Nothing changes with remain? Not immediately but a closer union, reduction in veto power and the rest were coming. Just look at what has changed since the last referendum! Things were not changing for the better. We were effectively at an impasse, damned if we do, damned if we don't. Nothing was going to be the same whichever route we took.
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Nothing changes with remain? Not immediately but a closer union, reduction in veto power and the rest were coming. Just look at what has changed since the last referendum! Things were not changing for the better. We were effectively at an impasse, damned if we do, damned if we don't. Nothing was going to be the same whichever route we took.
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Went into the post office this morning to return some stuff and casually asked what exchange rate I can buy Euros at today.
1.06. Just as well I am holidaying in the UK next week.
1.06. Just as well I am holidaying in the UK next week.
Hard to see positives when you are in an echo chamber. The bleating Remainers will stop bleating and googling every person to lose a job whatever the reason as that won't matter as Brexit will be the cause of everything wrong ever whilst conveniently avoiding the positive news.
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Why did you go to the post office for currency?!
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In reality you'd get 1.17. Nobody sane basis currency decisions on the rate the post office offers over the counter
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I do hope you studied the risks of Brexit more than you did my post.
The diehards were often low skilled workers or their families and most of the current turmoil involves investment. They won't recognise the appeal until the job cuts and unemployment hit the headlines.
Not only that, but UK was among the fastest growing developed nations in the world, second only to Obama's USA. Growth was 2.5% average peaking at 3.5% (and would have been higher still if not for the uncertainty of the referendum and GE), so Cameron and Osborne have proven their credentials economics wise.
The choice was easy: predicted downturn VS second highest growth among Western countries. To me it was easy, but some evidently struggled...
Which UK exports are sufficiently price elastic as to benefit from a sustained increase as a result of the declining pound?
While in some ways you could say it had already come to it (though I disagree) - IMO there should have been an option (assuming people voted for it) whereby Cameron could have gone to the EU with a mandate from the nation for a better deal/restructuring of the EU or out as a package - much easier to play hard ball with the EU with the conscious collected vote of the British public in black and white behind it.
Most leavers are from now on. The campaigns on facebook to boycott any airline moving their AOC headquarters to Europe means they can't fly with anybody
Yes, but IIRC we import at least as much as we export.
Almost of computer related equipment, a lot of food, petrol, raw materials, even entertainment products both physical (we don't have any BD pressing plants for example), and digital.
Even a lot of our exports are reliant on parts or materials that are imported so if the pound stays weak we may get more for our exports but also be paying more for the materials to make many of them.
Correct. Where i used to work imported all its raw materials and exported very little final goods.
In my current industry of construction, material costs have already started shooting up and fuel is up almost every day (we buy in bulk from the refinery)
We import more than we export - which is why we have a trade deficit with the world.
But it's ok, we can make up the shortfall with 'sovereignty'.
Lol, you do not play hard ball with a drunkard sitting in the highest office in the EU.
Nor can you play hardball with 27 disparate nations whom all have their little voting groups and it becomes impossible to get any reform, because at least one of them wont agree.
But i thought it was a dictatorship where we didn't have a say?
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[TW]Fox;29759753 said:In reality you'd get 1.17. Nobody sane basis currency decisions on the rate the post office offers over the counter
Almost, 1.17 on the halifax clarity, but if you need physcial money, then the best notes are from post office online at 1.15.
Still terrible compared to where we were, and still sliding slowl against everything else except the euro. It falling also has helped the pound.
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