How Much Easier Can They Make It ?

[bazwillrun]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/02/23/third-time-lucky-for-the-london-stock-exchange-and-its-german-su/

and this how the cancer grows...insidious, bit by bit...the eussr will be rubbing their greedy hands with glee...

[Canary42]

eussr - isn't it about time your retired this silly little nomenclature.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Cheap not chirpy.

[Jackdaw33]

Eussr -EUropean Society of States, Sponging Rogues.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Under common law "what I said was true" is a complete defence to.the charge of slander or libel. So Jackdaw and the OP get off.

[Buenchico]

What has that report got to do with the EU? It's simply an example of the globalisation which we should all be welcoming (as it brings investment from across the world into businesses throughout the world).

Our major ports are Chinese-owned (as are brands such as Weetabix). Drinking Typhoo tea will see you supporting an Indian company (as will drinking Tetley tea, which is owned by a different Indian firm). Switching to beer will see you adding to the profits of Dutch companies if you drink John Smith's beers or Newcastle Brown. Bass is US-owned and switching to spirits won't see you get away from foreign firms; Beefeater gin and Chivas Regal whisky come from a French-owned firm. Your mobile phone provider is probably an overseas company. (EE is German & French-owned. O2 is Spanish). Travel on an Arriva bus or train and you're adding to the profits of a German firm whereas, around here, our Abellio train services are Dutch-owned. Shop in Asda and you're supporting a US company. (However they're now suffering a lot of competition from German-owned Aldi and Lidl).

It's no different anywhere else. For example, the USA's most well-known beer, Budweiser, is actually Belgian-owned. Many African countries rely heavily upon Chinese investment to support their economies.

WAKE UP TO THE REAL WORLD, BAZWILLRUN!!!

[sandyRoe]

But some companies are as much a part of Britain as the bowler hat or rain at Wimbledon. The producers of the Mini and Land Rover for example.

[Buenchico]

LOL @ Sandy ;-)

(German-owned BMW and Indian-owned Tata Motors, of course)

[sandyRoe]

johnny foreigner will never get his hands on those. ^^^

[sandyRoe]

Crossed posts there, Chico.

[Svejk]

I wouldn't have expected so much support for globalised, tax evading companies from our resident Marxists. Don't know why. After all, they seem to support the free movement of slave labour.

[Buenchico]

^^^ Yes, Sandy, it's good to see that UK car manufacturers, such as Toyota, did so well last year!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35368047

Oh, hang on a moment. That report contains a quote from the Chief Executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders saying "Europe is our biggest trading partner and the UK's membership of the European Union is vital for the automotive sector in order to secure future growth and jobs."

That can't be right, can it, Bazwillrun?

;-)

[Buenchico]

Who are our 'resident Marxists', Svejk? (Certainly not me! My own political views are, in many ways, generally well to the right of those of Adolf Hitler!).

Further, what's wrong with championing companies who do everything possible to minimise the amount of tax that they pay? They're simply doing:
(a) what every self-employed person does ; and
(b) what they're legally obliged to do (because directors must always act in the best interests of shareholders).

[Svejk]

I didn't say there was anything wrong with tax avoidance. I said I was surprised to see Left wing people comfortable about it.
I'm equally surprised that you would deny being a fully paid up Guardianista.

[wolf63]

Guardianista ?

Is that the proper name for the Police in Ireland?

[Buenchico]

For the record, Svejk, I vote Lib Dem (largely because of their support for Europe). If there was no Lib Dem candidate I'd probably vote Conservative. If I walked out of the polling booth and realised that I'd accidentally put my cross against a Labour (or indeed, a UKIP) candidate I'd seriously have to consider taking my own life!

How the hell does that make me 'left wing'???

[Svejk]

Don't get shirty. Until recently, the Liberal Party was way, way to the left of the Labour Party.

[Svejk]

You're thinking of 'da fuzz', wolf.

[sandyRoe]

Then they compromise their principals for a red box and a ministerial car.
How did their voters react to that? I've forgotten.

[Svejk]

I thought they all saw through them and moved on, Sandy. Obviously not. ;o)

[sandyRoe]

If they'd got a few more chauffeur driven cars there'd have been no need for 'taking the penalty points'. How different things might have been. :-)