Leave or stay in the EU?

[Tibes]

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So UK got their own Trump. And they laugh at americans...

Good god, he looks like Trump with down syndrome. Dat haircut....

[Leesin]

Boris Johnson is fucking epic for all the wrong reasons. He tackles kids with full force in sports. He called all ISIS "literally wankers" after finding out about the immense amount of porn they watch. He is a completely bizarre choice for Foreign Minister and I am ready for the lols.

Boris Quotes

"My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it."

"My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg."

"Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3."

"I think I was once given cocaine but I sneezed so it didn't go up my nose. In fact, it may have been icing sugar."

 On Tony Blair "It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair is like trying to pin jelly to a wall."

Mr Johnson, clearly unhappy at being ejected from the meeting early, labelled the assembly as “great supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies”.

[Rhekimos]

US seeking bilateral trade deal with UK to press EU on TTIP

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/us-seeking-bilateral-trade-deal-with-uk-to-press-eu-on-ttip

Interesting. The TTIP talks had basically stalled.

[Overdriven]

Boris Johnson is fucking epic for all the wrong reasons. He tackles kids with full force in sports. He called all ISIS "literally wankers" after finding out about the immense amount of porn they watch. He is a completely bizarre choice for Foreign Minister and I am ready for the lols.

Boris Quotes

"My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it."

"My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg."

"Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3."

"I think I was once given cocaine but I sneezed so it didn't go up my nose. In fact, it may have been icing sugar."

 On Tony Blair "It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair is like trying to pin jelly to a wall."

Mr Johnson, clearly unhappy at being ejected from the meeting early, labelled the assembly as “great supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies”.

I loved Boris as mayor. He has the kind of wacky attitude that fit quite well with the job. But as foreign secretary? Pretty hilarious in its ridiculousness.

[Butan]

I loved Boris as mayor. He has the kind of wacky attitude that fit quite well with the job. But as foreign secretary? Pretty hilarious in its ridiculousness.

Funny how people's opinion evolve.
Basically all I heard before was that Boris fitted as MP but was ridiculous as mayor; then when he got to foreign secretary, basically your opinion Overdriven; then if he gets to PM I guess people are going to say that his wacky attitude was just right as foreign secretary, but not at all appropriate to be MP    the guy is so not PC that he is always considered as inappropriate at what hes doing at present, must be tough to keep it real in politics.

[Thomek]

[Overdriven]

Funny how people's opinion evolve.
Basically all I heard before was that Boris fitted as MP but was ridiculous as mayor; then when he got to foreign secretary, basically your opinion Overdriven; then if he gets to PM I guess people are going to say that his wacky attitude was just right as foreign secretary, but not at all appropriate to be MP    the guy is so not PC that he is always considered as inappropriate at what hes doing at present, must be tough to keep it real in politics.

I always thought he was appropriate as mayor at the time. He was a great choice from the outset. He's almost like a walking stereotype, which for such a high profile job, with lots of people from other countries looking in is quite a good way to gain attention. It's not like he could do any real damage in that position either and actually he did quite a good job all round.

But Foreign Secretary? It's a far more serious position and requires diplomacy. Something I just can't see Boris managing. Who knows, he may prove me and many others wrong but I suspect there will be a string of embarrassing incidents that amount to more than him getting stuck on a zip wire!

[Rhekimos]

Brexit causes dramatic drop in UK economy, data suggests

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36864273

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Look at the steepness of that dive.
And compare to 2008.

[Overdriven]

Yeah they are predicting a minor recession at the moment unless a serious bounce back starts in the next couple of months.

[Rhekimos]

Why people don’t tend to forecast recessions :

http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2016/07/economics-politics-and-markets

A good read.

[Rhekimos]

Rare photo of the UK leaving the EU:

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[Xant]

Steven Hawking 2016

Steven?

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[SixThumbs]

You can't appeal to an authority from another field. It's also considered a logical fallacy anyway.

What the hell does Bill Nye the "Science Guy" know about global warming/climate change as well? He was an engineer and entertainer by trade.

[Kafein]

It's not an appeal to authority, it's a line of reasoning that is basically unassailable. Societal collapse in hostile or receding environments is only aggravated by political division.

[Rhekimos]

UK interest rates have been cut from 0.5% to 0.25% - a record low and the first cut since 2009.

The Bank of England has signaled that rates could go lower if the economy worsens. It also announced additional measures to stimulate the UK economy, including a £100bn scheme to force banks to pass on the low interest rate to households and businesses.

A majority of MPC members said that if the economy performed as they expected in the coming months, they would support cutting interest rates again before the end of the year to their lowest possible level of "close to, but a little above, zero".

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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36976528