Referendum: which way are you voting?

guiriman

Leave

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

I take it that included the limousine to pick you up at Dublin and drive you home, with the champagne on tap. And the cigars.

Erm, no. Waited outside and got the Ulsterbus.

qwert_yuiop

guiriman wrote: »

Erm, no. Waited outside and got the Ulsterbus.

So where'd the £1000 go?

guiriman

Leave

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

So where'd the £1000 go?

It would have cost £1,000 more to fly to Belfast than to Dublin, so I got the flight to Dublin. £18 of the £1,000 went on a bus fare, I guess the rest is somewhere in the company's profits.

RikM

Remain

So nothing to do with the APD, then?

guiriman

Leave

No idea, doesn't sound credible that there's that much of a difference in the price of the fare alone though

qwert_yuiop

The tax is pretty much irrelevant at that level. Bizarre pricing is pretty common in air tickets in my experience. I remember checking the price of a flight to Auckland via Sydney with Qantas and air New Zealand. The route as far as Sydney was dearer than the whole trip to Auckland.

qwert_yuiop

Looks like our poll here was more reliable than the American ones.

qwert_yuiop

x12yhp wrote: »

Oh come on!!!!!

The turbulence exists because the UK voted for brexit. The uncertainty exists because the UK voted for brexit. If the idea of leaving the EU had never been raised, if the UK population had never voted in favour of it, sterling would be dramatically stronger and we would not be suffering the results of uncertainty.

This is all down to the vote to leave. You can argue whatever you like but, had we remained, none of this would be happening. That means that everyone who voted to leave has to take partial responsibility at this point.

As for the future - sorry but the world doesn't agree with you yet. I don't disagree but I cannot agree. What evidence do you have that we will be better off?

Look at it this way, the current experience should make it clear to everyone that, if there is an opportunity to profit, currency speculators will take it. Right? So, that being the case, anyone who truly believe the UK will start to thrive any time soon would be piling their dollars or euros into sterling. They would know that it won't be long until the UK goes from strength to strength, the pound will strengthen and their newly purchased pounds will soar in value. Simple economics. But... have you heard of anyone doing that? Oddly enough, I haven't either. The reason is simple, no sensible investor can claim to have enough information to put a bet on the UK 'doing good' anytime soon. That is not to say it will not happen, but the market (which is driven by people who know a damn lot more than you do) is still pointing towards further pain and no forseeable improvement.

Frankly, I am going to give up posting on this topic as I feel like blood will soon be drawn from all this banging of my head against the wall.

How's it going now the euro is back down to 86p? Regrets, I have a few...I should have changed more euro into sterling.

tara747

Remain

Tammykitty wrote: »

It may only be 90 minutes from Belfast Int (or actually 2 hours), but from Derry it is nearer 3 hours away, Aldergrove serves well as a regional airport, its a good location, and as someone who lives probably about the same distance from both, I fly from it when I can, its a much easier airport to negotiate.


And when flying on business (Like a lot of those using the Newark flight), the extra few hours make a massive difference. The extra 3-4 hours to get to and from the airport, the extra time negotiating Dublin airport (which is very slow).


Keeping the route and subsidizing it, was a good decision, as given the coming reduction in corporation tax, we are trying to attract business here instead of Great Britain or Southern Ireland - this is just another reason for a multinational to locate in the South instead of the North.


The State Aid rules are a major downside to the EU, a country should be allowed to make a decision like this if it chooses to do so.

So, giving money to the EU and getting economic benefits in return = bad... but giving money to a foreign-owned private company and getting economic benefits in return = good????


The subsidy was a nonsense, and the EC has called out the DUP on their lies. Awkward!


http://www.irishnews.com/business/2016/11/08/news/european-commission-we-didn-t-block-united-airlines-flight--775805/

Mistral001

Here's a thought. Since RoI's official national language is Irish, when the UK leaves what official role will English have within the EU?