Is it ethical?

Filo25

CLAPTON wrote: »

If that were the case then that would be a betrayal of the electorate they would deserve to be thrown out of office for ever.

However as the ruling class, big business, the rich and powerful and the majority of parliament and of government are 'remain' it will be interesting to see if they also betray the electorates decision and simply corruptly ignore the result.

Well the mandate of the referendum is just to leave the EU, it says nothing about joining EFTA or anything else.

Anyway, I'm sure if they do vote to join EFTA, PM Boris would be quietly delighted to have them do something he would have wanted to do himself, but had his hands tied by the campaign, and a handy scapegoat as well.

I'd actually almost rather the pro-Remain MPs just abstained, and didn't allow themselves to be scapegoated, let the pro-Brexit MPs sort out their own mess.

CLAPTON

Filo25 wrote: »

Well the mandate of the referendum is just to leave the EU, it says nothing about joining EFTA or anything else.

Anyway, I'm sure if they do vote to join EFTA, PM Boris would be quietly delighted to have them do something he would have wanted to do himself, but had his hands tied by the campaign, and a handy scapegoat as well.

I'd actually almost rather the pro-Remain MPs just abstained, and didn't allow themselves to be scapegoated, let the pro-Brexit MPs sort out their own mess.

if brexit, the major issue will be control of immigration: most of the voters haven't a clue about EFTA etc.

mwpt

Filo25 wrote: »

Well the mandate of the referendum is just to leave the EU, it says nothing about joining EFTA or anything else.

This is one of the problems with the referendum. The IN vote is largely consolidated. We would vote to maintain roughly the status quo. However, the OUT vote consists of a variety of differing opinions. So people voting OUT in order to end immigration are not going to get what they voted for. They may say they can change governments in the future but that has always been true and we still have not halted non-EU immigration. Some OUT voters are less concerned about that and want something different, I guess. But they all get lumped in together and none of them may be getting what they actually think they're voting for. The concept is flawed IMO.

wotsthat

Generali wrote: »

We see it as the biggest investment risk out there and a huge negative for UK stocks and the pound. As a result we are underweight both.

It's fairly obvious the markets agree with you.

No markets like uncertainty but if Brexit was going to be so great then as the odds of a Brexit shortened I'd expect sterling and stock markets to be volatile in a generally upward direction as investors look forward to the good times starting June 24th.

gfplux

If I were working I would be rather worried that my employer had NOT considered the impact of Brexit on the business and had not told me the potential negative or benefit of the result.

I have made my own plans in case of Brexit. Why would not my employer?

Thrugelmir

wotsthat wrote: »

It's fairly obvious the markets agree with you.

No markets like uncertainty but if Brexit was going to be so great then as the odds of a Brexit shortened I'd expect sterling and stock markets to be volatile in a generally upward direction as investors look forward to the good times starting June 24th.

Markets are increasingly volatile. Been plenty of disappointing Company news this year so far. Linking everything to the referendum is somewhat disingenuous. In that there's already storm clouds on the horizon yet people are blind to them. Shows the very short sighted nature of the discussion.

PixelPound

What would/wouldn't be acceptable.

Dear Colleagues,
The Pay Reward Review is due out this month, but we are holding out for another month to allow us to assess the outcome of the forthcoming EU referendum. At this stage we can say that should the country vote to Remain then there will be a 3% pay raise for all employees. Should however the country vote to Leave then there will be a pay freeze for a year to allow us to assess whether we can afford to give any or even if we need to reduce our workforce post Brexit. We hope this helps you decide on your way to the polling station.
Yours sincerely,

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CLAPTON

nic_c wrote: »

What would/wouldn't be acceptable.

surely to be fair and balanced , they would add a bit about the consequences for the business of WW3 and the european (Tusk) view

Donald Tusk: Brexit could destroy Western political civilisation

StevieJ

CLAPTON wrote: »

by definition group think will exclude independent thinkers.

even so I am surprised you truely think the biggest risk to the world economy is brexit : I would say unfinished banking business is a much larger risk.

I'm very content that I followed my own advice and sold 95% of my portfolio last year.

Ahh now I understand :T Did you move it into USD?

StevieJ

Filo25 wrote: »

Well the mandate of the referendum is just to leave the EU, it says nothing about joining EFTA or anything else.

Anyway, I'm sure if they do vote to join EFTA, PM Boris would be quietly delighted to have them do something he would have wanted to do himself, but had his hands tied by the campaign, and a handy scapegoat as well.

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I didn't realise that Boris was of Turkish origin, makes sense why he was so keen on them joining the EU now