Barrymagrec
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They were not idiots at all: they got what they wanted. Everyone else will pay the price.
Let us see how much damage a Govt can cause in 5 years. But it is 'OK because we can vote them out'.
"We" didn`t last time......
They were not idiots at all: they got what they wanted. Everyone else will pay the price.
Let us see how much damage a Govt can cause in 5 years. But it is 'OK because we can vote them out'.
What we predicted exactly, unfortunately. The people who sold Brexit to the British were idiots. The British were fooled. A disaster.
Inflation now baked into the U.K. economy thanks to Brexit as the @rse falls out of the pound:
FT: “Trend hinges on departure from single market”-
My goodness, hadn't noticed that. I checked the rates and the pound is down to 1.16 Swiss francs. Better get in my Amazon.uk orders quickly...
They were not idiots at all: they got what they wanted. Everyone else will pay the price.
Let us see how much damage a Govt can cause in 5 years. But it is 'OK because we can vote them out'.
Nor the time before that, the time before that when the warning signs were clear, nor the time before that."We" didn`t last time......
All the easier to do the arithmetic in your head…hey, a benefit!Why rush? It will be down to parity before too long!
I noticed that, for a brief period, the Euro was actually below parity with the Swiss franc.Why rush? It will be down to parity before too long!
For objectivity - the Euro also seems to be heading for parity with the dollar - 0.96 euro = 1 USD last time I looked.
Supposedly due to pending (or perhaps possibly even actual by the stage) increase rate rises by the Fed in the US.
Yes, Patten certainly lacks the wisdom, sense of public service and honesty exemplified by your preferred EU opinion formers in the party.
just how low are you prepared to go?
Disappointing from Starmer. He is going after the 5-10% swing who just love a Brexit in the hope it gets him elected. I understand the despair often expressed here.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0704/1308262-uk-labour/
Yes the Labour position is an inadequate response and a risible attempt to cover off a group that was never anywhere near his majority support and can only get smaller as more damage is done. There you have it in a nutshell, we are so fvcked. He doesn't have to 'reverse Brexit'. What is needed though are progressive future agreements and a more positive connection to the EU that limits or reverses some of the most absurd self harm.
The Brexit zealots are never going to vote for him. There are times when leadership means you have to admit the country has been directed badly and point to the consequences rather than pretend they are not happening, or that they could somehow 'happen better'.
I noticed that, for a brief period, the Euro was actually below parity with the Swiss franc.
Do you notice something quite striking in the piece? Starmer talks about making the Northern Ireland Protocol work to “get a better deal for the British people”. He doesn’t even feel it necessary to refer once to the views of the democratic majority in Northern Ireland. It’s precisely the same cynical nonsense both be and Johnson are pulling on voters in Scotland where even if they pooled all the votes for both their parties, they still couldn’t meet the SNP’s majority.Disappointing from Starmer. He is going after the 5-10% swing who just love a Brexit in the hope it gets him elected. I understand the despair often expressed here.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0704/1308262-uk-labour/
The Dirty Half Dozen.Christ on a bike, you only have to look at them to know that Brexit was a bad idea.
When I bought my Rolex GMT-Master in December 1975, it cost me under $AU300, as there were then 3 Swiss francs to the Australian Dollar (yes! A GMT-Master cost 800 and something francs!). Now it's somewhere around 0.60 Swiss francs to the $AU.First time I went Switzerland there were 10 Swiss Francs to the Pound....
The following year 8....
Do you notice something quite striking in the piece? Starmer talks about making the Northern Ireland Protocol work to “get a better deal for the British people”. He doesn’t even feel it necessary to refer once to the views of the democratic majority in Northern Ireland. It’s precisely the same cynical nonsense both be and Johnson are pulling on voters in Scotland where even if they pooled all the votes for both their parties, they still couldn’t meet the SNP’s majority.
Everything Johnson and Starmer do is strictly dictated by their appeal to voters within England. No one can vote for them in N.Ireland and virtually no one will vote for them in Scotland.