View Poll Results: Brexit the aftermath, did the people of the UK vote correctly ?
Yes
43
40.95%
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53
50.48%
Not more bloody navel gazing for gawd sakes !!!
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Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
Oct 26th 2016 | 12:31 pm
#571
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
Beoz on brexit: "Just imagine if it didn't happen [a negative scenario after brexit] and the UK became the next Switzerland." 
One only has to look at your posts to see someone who is on cloud 9 whilst being oblivious to reality itself.
The Pound is about to hit its lowest level, at least in my lifetime (or possibly in history) - that pretty sums up the prospects on how this is going to affect us. Switzerland, LOL!
One only has to look at your posts to see someone who is on cloud 9 whilst being oblivious to reality itself.
The Pound is about to hit its lowest level, at least in my lifetime (or possibly in history) - that pretty sums up the prospects on how this is going to affect us. Switzerland, LOL!
You keep going on about currency. Sounds like there is a personal bitter pill there. Are you being crippled by you ability to pay for some bad habit in Oz with pounds? Perhaps that bad habit might be property?
Oct 26th 2016 | 2:58 pm
#572
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
They took down the petition to throw Scotland out of the UK
Petition started to throw Scotland out of the UK – #ThrowScotlandOut | Metro News
Petition started to throw Scotland out of the UK – #ThrowScotlandOut | Metro News
Oct 26th 2016 | 7:57 pm
#573
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
The 1999 Republic referendum had a 95.2% turnout the 2016 EU referendum had a 72.2% turnout.
Oct 26th 2016 | 8:07 pm
#574
Dunroaming back in UK
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From: Expat in Yorkshire now
Oct 26th 2016 | 9:49 pm
#575
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
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Oct 26th 2016 | 10:53 pm
#576
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
Oct 26th 2016 | 11:30 pm
#577
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
Nissan committing to Sunderland:
https://www.theguardian.com/business...els-in-britain
UK economy still growing, not strongly but not bad either:
https://www.theguardian.com/business...slowdown-fears
I wouldn't mind trying to get on to that new phosphate mine project in Yorkshire that's recently been given FID - the one that Gina Rinehart is backing (a good tip would be to back what she's backing, the woman knows her onions). 37kms of underground conveyors - now that's a project
https://www.theguardian.com/business...els-in-britain
UK economy still growing, not strongly but not bad either:
https://www.theguardian.com/business...slowdown-fears
I wouldn't mind trying to get on to that new phosphate mine project in Yorkshire that's recently been given FID - the one that Gina Rinehart is backing (a good tip would be to back what she's backing, the woman knows her onions). 37kms of underground conveyors - now that's a project
Oct 26th 2016 | 11:35 pm
#578
Daffyd Duck
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From: Paradise
Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
Oct 26th 2016 | 11:52 pm
#579
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
I laugh at the many on BE who fret about exchange rates and spout on with dire predictions and consequences when in reality, different points in the XR cycle favour different people/circumstances
It's all just basic economics and the way shit works
Oct 27th 2016 | 12:05 am
#580
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From: Scotland
Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
Nissan committing to Sunderland:
https://www.theguardian.com/business...els-in-britain
UK economy still growing, not strongly but not bad either:
https://www.theguardian.com/business...slowdown-fears
I wouldn't mind trying to get on to that new phosphate mine project in Yorkshire that's recently been given FID - the one that Gina Rinehart is backing (a good tip would be to back what she's backing, the woman knows her onions). 37kms of underground conveyors - now that's a project
https://www.theguardian.com/business...els-in-britain
UK economy still growing, not strongly but not bad either:
https://www.theguardian.com/business...slowdown-fears
I wouldn't mind trying to get on to that new phosphate mine project in Yorkshire that's recently been given FID - the one that Gina Rinehart is backing (a good tip would be to back what she's backing, the woman knows her onions). 37kms of underground conveyors - now that's a project
Nissan are going to produce the new models at Sunderland AFTER receiving assurances and grants from Theresa May post Brexit i.e. they would have stayed there and produced them without the financial incentives which had to be offered or they probably would have made the models in Portugal, their other EU base without the incentives. (hardly a triumph for Brexit)
Last edited by OzTennis; Oct 27th 2016 at 1:02 am.
Oct 27th 2016 | 2:56 am
#581
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
So you quote the Guardian when it suits you but when others do and it doesn't suit you, you go on a rant about left wing rags, don't believe them etc? Your right wing friend also says you should read between the lines.
Nissan are going to produce the new models at Sunderland AFTER receiving assurances and grants from Theresa May post Brexit i.e. they would have stayed there and produced them without the financial incentives which had to be offered or they probably would have made the models in Portugal, their other EU base without the incentives. (hardly a triumph for Brexit)
Nissan are going to produce the new models at Sunderland AFTER receiving assurances and grants from Theresa May post Brexit i.e. they would have stayed there and produced them without the financial incentives which had to be offered or they probably would have made the models in Portugal, their other EU base without the incentives. (hardly a triumph for Brexit)
The left-wing press has its place. It's fine on straight news stories, sport etc. It's when they write about politics, economics, history and the environment that the lies, half-truths, jealousy, bitterness and anti-western sentiment comes out
As for your post - another smoke and mirrors post from teach
Nothing new there then!
Oct 27th 2016 | 4:03 am
#582
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
Say you owned an airline and were buying new planes. Usually you have a choice of engine providers - Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney, GE. They all will have similar performance and any of them would be a viable choice. I would imagine that they all cost pretty much the same in USD terms, but now RR suddenly have an advantage. Their costs are mainly in GBP, so they can afford to sell their engines for less and still make good profits - a competitive advantage. Great news if you are a RR employee or shareholder or own a business/service provider in the Derby or Bristol areas. Not so good news if you are a GE employee in Connecticut
I laugh at the many on BE who fret about exchange rates and spout on with dire predictions and consequences when in reality, different points in the XR cycle favour different people/circumstances
It's all just basic economics and the way shit works
I laugh at the many on BE who fret about exchange rates and spout on with dire predictions and consequences when in reality, different points in the XR cycle favour different people/circumstances
It's all just basic economics and the way shit works
Rolls-Royce rolls out MTU South Africa’s upgraded facility in Cape Town
and the US
http://www.ibj.com/articles/60819-ro...e-juggling-act
A lot of companies moved manufacturing when the exchange rate was over $2 to the pound. that was only 10 years ago.
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Oct 27th 2016 | 7:42 am
#583
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
You really need to share with us the logic of that response as the last time it was this low was in the mid 80's. 
Plus I wasn't even writing about that but what will happen shortly when Theresa May(day) enacts Article 50 (since my lifetime goes beyond those years)...
Not at all. I ditched the Pound for the AUD to ride that wave at the time, before offloading everything into the USD when the Aussie Dollar was above parity. My only exposure right now remains in USD.
I hold no significant balance in GBP and certainly no property there. I do wonder whether I should set an automatic conversion rate to GBP to maybe catch a deal when the gov't pushes the self-destruct button. We might see similar volatility to when the Swiss Franc (albeit in the opposite direction) gave up it's fixed rate polity, where a currency makes a huge swing before making a decent-enough correction to cash in upon.
Plus I wasn't even writing about that but what will happen shortly when Theresa May(day) enacts Article 50 (since my lifetime goes beyond those years)...
I hold no significant balance in GBP and certainly no property there. I do wonder whether I should set an automatic conversion rate to GBP to maybe catch a deal when the gov't pushes the self-destruct button. We might see similar volatility to when the Swiss Franc (albeit in the opposite direction) gave up it's fixed rate polity, where a currency makes a huge swing before making a decent-enough correction to cash in upon.
Oct 27th 2016 | 8:21 am
#584
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
You really need to share with us the logic of that response as the last time it was this low was in the mid 80's.
Plus I wasn't even writing about that but what will happen shortly when Theresa May(day) enacts Article 50 (since my lifetime goes beyond those years)...
Not at all. I ditched the Pound for the AUD to ride that wave at the time, before offloading everything into the USD when the Aussie Dollar was above parity. My only exposure right now remains in USD.
I hold no significant balance in GBP and certainly no property there. I do wonder whether I should set an automatic conversion rate to GBP to maybe catch a deal when the gov't pushes the self-destruct button. We might see similar volatility to when the Swiss Franc (albeit in the opposite direction) gave up it's fixed rate polity, where a currency makes a huge swing before making a decent-enough correction to cash in upon.
Plus I wasn't even writing about that but what will happen shortly when Theresa May(day) enacts Article 50 (since my lifetime goes beyond those years)...
Not at all. I ditched the Pound for the AUD to ride that wave at the time, before offloading everything into the USD when the Aussie Dollar was above parity. My only exposure right now remains in USD.
I hold no significant balance in GBP and certainly no property there. I do wonder whether I should set an automatic conversion rate to GBP to maybe catch a deal when the gov't pushes the self-destruct button. We might see similar volatility to when the Swiss Franc (albeit in the opposite direction) gave up it's fixed rate polity, where a currency makes a huge swing before making a decent-enough correction to cash in upon.
Oct 27th 2016 | 11:25 am
#585
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Re: Did the UK do the right thing in voting to leave the E.U.
that would all be true if RR didn't assemble their engines in SA
Rolls-Royce rolls out MTU South Africa’s upgraded facility in Cape Town
and the US
Rolls-Royce's $400M modernization is massive juggling act | 2016-10-15 | Indianapolis Business Journal | IBJ.com
A lot of companies moved manufacturing when the exchange rate was over $2 to the pound. that was only 10 years ago.
Rolls-Royce rolls out MTU South Africa’s upgraded facility in Cape Town
and the US
Rolls-Royce's $400M modernization is massive juggling act | 2016-10-15 | Indianapolis Business Journal | IBJ.com
A lot of companies moved manufacturing when the exchange rate was over $2 to the pound. that was only 10 years ago.
The bulk of RR's manufacturing is still in the UK
