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If we vote for Brexit what happens

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  • cells
    cells Posts: 5,246 Forumite
    Conrad wrote: »
    The Tiger has been thrown the red meat of Brexit, whilst the timid bureaucrats in Brussels nibble one another's nipples.

    ROARRRRrrrr...



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  • Conrad
    Conrad Posts: 33,137 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Herzlos wrote: »


    You don't need to. We know we'll have no issue with using WTO terms. It's just a worse deal than EU free trade terms, and we still don't get to make any of the decisions.

    Our.
    Trade.
    With.
    Europe.
    Won't.
    Stop.

    It'll just get worse :j


    Nope, freedom will boost trade, just you watch.
    We will collect double the tariff value on EU's exports to us.


    So much terror for so insignificant a change, all will be well.
  • cells
    cells Posts: 5,246 Forumite
    Conrad wrote: »
    So much terror for so insignificant a change, all will be well.


    Do you accept that without the young migrants diluting the retired to working ratio it means we ourselves are going to need to work longer and collect pensions later? And that the NHS is going to have to cut back on services as it too is fundamentally dependent on the ratio of working to old. All relative to what it would otherwise have been

    It surely isn't the end of the world but I wonder how many old folk knew they were ticking the 'I want to work two extra years for no additional pay' box?
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    cells wrote: »
    Do you accept that without the young migrants diluting the retired to working ratio it means we ourselves are going to need to work longer and collect pensions later? And that the NHS is going to have to cut back on services as it too is fundamentally dependent on the ratio of working to old. All relative to what it would otherwise have been

    It surely isn't the end of the world but I wonder how many old folk knew they were ticking the 'I want to work two extra years for no additional pay' box?

    there is no necessary correlation between the ratio of working to retired and NHS funding : the funding is a political decision.

    I wounder how many 'remainers' realised they were voting for ever worsening housing, longer journey to work times, less free time with friends and family all for no additional pay, when they ticked the box.
  • cells
    cells Posts: 5,246 Forumite
    CLAPTON wrote: »
    there is no necessary correlation between the ratio of working to retired and NHS funding : the funding is a political decision.

    so if everyone aged 65 and under left tomorrow or died, those who remain all aged 66+ it would just be a political decision to fund the NHS at its current level or not?
  • cells
    cells Posts: 5,246 Forumite
    CLAPTON wrote: »
    I wounder how many 'remainers' realised they were voting for ever worsening housing, longer journey to work times, less free time with friends and family all for no additional pay, when they ticked the box.


    I suspect the 70-80% of people who dont live in London and the SE probably looked at the price of homes and concluded that they are cheaper today than they were 10 years ago in real terms plus they have a bonus of mortgages at 1-2% instead of 5-6% and thought Id rather not have my retirement age increased from 65 to 70 so some Londoner can decide to live in a dense highly populated city and still expect clear roads
  • Conrad
    Conrad Posts: 33,137 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/property-market-offices-brexit-uk-real-estate-a7366936.html


    Allsop, Britain's biggest auctioneer, achieved its biggest sale volume in a decade at a sale on 10 October. Rival Acuitus on 13 October recorded its largest-ever auction since spinning out of Jones Lang LaSalle in 2010


    Demand is now soaring, reversing the trend that saw billions rapidly pulled out of commercial property funds just after the referendum
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    cells wrote: »
    I suspect the 70-80% of people who dont live in London and the SE probably looked at the price of homes and concluded that they are cheaper today than they were 10 years ago in real terms plus they have a bonus of mortgages at 1-2% instead of 5-6% and thought Id rather not have my retirement age increased from 65 to 70 so some Londoner can decide to live in a dense highly populated city and still expect clear roads

    London and the SE produce most of the wealth which enable to fruitful live of those that live elsewhere.
    they also recognise the large infrastructure costs and the long lead lead times to realise improvements.
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    MPs ‘very likely’ to have vote on final Brexit deal

    Markets interpret government lawyer’s statement as reducing risk of a ‘hard’ UK exit from EU
    MPs will “very likely” be able to vote on the final Brexit deal, a lawyer for the government has said, in a statement that financial markets interpreted as reducing the risk of a “hard” Brexit.
    Theresa May has refused to allow parliament a vote on the decision to invoke Article 50, the EU exit clause, which she has said will take place by next March. But James Eadie QC told the High Court on Tuesday that the government’s view was that any deal negotiated under Article 50 would be subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
    “Almost all treaties are subject to ratification,” he told the court.
    Sterling had risen nearly 1 per cent against the dollar by midday London time, buoyed partly by the news.

    https://www.ft.com/content/2bd85650-9523-11e6-a1dc-bdf38d484582
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    CLAPTON wrote: »
    London and the SE produce most of the wealth which enable to fruitful live of those that live elsewhere.

    Thanks CLAPTON.
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