£6.5 billion wiped off the shares of RBS and Lloyds, the shares that are still owned by the public. Very stable. Hope they stop the sale until the price rises, otherwise we'll be the one paying the price again. Boris said pensions were okay as well this morning. How does he know? He probably means pensions for MPs and money men.
Feels like we are huddled on this boat with the waves crashing around us without anyone on the bridge. They are all in the hold deciding who is going to be captain. Sod the rough seas, apparently markets go up and markets go down. Well that statement will calm everything then.
So as far as I can see: The plan (as much as there is a plan) is to stay in the EEA. This will include free movement of people and cost as much as EU membership. An army of civil servants (or faceless bureaucrats as some on here prefer to label them) will be needed to carry out all the work involved in treaty change, which will take many years to complete. Businesses are putting into place their contingency plans to move staff from the UK. The economy is crashing. There is a rise in racist abuse and intergenerational conflict. Going well so far, then.
@Tegan I know. Ironic, isn't it? It really isn't any wonder people didn't know how to vote. I honestly think Cameron and Osborne should have been sent on gardening leave for the campaign.
Yes, it does, whitewave, but we never had proper austerity anyway. Austerity involves tax rises, but Osborne did the opposite for the better off.
He's in a hole and the only solution the B o E has come up with is further quantitative easing, which will increase the government's debt. Unfortunately, the bleak credit outlook means that borrowing will be more expensive, which will lead to further falls in the pound.
If we accept that the result of the referendum was to a large extent driven by the disaffected working class. Then does the government have to think very seriously about imposing more austerity and cuts in the months and years ahead?
That's Boris's bridge. I don't think Osborne would want to claim that. Or maybe he is talking about bridges between himself and Boris, him on one side of the Thames, and Boris on the other.