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If we vote for Brexit what happens

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  • Grenage
    Grenage Posts: 3,217 Forumite
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    Crashy_Time wrote: »
    That`s a joke I take it?

    No, I am pretty sure it was part of the conservative manifesto.
  • Thrugelmir
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    gfplux wrote: »
    Creating a hard border could reignite those tensions.

    Totally impractical though. Hence the current agreement.

    From the UK perspective with exchange rates the way they are. A boom for NI trade activity.
  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    Grenage wrote: »
    No, I am pretty sure it was part of the conservative manifesto.


    Yes, what I mean is we knew there was going to be referendum, but the Remain result was considered nailed on by MSM and pundits right up until the Sunderland/Newcastle results started coming in, and many pundits on here thought Remain was a done deal. David Cameron probably expected to get a Remain result and carry on as PM.
  • Grenage
    Grenage Posts: 3,217 Forumite
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    Yes, I think most people were genuinely surprised when the leave vote came out on top.
  • BobQ
    BobQ Posts: 11,181 Forumite
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    Rinoa wrote: »
    The point is all the post-brexit predictions of the 'experts' - including many on here, are looking embarrassingly incorrect.

    So far.......:)
    Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    BobQ wrote: »
    So far.......:)

    Brexit won't be news of the day for ever. There'll be something else. Always is.
  • BobQ
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    Rinoa wrote: »
    The point is all the post-brexit predictions of the 'experts' - including many on here, are looking embarrassingly incorrect.

    In what respect? The OBR forecast in March 2016 was that GDP Growth in 2017 would be over 2%. The forecast now is significatly less at 1.3%.

    When you say the experts were wrong, HM Treasury never said it would be negative growth. It said that by 2030 GDP would be up to 6% lower than it would have been had we remained. You are crowing over a figure that is a sizeable contribution to that 6% in one year.

    Do explain!
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  • BobQ
    BobQ Posts: 11,181 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Totally impractical though. Hence the current agreement.

    From the UK perspective with exchange rates the way they are. A boom for NI trade activity.

    It would be like putting a border between Sweden and Norway. Might work on the main highway but quietly ignored in all the country roads.
    Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
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  • Rinoa
    Rinoa Posts: 2,701 Forumite
    BobQ wrote: »
    In what respect? The OBR forecast in March 2016 was that GDP Growth in 2017 would be over 2%. The forecast now is significatly less at 1.3%.

    When you say the experts were wrong, HM Treasury never said it would be negative growth. It said that by 2030 GDP would be up to 6% lower than it would have been had we remained. You are crowing over a figure that is a sizeable contribution to that 6% in one year.

    Do explain!

    I don't believe the OBR made a prediction assuming brexit. Those that did are now backtracking.

    I've already mentioned I'm mainly focusing on what can be measured right now ie ftse and pound. Neither fell as forecast.
    If I don't reply to your post,
    you're probably on my ignore list.
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