Donald Trump says.”

Burden on SMEs

We frequently hear the protestations from the CBI on how Brexit will affect our businesses etc. As such they are calling for the softest of Brexit's. To put into perspective, these are generally large companies that have quantifiable exports to the EU. They are also companies that can weather the juggernaut of regulations that come our way.

However, those Smaller, medium-sized companies whose markets are outside of Europe, of which their numbers are significant. These companies are burdened by the regulation and the requirement on them to conform.  It is these companies that are in favour of Brexit. This should not be dismissed as irrelevant because it's not! It's a real burden impacting their business and their future and getting worse.  It's important to stress that these companies are not heavily represented within the CBI. We should also remember that John Longworth Director General of the British Chamber of Commerce resigned in order that he could speak out on behalf of the SMEs.

Science and the impact from The Clinical Trial Directive.

Be mindful, the immense burden that the regulations add, whilst they affect adversely the bottom line of many companies. The impact is significant on the public sector, non-profit organizations. As an example;  Professor Angus Dalgleish one of our leading Cancer researchers when interviewed by a journalist, Dominic Lawson he complained of the EUs Clinical trial directive.  This had added to experimentation a tenfold cost.  Of course such costs do not appear in the protestations of our business leaders.

Whilst it is right that our business leaders voice concern, and we should take note. We have to be careful that their gloom does not become a self-fulfilling prophecy. There's also a bigger picture here.

Doing Business in Asia part 1. Intro

I would like to move the narrative more towards business in Asia. I have spent a great deal of time on Brexit, for this I make no apology as it is a subject in my opinion that needs clarity through facts. That is what I have tried to achieve. 

When, I set this blog up I fully intended to deal with the intricacies of doing business in Asia more specifically Indonesia.  I have no intention to abandon the Brexit subject but perhaps spend a little less time on this particular operation and hope that it moves to a successful conclusion.  After which, we the UK can return to being the cohesive power house we once were.

Asia is home to some 5Billion people 70% of the world's population. PWC identify; By 2030 4 of the top 5 economies will be Asian. 1. China, 2. USA 3. Japan, 4. India, 5. Indonesia.  Asia across the top 30 will generate $70trillion in GDP.  Asia is home to 65% of the world's largest cities, currently 35% of the world's economy, 6 of the 10 largest banks, 8 out 10 largest armies, 5 nuclear powers. It is the most culturally linguistically diverse region on the planet. Not only is it the future it is the present, and we must focus on this region.  It will shape all our futures through this Century!

Business Climate Indonesia.

I will spend time on Indonesia as it is here where I have spent considerable time.  I first came here in Nov. 1985.  Indonesia is a vast archipelago consisting of over thirteen thousand five hundred islands.  If you lift Indonesia off the map and overlay on Europe it would stretch from London to Tehran.  It is home to two hundred and sixty million upwardly mobile individuals.  According to the World bank one in 5 individuals belong to the middle classes, that's fifty-six million people. There is another 35% that are considered no longer to be living in poverty and nor do they show a risk to fall back into poverty.  Much has been done over the last two decades to bring Indonesians out of poverty.

Mount Ijen East Java

The Indonesian government are stabilizing their accounts, their tax structures and have embarked on an infrastructure build to assist the country to grow and grow significantly.

Java is the main island with a population of 141M people. Java is over a 1000 km long.  Its capital Jakarta situated in the west of Java and Indonesia's 2nd largest city Surabaya in the East.  Indonesia is blessed with huge deposits of minerals.  It is a volcanic archipelago with 76 deemed active. Indonesia sits on what they call the ring of fire.  It straddles many of the earths plates and is susceptible to high magnitude earthquakes. It should be noted that the scenery in many rural parts is just stunning, mountain ranges, rice terraces with tropical forests and jungles.  All of this due to the geological activity that has played out over millions of years.

76 active Volcanoes

Over the next few months I will try to explain the intricacies of doing business in Indonesia, the opportunities along with cultural taboos.  There is an anti corruption focus to reduce the burden on the country finances.  The shades of grey which exists within business and in the way business is conducted.  This can be alien to businesses that are used to black and white operating structures.

I would like to move the narrative more towards business in Asia. I have spent a great deal of time on Brexit, for this I make no apology as it is a subject in my opinion that needs clarity through facts. That is what I have tried to achieve. 

When, I set this blog up I fully intended to deal with the intricacies of doing business in Asia more specifically Indonesia.  I have no intention to abandon the Brexit subject but perhaps spend a little less time on this particular operation and hope that it moves to a successful conclusion.  After which, we the UK can return to being the cohesive power house we once were.

Asia is home to some 5Billion people 70% of the world's population. PWC identify; By 2030 4 of the top 5 economies will be Asian. 1. China, 2. USA 3. Japan, 4. India, 5. Indonesia.  Asia across the top 30 will generate $70trillion in GDP.  Asia is home to 65% of the world's largest cities, currently 35% of the world's economy, 6 of the 10 largest banks, 8 out 10 largest armies, 5 nuclear powers. It is the most culturally linguistically diverse region on the planet. Not only is it the future it is the present, and we must focus on this region.  It will shape all our futures through this Century!

Business Climate Indonesia.

I will spend time on Indonesia as it is here where I have spent considerable time.  I first came here in Nov. 1985.  Indonesia is a vast archipelago consisting of over thirteen thousand five hundred islands.  If you lift Indonesia off the map and overlay on Europe it would stretch from London to Tehran.  It is home to two hundred and sixty million upwardly mobile individuals.  According to the World bank one in 5 individuals belong to the middle classes, that's fifty-six million people. There is another 35% that are considered no longer to be living in poverty and nor do they show a risk to fall back into poverty.  Much has been done over the last two decades to bring Indonesians out of poverty.

Mount Ijen East Java

The Indonesian government are stabilizing their accounts, their tax structures and have embarked on an infrastructure build to assist the country to grow and grow significantly.

Java is the main island with a population of 141M people. Java is over a 1000 km long.  Its capital Jakarta situated in the west of Java and Indonesia's 2nd largest city Surabaya in the East.  Indonesia is blessed with huge deposits of minerals.  It is a volcanic archipelago with 76 deemed active. Indonesia sits on what they call the ring of fire.  It straddles many of the earths plates and is susceptible to high magnitude earthquakes. It should be noted that the scenery in many rural parts is just stunning, mountain ranges, rice terraces with tropical forests and jungles.  All of this due to the geological activity that has played out over millions of years.

76 active Volcanoes

Over the next few months I will try to explain the intricacies of doing business in Indonesia, the opportunities along with cultural taboos.  There is an anti corruption focus to reduce the burden on the country finances.  The shades of grey which exists within business and in the way business is conducted.  This can be alien to businesses that are used to black and white operating structures.

Thank God For Our Monarch - Graceful As Ever

Two subjects 1) Corporate elite, 2) Appalling negotiation skills MPs have.

1. Big business it should be noted have traditionally favoured closer ties to the EU. However, not all. Companies, individuals such as Sir James Dyson, Tim Martin Weatherspoons, Anthony Bamford The Chairman of JCB, Dame Helena Morrissey The head of personal investing at Legal & General, Sir Jim Ratcliffe The chairman and founder of the petrochemical firm Ineos etc. etc. all support leaving. And as the protestations from Lord Digby Jones will attest to; these individuals are thinking through the opportunities and where they lie for future years.  Whist others not all, lavishly paid panjandrum, often adorned with various gongs etc. carrying titles such as Chairman of this and that. These individuals are indeed looking for the softest of Brexit, just as they looked and ranted about the need to be in the ERM and the Euro as it later became.  They were wrong then and they are wrong now. They look only for the easiest short term route.  The future is Asia!



Look to the career path of many of these individuals, engineers, insurance, water management etc. etc. They have grown through the ranks and are comfortable in their environment, invariably close to retirement. Outside of their sphere they have no knowledge of the wider industrial base. They don't even know how the world will look in five years.  Whether their widget will still be needed or indeed whether it is made in China. They just have new-found power and prestige and can pronounce having no authority on world affairs.  They should leave economics, politics alone and focus on their widgets.

The very basis of economics is "Substitution and uncertainties" therefore planners should recognize the latter and give full attention to the former.

2. Negotiation, look we are running to the late hour. The EU are indeed now showing flexibility. They will soften their red lines. I maintain we would have had a deal had it not been for the treachery of our parliamentarians, past and present. I for one am not at all comfortable that my taxes go to pay for them. They have behaved disgustingly!  To use a well-worn analogy I wouldn't buy a used car from these guys least of all take advice about my future.

QUEEN ELIZABETH.

The news is awash with stories covering the intervention by our Monarch effectively banging their heads together. Thank god we have her in our lives.  But it's a shame given our rich history that it has come to this, such infantile behaviour.

Onward to March 29th leave we must. 

The future is bright just as it was after the ERM fiasco Sir John Major!

Two subjects 1) Corporate elite, 2) Appalling negotiation skills MPs have.

1. Big business it should be noted have traditionally favoured closer ties to the EU. However, not all. Companies, individuals such as Sir James Dyson, Tim Martin Weatherspoons, Anthony Bamford The Chairman of JCB, Dame Helena Morrissey The head of personal investing at Legal & General, Sir Jim Ratcliffe The chairman and founder of the petrochemical firm Ineos etc. etc. all support leaving. And as the protestations from Lord Digby Jones will attest to; these individuals are thinking through the opportunities and where they lie for future years.  Whist others not all, lavishly paid panjandrum, often adorned with various gongs etc. carrying titles such as Chairman of this and that. These individuals are indeed looking for the softest of Brexit, just as they looked and ranted about the need to be in the ERM and the Euro as it later became.  They were wrong then and they are wrong now. They look only for the easiest short term route.  The future is Asia!



Look to the career path of many of these individuals, engineers, insurance, water management etc. etc. They have grown through the ranks and are comfortable in their environment, invariably close to retirement. Outside of their sphere they have no knowledge of the wider industrial base. They don't even know how the world will look in five years.  Whether their widget will still be needed or indeed whether it is made in China. They just have new-found power and prestige and can pronounce having no authority on world affairs.  They should leave economics, politics alone and focus on their widgets.

The very basis of economics is "Substitution and uncertainties" therefore planners should recognize the latter and give full attention to the former.

2. Negotiation, look we are running to the late hour. The EU are indeed now showing flexibility. They will soften their red lines. I maintain we would have had a deal had it not been for the treachery of our parliamentarians, past and present. I for one am not at all comfortable that my taxes go to pay for them. They have behaved disgustingly!  To use a well-worn analogy I wouldn't buy a used car from these guys least of all take advice about my future.

QUEEN ELIZABETH.

The news is awash with stories covering the intervention by our Monarch effectively banging their heads together. Thank god we have her in our lives.  But it's a shame given our rich history that it has come to this, such infantile behaviour.

Onward to March 29th leave we must. 

The future is bright just as it was after the ERM fiasco Sir John Major!

Asia is where it's at! But first we have to Brexit

I have said a great deal about the growth of the Euro zone since 2008. It has been a lacklustre 2.2%. At a time when the world economy has grown significantly US 14% Canada 14%. UK 8.8%, Eurozone France 4.6%, Germany 7.4% Greece -27%. Etc., Just to add to that had it not been for QE then where would the Eurozone be?

If the EU is to survive we have to leave it, for our own protection we have to break the chains from this failing project.

This blog will have a light poem to break with my serious post. But the gravitas is there!

Changes that occur in the EU of gloom.

Flowers that all of a sudden doomed

Period of joy that seems so lost

In this frenzy Euro of political indecision.

For the tears that drop from their eyes.

For what they've felt from pain and sigh

And haven't seen anything that can trade

The burning sun from the UK's cool shade.

In such a time, what you must do.

Is to think of positive changes and view

And know soon all your EU trials

Will be swapped with the joyful UK smile. 

And this you can only achieve.

If you know how you can trust and believe

And keep a positive thinking in gloom

Then the UK of joy will surely bloom. 

I have been asked many times why I believe we have to leave the EU for it to survive. The answer is very simple it is a dogmatic organization that unless it changes it will implode.

By us leaving they will be forced to make that change. The divisions across the EU are serious. Our EU masters, to use a provocative term have their heads in the sand. Look to the current situation: populism with a swing to the right is happening across Europe. Why is this? Very simple the Euro is a straight jacket an ill thought through political project that favour corporate Germany and the northern countries. It is devastating the fringe. The very founding principles of the Union are to build a more cohesive unified moderate tolerant union. That is not happening. If this continues then Fascism and Racism will rise up. Exactly the reverse of the union's mandate.


Rules and regulations are absurd eg. We have to label Salmon as consumer may not be aware it contains fish. The northern states are seeing the rules and regulation that they adhere to, are being flouted by the southern states. France has always worked an angle to avoid them applying to them. The animosity is building the tension is serious, look to the discussion in regard to Italy's budget.

Big is not better there are numerous examples in history where this has proven not to work.

Let's look back in history to around 1860. Italy was made up of a number of city states, kingdoms and regions kind of principalities. They were united around 1860 politically, monetarily and fiscally. From then until now the south the so called Bourbon Kingdom has been depressed, industry ruined, agriculture went into decline. Millions left and went to north and South America.

There are disturbing parallels here today with Greece. Has history taught us nothing!

Usually when regions are depressed other regions increase activity in order to assist those regions. This is how the UK operates. But instead here you have the one country able to assist they continued to practise fiscal responsibility, which is correct if they are in isolation, but they are not. France is slowly drifting towards the south. The labour laws can not be reformed as we are seeing from the protests on the streets today.

I have said a great deal about the growth of the Euro zone since 2008. It has been a lacklustre 2.2%. At a time when the world economy has grown significantly US 14% Canada 14%. UK 8.8%, Eurozone France 4.6%, Germany 7.4% Greece -27%. Etc., Just to add to that had it not been for QE then where would the Eurozone be?

If the EU is to survive we have to leave it, for our own protection we have to break the chains from this failing project.

This blog will have a light poem to break with my serious post. But the gravitas is there!

Changes that occur in the EU of gloom.

Flowers that all of a sudden doomed

Period of joy that seems so lost

In this frenzy Euro of political indecision.

For the tears that drop from their eyes.

For what they've felt from pain and sigh

And haven't seen anything that can trade

The burning sun from the UK's cool shade.

In such a time, what you must do.

Is to think of positive changes and view

And know soon all your EU trials

Will be swapped with the joyful UK smile. 

And this you can only achieve.

If you know how you can trust and believe

And keep a positive thinking in gloom

Then the UK of joy will surely bloom. 

I have been asked many times why I believe we have to leave the EU for it to survive. The answer is very simple it is a dogmatic organization that unless it changes it will implode.

By us leaving they will be forced to make that change. The divisions across the EU are serious. Our EU masters, to use a provocative term have their heads in the sand. Look to the current situation: populism with a swing to the right is happening across Europe. Why is this? Very simple the Euro is a straight jacket an ill thought through political project that favour corporate Germany and the northern countries. It is devastating the fringe. The very founding principles of the Union are to build a more cohesive unified moderate tolerant union. That is not happening. If this continues then Fascism and Racism will rise up. Exactly the reverse of the union's mandate.


Rules and regulations are absurd eg. We have to label Salmon as consumer may not be aware it contains fish. The northern states are seeing the rules and regulation that they adhere to, are being flouted by the southern states. France has always worked an angle to avoid them applying to them. The animosity is building the tension is serious, look to the discussion in regard to Italy's budget.

Big is not better there are numerous examples in history where this has proven not to work.

Let's look back in history to around 1860. Italy was made up of a number of city states, kingdoms and regions kind of principalities. They were united around 1860 politically, monetarily and fiscally. From then until now the south the so called Bourbon Kingdom has been depressed, industry ruined, agriculture went into decline. Millions left and went to north and South America.

There are disturbing parallels here today with Greece. Has history taught us nothing!

Usually when regions are depressed other regions increase activity in order to assist those regions. This is how the UK operates. But instead here you have the one country able to assist they continued to practise fiscal responsibility, which is correct if they are in isolation, but they are not. France is slowly drifting towards the south. The labour laws can not be reformed as we are seeing from the protests on the streets today.

UK exports are not what they seem. The EU will trade.

As usual the day arrives and more ham fisted discussions which affect our lives in the most profound way. The EU and the UK would have a deal by now if we stopped negotiating with ourselves.

If this was a normal negotiation then you would be comfortable that you have your cards, you have all members of your team rooting for a good outcome for your side. Your negotiation is focused only against those that you are negotiating with.  Here we are! We are negotiating with ourselves and then guiding the other party on how to gain the best situation and to know our weaknesses.  Further more we have members of our side guiding the other side.

Let's be clear.

Germany as we do wants/needs to maintain close ties with the U.K and us with them for all the right reasons, security, intelligence, trade etc. They are rightly concern in regard to Trumps America.

The UK has a trade deficit with the EU of £91billion.  Furthermore, the UK exports to the EU have declined over the last 10years.

These are all solid reasons why the EU will continue to trade and continue close ties with the UK.

In regard to the bigger EU picture:

I believe unless there is structural change the EU will have serious issues going forward which will inhibit growth. But worse undermine the very principles on which it exists. The Euro needs to split. It needs to give the southern states greater autonomy to manage their exchange rates and foster growth.  In short give hope to the vast numbers of unemployed youth.

Two events in our history where we were encouraged to stay with a system that was harming us. A bit like cognitive behaviour therapy.

1. In 1931 almost unanimously we were encouraged to stay with the gold standard. That is all but Keynes who encouraged us to leave. In September 1931 we broke with that standard. There were many cries of disaster.  

Immediately we were able to drop interest rates and this ushered in the fastest economic growth in British history.

2. Another event was the joining of the ERM in 1992. Interest rates spiralled upwards. Unemployment rose sharply. On the face of it, it was easy to break the bank, not due to smart thinking, more because of the obvious political obsession of the EU project. The doom sayer predicted higher rates still and even higher unemployment. In reality the opposite was true.

The obsessive focus on the EU project will unwind it. Best we leave whilst we have a chance.

Indulge me the theme has moved to Economics:

1. There are a number of reports that show with no deal the economic boost could be as much as 4% to the UK post Brexit.  Some of these reports have been produced in Whitehall. Others by eminent economists such as Roger Bootle.

2. MPs are failing to back May’s deal, and they should not back it! March 29th will be fine.

3. The one I like the most “One day the house of cards will collapse” Professor Otmar Issing Chief Economist of the ECB and chastened prophet of the Euro project.

His comments encapsulate: For weeks I have written about this. A few days ago the Telegraph carried an article discussing this very point. How the Euro is killing democracy across Europe. It is severely stifling growth to the point of extinguishing the economies of several countries. Destroying hope for Millions of young people!

From 1970 to 1998 Germany's average growth was 2.2%. Post Euro it has averaged 1%. The same period 70 -98 the current account surplus 0.8% of GDP, since 4.6%

The US 1999 onwards 42% growth in GDP, UK 40% Germany only 18%..

Next you start to see that individual Germans have not benefited – Consumer expenditure through this period US 53%, UK 44% - Germany 18%. Whilst the benefits of the Euro have migrated to Germany it has gone to corporate Germany not to the man or women on the street.

German exports are up, there is no mistake but the profits have gone to the employers who have sat on their hands.  If this is not stark enough then look to wages growth Finland up 30%, France up 18% - Germany a modest 14%.

As usual the day arrives and more ham fisted discussions which affect our lives in the most profound way. The EU and the UK would have a deal by now if we stopped negotiating with ourselves.

If this was a normal negotiation then you would be comfortable that you have your cards, you have all members of your team rooting for a good outcome for your side. Your negotiation is focused only against those that you are negotiating with.  Here we are! We are negotiating with ourselves and then guiding the other party on how to gain the best situation and to know our weaknesses.  Further more we have members of our side guiding the other side.

Let's be clear.

Germany as we do wants/needs to maintain close ties with the U.K and us with them for all the right reasons, security, intelligence, trade etc. They are rightly concern in regard to Trumps America.

The UK has a trade deficit with the EU of £91billion.  Furthermore, the UK exports to the EU have declined over the last 10years.

These are all solid reasons why the EU will continue to trade and continue close ties with the UK.

In regard to the bigger EU picture:

I believe unless there is structural change the EU will have serious issues going forward which will inhibit growth. But worse undermine the very principles on which it exists. The Euro needs to split. It needs to give the southern states greater autonomy to manage their exchange rates and foster growth.  In short give hope to the vast numbers of unemployed youth.

Two events in our history where we were encouraged to stay with a system that was harming us. A bit like cognitive behaviour therapy.

1. In 1931 almost unanimously we were encouraged to stay with the gold standard. That is all but Keynes who encouraged us to leave. In September 1931 we broke with that standard. There were many cries of disaster.  

Immediately we were able to drop interest rates and this ushered in the fastest economic growth in British history.

2. Another event was the joining of the ERM in 1992. Interest rates spiralled upwards. Unemployment rose sharply. On the face of it, it was easy to break the bank, not due to smart thinking, more because of the obvious political obsession of the EU project. The doom sayer predicted higher rates still and even higher unemployment. In reality the opposite was true.

The obsessive focus on the EU project will unwind it. Best we leave whilst we have a chance.

Indulge me the theme has moved to Economics:

1. There are a number of reports that show with no deal the economic boost could be as much as 4% to the UK post Brexit.  Some of these reports have been produced in Whitehall. Others by eminent economists such as Roger Bootle.

2. MPs are failing to back May’s deal, and they should not back it! March 29th will be fine.

3. The one I like the most “One day the house of cards will collapse” Professor Otmar Issing Chief Economist of the ECB and chastened prophet of the Euro project.

His comments encapsulate: For weeks I have written about this. A few days ago the Telegraph carried an article discussing this very point. How the Euro is killing democracy across Europe. It is severely stifling growth to the point of extinguishing the economies of several countries. Destroying hope for Millions of young people!

From 1970 to 1998 Germany's average growth was 2.2%. Post Euro it has averaged 1%. The same period 70 -98 the current account surplus 0.8% of GDP, since 4.6%

The US 1999 onwards 42% growth in GDP, UK 40% Germany only 18%..

Next you start to see that individual Germans have not benefited – Consumer expenditure through this period US 53%, UK 44% - Germany 18%. Whilst the benefits of the Euro have migrated to Germany it has gone to corporate Germany not to the man or women on the street.

German exports are up, there is no mistake but the profits have gone to the employers who have sat on their hands.  If this is not stark enough then look to wages growth Finland up 30%, France up 18% - Germany a modest 14%.

Brexit - Dysons move to Singapore a role model for the UK

Today a lot will be made of James Dyson’s announcement reference Singapore. The doom sayers will jump on this implying his negativity to his Brexit stance. Using it to display a lack of faith in the UK post Brexit. I would countenance the opposite. When you read his announcement he is very clear that he will and has continued to invest in the UK. Spending over £200M renovating the airfield at Hullavington technology campus.

You should also know that the EU introduced regulation that favoured German manufactures of vacuum cleaners. Effectively allowing German technology to mask the performance, gaming the system, another diesel gate.  This resulted in a long and costly court battle which Dyson won. It was hailed as a victory for consumers.

What Dyson is doing is what we all should look to and that is to follow where the markets are going.  There is no better place to start than to look to the PWC report showing how the Emerging (Emerged) markets will evolve to be the leading markets of the world.

Indeed, within a few short years the top 5 economies only 1 will be from the west, the USA which will occupy the no.2 slot. By 2030 China no.1. USA no.2. Japan no.3. India no.4 and Indonesia no.5. Conversely, only 1 EU country will show up in the top 10 that being Germany at no.8. No.9 Mexico no. 10 UK.  In fact in the top 30 the GDP represented by the EU comes in at $15trillion. Asia will represent five times that, in the region of $70trillion.  So Dyson is absolutely right to look to the East.

Very soon we need to get our act together. The remainers will hamstring this country and the fears they present will come true because of our paralysis.

Today a lot will be made of James Dyson’s announcement reference Singapore. The doom sayers will jump on this implying his negativity to his Brexit stance. Using it to display a lack of faith in the UK post Brexit. I would countenance the opposite. When you read his announcement he is very clear that he will and has continued to invest in the UK. Spending over £200M renovating the airfield at Hullavington technology campus.

You should also know that the EU introduced regulation that favoured German manufactures of vacuum cleaners. Effectively allowing German technology to mask the performance, gaming the system, another diesel gate.  This resulted in a long and costly court battle which Dyson won. It was hailed as a victory for consumers.

What Dyson is doing is what we all should look to and that is to follow where the markets are going.  There is no better place to start than to look to the PWC report showing how the Emerging (Emerged) markets will evolve to be the leading markets of the world.

Indeed, within a few short years the top 5 economies only 1 will be from the west, the USA which will occupy the no.2 slot. By 2030 China no.1. USA no.2. Japan no.3. India no.4 and Indonesia no.5. Conversely, only 1 EU country will show up in the top 10 that being Germany at no.8. No.9 Mexico no. 10 UK.  In fact in the top 30 the GDP represented by the EU comes in at $15trillion. Asia will represent five times that, in the region of $70trillion.  So Dyson is absolutely right to look to the East.

Very soon we need to get our act together. The remainers will hamstring this country and the fears they present will come true because of our paralysis.

Brexit Duplicity reigns supreme

The Daily Telegraph have today run a story; re the Cabinet Ministers who are insisting on a Free Vote over the issue of no deal.  The deputy protagonist, of course not the Chief as that is a mantle that Philip Hammond holds.

Voters in Hastings have elected to leave the European Union. 

The Brexit campaign edged a 4,328-vote victory. 

20,011 remain in the EU and 24,339 leave. 

37 votes rejected. 

Hastings saw a 71.6% turnout, 

MP Amber Rudd 

The duplicity displayed in this cabinet, this government and these parties is beyond belief. Never before has there been an opportunity for a new party to emerge.  A party that could easily and quickly gain so much traction. Conservatives were founded in 1834, their 1st leader the Rt Hon Robert Peel. Of course the Tory's had held a place in British Politics since the 16c.

I haven't mentioned Labour's roots as I believe the harm done to them is 10 fold, the labour party has been hijacked by what appears as Stalinist henchmen. You only have to look at the way in which they are attacking Fiona Bruce to understand the path they are taking.

My point with this blog is not to dwell on the detail above.  Perhaps that's a subject for another day. Fascinating that it is!

We entered the EU in 1973. It was Ted Heath that took us into what was known as the common market (EEC).  However, let's be clear the EEC had since its inception a plan to unify Europe in to a form of United States of Europe.

“On its very first official publication in Luxembourg on 8 October 1970, the 'Report to the Council and the Commission on the realization by stages of economic and monetary union in the Community' also bore the short title the 'Werner Report'.”

In 1973 the above mentioned report was hidden from our parliament during the various parliamentary debates re. our ascension to the Common Market, effectively taking us into the EEC on a lie. However, this was later rectified.  In 1975, we had a referendum on whether to leave or remain.  A pamphlet was produced and passed to every household outlining exactly the EEC intent. We voted to remain (funny how we had no further recriminations).

To put this into context the 1970s became known as our darkest decade. The Unions held this country to ransom throughout this period.  Not because of their desire to improve working conditions for their many members, more their need to drive the UK policies closer to their paymasters in the USSR. That was the 1970s! Hence, our membership was ratified, I suspect as a way to escape the Industrial strife.

In a bizarre twist we seem to have gone full circle and this we must be mindful.  This must not happen, our country must not be hijacked by either ends of the spectrum. However, remaining in the EU as it is currently structured is not the answer.

A new party must emerge perhaps under the guise of populism. But emerge it must.

The Daily Telegraph have today run a story; re the Cabinet Ministers who are insisting on a Free Vote over the issue of no deal.  The deputy protagonist, of course not the Chief as that is a mantle that Philip Hammond holds.

Voters in Hastings have elected to leave the European Union. 

The Brexit campaign edged a 4,328-vote victory. 

20,011 remain in the EU and 24,339 leave. 

37 votes rejected. 

Hastings saw a 71.6% turnout, 

MP Amber Rudd 

The duplicity displayed in this cabinet, this government and these parties is beyond belief. Never before has there been an opportunity for a new party to emerge.  A party that could easily and quickly gain so much traction. Conservatives were founded in 1834, their 1st leader the Rt Hon Robert Peel. Of course the Tory's had held a place in British Politics since the 16c.

I haven't mentioned Labour's roots as I believe the harm done to them is 10 fold, the labour party has been hijacked by what appears as Stalinist henchmen. You only have to look at the way in which they are attacking Fiona Bruce to understand the path they are taking.

My point with this blog is not to dwell on the detail above.  Perhaps that's a subject for another day. Fascinating that it is!

We entered the EU in 1973. It was Ted Heath that took us into what was known as the common market (EEC).  However, let's be clear the EEC had since its inception a plan to unify Europe in to a form of United States of Europe.

“On its very first official publication in Luxembourg on 8 October 1970, the 'Report to the Council and the Commission on the realization by stages of economic and monetary union in the Community' also bore the short title the 'Werner Report'.”

In 1973 the above mentioned report was hidden from our parliament during the various parliamentary debates re. our ascension to the Common Market, effectively taking us into the EEC on a lie. However, this was later rectified.  In 1975, we had a referendum on whether to leave or remain.  A pamphlet was produced and passed to every household outlining exactly the EEC intent. We voted to remain (funny how we had no further recriminations).

To put this into context the 1970s became known as our darkest decade. The Unions held this country to ransom throughout this period.  Not because of their desire to improve working conditions for their many members, more their need to drive the UK policies closer to their paymasters in the USSR. That was the 1970s! Hence, our membership was ratified, I suspect as a way to escape the Industrial strife.

In a bizarre twist we seem to have gone full circle and this we must be mindful.  This must not happen, our country must not be hijacked by either ends of the spectrum. However, remaining in the EU as it is currently structured is not the answer.

A new party must emerge perhaps under the guise of populism. But emerge it must.