Midcap Bonanza among FTSE250 stocks

After the Brexit inspired sell-off, thanks to rising earnings, the FTSE 250 index has recovered sharply to hit record highs and post gains significantly in excess of the benchmark FTSE 100. At the time of the referendum, the slide in sterling was expected to be a disaster for UK plc, especially for those companies without […]

Brexit Is Dead – And So Is Our Democracy

My recollection was, although I can not find quotes to prove it, that Cameron always insisted that he, as Prime Minister would be bound by the results of the referendum, which in turn meant that the government would also be bound to accept and follow the will of the people, even if from a purely […]

Bloodletting at Stanley Gibbons

Stanley Gibbons SGI today issues an update on the night of the long knives which has cut a swathe through the board and senior management. Firstly out go the auditors, replaced by a new lot who are not happy that the way in which revenue was previously recognised, was “appropriate”. To allow them to get […]

EU Leaders Threaten And Warn – Firing On Blanks

And now Merkel issues the UK with a warning, “You will never get a really good result in negotiations, particularly on very important issues, when you’re not in the room and giving input.” The content of the warning is irrelevant.  What is very relevant. is that she thinks she is in a position to give […]

Governor of The Bank of England Tries to Save Cameron

A technical recession could be one of the results of Brexit, says Mark Carney, just one of the many lies the establishment is anxious to promote even at the risk of damaging their reputations and making themselves look like charlatans. Is the Governor of The Bank of England, so blind, so ignorant of the realities […]