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Leave or Remain?
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I knew I could rely on you to come up with a suitably irrelevant reply!
Let's take this back to basics John Marwood why, in simple terms (so I can understand), do we need to be a part of the EU?
tek-monkey
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Can't go around doing u-turns all the time, that makes you look like a right nobber!
tek-monkey
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We benefited from it financially, our currency was worth 15% more when we were part of it?
That could be a short term dip, the FTSE has never been higher!
tek-monkey
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Not really sure how a high FTSE helps me though? Plus its measured in GBP, is it 15% higher?
EDIT: Aren't we now the worst performing economy in the G7?
John Marwood
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Footnote
The FTSE 100 has little to do with the economy of the UK and NI
It reflects the global economy
The FTSE 100 has little to do with the economy of the UK and NI
It reflects the global economy
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
tek-monkey
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They should give us the wine and cheese, but we shouldn't have to share our beans. That's how brexit works yeah?
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Brexit
I've always presumed meant Br - Britain, exit - leave, Europe
But Britain or Great Britain is not a country
So ...
It cant
It means Brexit...
which in turn is of course, absolutely meaningless
Kin
I've always presumed meant Br - Britain, exit - leave, Europe
But Britain or Great Britain is not a country
So ...
It cant
It means Brexit...
which in turn is of course, absolutely meaningless
Kin
The FTSE 100 is a general indication of how well the top companies are doing, on the whole when the FTSE is up most companies are up.
My pension is linked to the stock market as are most peoples not lucky enough to be in a final salary scheme and my pension has gone up in value over the last year by over 20%.
With the derisory interest rates being offered to savers my father has invested in a share based ISA and that is doing very nicely as well.
I think you will find that the stock market doing well affects more people than you think.
That's fine, keep it simple and in bullet points so it is easier to answer.
tek-monkey
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If you'd just purchased USD you'd have had a similar return, or any investment away from the GBP really? Also if our currency recovers won't the share prices drop accordingly?
Don't know anyone in a final salary pension scheme, only MPs are allowed those nowadays!
I actually agree with you on this one Brexit is a stupid term.
I don't have that option as all my pensions are in collective investments.
Believe it or not there are still a lot of people in final salary schemes, nurses, teachers and of course council staff!
tek-monkey
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I beg to differ on at least the teachers, they were moved to average salary a while ago. Thats what makes the pay cap even more galling, the longer it is in place the lower everyone's pensions will be. Couldn't comment on the others but I thought the LGPS had moved completely to average salary in 60ths?
John Marwood
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People voted leave for 2 reasons
1 As a means to end Immigration
2 As a protest
3 Stupidity
You can't have voted leave to improve anything at all to do with anything financial
because it's impossible
You did say simple
I can work up from photos to diagrams next when you're ready
Footnote
Anyone over 39 needn't worry about GB&NIEXIT
It'll take soooooooo long
Withnail
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None of this makes any sense...
If we were to 'withdraw from withdrawing', would it not obviate any need to re-negotiate anything?
If the people of Scotland had voted to 'leave the UK', then thought better of it within the kind of time scale we might envisage re. Article 50, then yes, i can quite clearly imagine what would have happened. A bad idea would've been rescinded, were it the 'will of the people' to do so. It's a lot more easy to just not do something, than it is to do it and then undo it. Are you suggesting that there would be an hugely popular outcry within England to oppose such a renegement?
If you don't think our politicians are likely to 'properly' deliver the outcome you would have wished for, why on earth would you stress any kind of necessity for them to 'get on with it'?
Je suis confused?
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