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If we vote for Brexit what happens

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  • Daniel54
    Daniel54 Posts: 842 Forumite
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    baza52 wrote: »
    Ok, No I'm not a retro housewife.
    Your turn.

    Thanks for the answer - it's just that you sound like my 90 year old mum,who was a 1950s housewife
  • cells
    cells Posts: 5,246 Forumite
    baza52 wrote: »
    I think within our lifetime is a good start.

    Your changing your tune Mr Baza

    Yes within our lifetime is a good start but we have people of 100 years old to 100 months old and both groups will have different cultures and norms. Which is the one we must all follow?

    Back to what I was saying. The UK has many cultures and sub cultures which are all always in flux. The idea of picking one and forcing it on everyone is just silly. If we must I vote for pagonism as it was here first and what was here first should always be preserved...
  • baza52
    baza52 Posts: 3,029 Forumite
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    pagonism or paganism?

    Paganism is a term that arose among the Christian community of southern Europe during late antiquity to describe religions other than their own, Judaism, or Islam – the three Abrahamic religions.
  • SingleSue
    SingleSue Posts: 11,718 Forumite
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    edited 29 June 2016 at 12:41AM
    kinger101 wrote: »
    In my experience, there aren't that many EU students around anymore, as their home country (or another EU country) is likely to be much cheaper. The exceptions might by Oxbridge.

    Certainly not the experience of both of my sons who are at university, they are studying and living with many EU students, for example, in the first year, my eldest son was sharing a flat with 3 from Italy and one from France last year sharing with students from Italy, Poland and Hungary and this year, Hungary, Germany, Italy and Poland (all different people rather than the same people being repeated)

    Edit - They both love it too! They see it as a positive thing rather than negative before anyone thinks I or they were complaining about it.
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
    Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.
  • baza52
    baza52 Posts: 3,029 Forumite
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    edited 29 June 2016 at 12:37AM
    cells wrote: »
    Yes I know all about council homes. My local area of inner east London was well over 50% council homes and still is over 50% and the waiting list is never ending.

    We really need it to go to 100% council homes comrade that's the solution.
    are you sure they are council houses.
    Housing associations took them overs years ago.

    Just under 8% of us now live in council housing; in 1979, the figure was 42%.

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/04/end-of-council-housing-bill-secure-tenancies-pay-to-stay
  • baza52
    baza52 Posts: 3,029 Forumite
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    http://news.sky.com/story/1718885/pm-blames-brexit-on-immigration-concerns

    Has he just realised this.
    I could have told him that months ago.
    They should have listened to the public a long time ago rather than keep telling us it was under control.
    You can only pull the wool over people eyes for so long before they react.
    The OUT vote proves that this was one of the main issues yet nothing was done about it.

    Perhaps Cameron will prove us all wrong and take one of those low paid zero hours contract jobs that the Europeans are doing because the British are too lazy.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    GBP USD FX (aka cable) graph taken at 1am BST yesterday. It shows Cable from Thursday night your time:

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    Idiots.
  • baza52
    baza52 Posts: 3,029 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    GBP USD FX (aka cable) graph taken at 1am BST yesterday. It shows Cable from Thursday night your time:

    13509020_10208341704354751_7307818663738313811_n.jpg?oh=05b18da1695031083c7f1f528acabaa3&oe=57E9C5AE

    Idiots.

    I don't think anyone expected the currency to rise sky high did they.
    Blame the traders for the currency fall, they never thought brexit would happen or planned for it.

    Its long term that matters, the vote wasn't even a week ago.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    baza52 wrote: »
    I don't think anyone expected the currency to rise sky high did they.
    Blame the traders for the currency fall, they never thought brexit would happen or planned for it.

    Something is worth what someone will buy it for and is prepared to sell it for. As a result of the Brexit vote the Pound has become a lot less valuable. The fault lies with the idiots that voted Leave.
    baza52 wrote: »
    Its long term that matters.

    Correct. This is just the beginning. Next come the rest of the downgrades. Then comes the recession as Foreign Direct Investment (volatile but generally about 3% of GDP) goes from 3% of GDP to 0% of GDP.
  • baza52
    baza52 Posts: 3,029 Forumite
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    not bothered.
    A pint in my local still costs the same.

    Perhaps all those countries we have sent money to over the years will send us a few quid to balance the books.
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