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Sarcasm and pot shots is all you offer… I’m sure you’d be saying the same things had Bernie Sanders implemented similar policies.

Last a GK to be added to the summer shopping list! Such a shame he got injured in the way he did!

A lot of mental gymnastics here. Stop muddling the benefits of increased profits from International corporations benefitting from globalisation from the social impact on blue collar communities. The people in the ‘rust belt’ states do not feel enriched by globalisation. Ironically, Bernie...

A lot of mental gymnastics here. Stop muddling the benefits of increased profits from International corporations benefitting from globalisation from the social impact on blue collar communities. The people in the ‘rust belt’ states do not feel enriched by globalisation. Ironically, Bernie...

With a specific of the blue collar communities across the country and indeed the west as a whole. Globalisation has enriched the world, but it’s come with its costs. Yes, we’ve got access to cheaper consumer products but we’ve hollowed out our skilled manufacturing jobs and outsourced them to...

In the short term, yes it will lead to increased prices. For someone who’s argued so passionately for employment rights in previous conversations (which I respect despite disagreements)… it’s a shame that you give the impression that you’re ok with our clothing and electronic goods (etc) to be...

I’m taken aback by how many free trade purists there are on this thread now. The USA has been hit hard by globalisation (as have many western countries), many blue collar communities and jobs have been decimated by corporations uprooting to economies with cheaper labour… Is not worth...

We do indeed trade more with the EU27 than the USA. That still doesn’t change that the USA is our top export market. Both are true statements. This is just an unnecessary detour because we have a comprehensive trade agreement with the EU and that’s not at risk because of Trump’s tariffs. So...

No one is questioning your support or bragging about being super supporters. The basic argument is if one fan goes 30-40+ games a year should get priority over fans who can only make 15-20 games a season when games are oversubscribed. Again, the majority of away games went to general...

Selfishly, this may enhance my chance of getting a ticket in my own name so I’m not too mad…

Is it not true that the EU, India, Canada, China, Mexico do not impose higher tariffs? You’re not correcting me on anything. The US is still our biggest export partner. We have a trade agreement with the EU member states so I’m not sure what point you’re making is. Russia, North Korea, Belarus...

I can’t speak for individual countries, but from past experiences, India, Canada, China, Australia and the EU are a lot more protectionist than the US. So there’s a legitimate argument to correct that imbalance. The confusing and counterproductive elements of the policy is where they’ve imposed...

That’s your spin. The US tariffs are half of what is currently imposed by the nations impacted in the case of India, Canada, China, Mexico and the EU. Hence we get off lightly because our trade tariff regimes are liberalised. The green subsidies Biden implemented were designed to prise...

That’s not a guarantee. The EU will escalate the trade war and the changing of the president doesn’t necessarily mean the trade war will end immediately. The current status quo of allowing China to dominate manufacturing isn’t good geopolitically for ‘The West’ as a whole.

In this context, trade policy was dictated by the EU. If the EU decides to issue retaliatory tariffs on the US, Britain would have to follow suit which is what happened between 2016 and 2020 when the EU and US had a spat over steel and aluminium products.

This is an over simplification. Our single biggest trade partner is the US and has been for a while and our trade with the EU was declining steadily from the 1990s. Take a look at where most of the products in your house were produced, it’s more likely to manufactured in China, Vietnam...

Bristol took the piss! 😂 I nearly bought Burnley tickets just for the points because it was available up to an hour before KO. Blackburn away I bought because it was cheap and ended up going anyway. There will be pockets of incidents, but nothing systematic. For example, Plymouth away I was...

It’s a myth that there’s widespread buying of tickets for points only! If you’re on 1600+ points, you’ve done the hard yards following the club!

If you’re gambling man, put money on the EU issuing more tit for tat retaliatory tariffs in place on the US…

Unlikely because Trump has set the stall out. The new package of duties are half what other 3rd countries charge the US. That suggests that these new rates are an opening gambit; drop your tariffs on us and we’ll follow suit and if you don’t, we’ll ratchet the duty rates higher. Pragmatically...