LD "US: There is no current trade agreement between the UK and the US. Negotiations started in May 2020 but there have been none since October 2020. An agreement is not expected soon." [Link]

An Indian chum is spending around £15,000 to bring over his wife and two kids over for c.18 months. He's on a two-year visa and works for a big IT firm in Hyderabad.

Yep, we'd sell more whisky and financial services, and British companies would have more access to high-skilled Indian IT workers.

Ironically A large proportion of Brexit supporters won't like the agreement on the movement of people that will come attached to an Indian trade deal.

"The negotiating objectives stated that the UK’s economic links with India were already significant, amounting to £23.3bn in 2019. The government estimated that a trade deal could increase UK GDP by “around £3.3bn in 2035” (in 2019 prices), equivalent to an increase in UK GDP of 0.12% to 0.22% by 2035, depending on the depth of the negotiated outcome." - yay, we'll all be rich especially all the additional visa holders from India. [Link]

The FTSE100 is composed almost entirely of international companies, most of whose profits are not generated in the UK so correlation to success of the UK is low. Some large companies have delisted from London though to move to New York or Europe.

We haven't even signed the US or India trade deals yet. These are the real Brexit benefits.

I'm sure statistics on tractor production in Kerala show communism to be a great success :)

...and Shanghai Stock Exchange by just 9.3% with the HK Stock Exchange falling by 32%. Depending on which exchanges you look at and over what time period, you can 'prove' just about anything!

Hopefully you have taken advantage of underpriced shares, Leddy. I know I have.

The FTSE 100 has risen +16.35% over the last 5 years. Compare that other markets over the last 5 years : DAX = +54.95%, CAC 40 = +53.69%, Dow Jones = +51.83% & Nikkei 225 = +78.37%.

The FTSE 100 is currently at 8,450 - an all-time record - and Q1 GDP growth was higher than the US and the Eurozone. Damn Brexit!

Communism and Brexit are similar - they would both be brilliant successes if only they were done properly :)

Gotta have a duck curry for dinner tonight now.

Kerala is truly beautiful. The weird thing it has a democratically-elected Communist state government. There were red flags, the hammer & sickle, and murals of Lenin, Marx and Guevara everywhere.

India is certainly a incredible test of your senses can be overwhelming unless you are used to it

That's amazing KD.

One for the bird lovers. An Indian duck farmer droving a huge flock on a river [Link] and [Link]

Found a pic: [Link]

Wasn't the best at batting,only time I got a six was down at stamford green epsom,yes that small green next to the cricketers pub.😂

Don't forget the M25 is shut junction 9-10 from 9pm tonight for the weekend,

Kent - they did ask us if we wanted to join in, but we had been watching them bowling and frankly it was terrifying, so we thanked them and politely declined… 😬🏏

Lol at the idiots who think racist comments and general bigotry are just fine.

Can’t wait for Eurovision tomorrow…. 🤪🥳🌈🇮🇱🇵🇸🇬🇧🎤🎼🇪🇺

Last time I was in India, I joined in on a game on an enormous red cinder public oval. There must have been at least 20 games at once. Think it was in Alleppey, Kerala.