The thread for pointless arguments about Brexit

Spidernick

I was going to post not competing in that Eurovision Song Contest nonsense as a positive, but then I realised that won't be the case - shame!

wotsthat

mystic_trev wrote: »

It really doesn't bother me and I really can't understand why everyone's getting worked up about it? When the pounds weak Politicians tell us it's good for our Exports, when it's strong they say it shows how it shows Britain's got a strong Economy.

In February 1985 the pound was virtually par with the USD. Six years later in February 1991 they're were nearly two USD's to the pound. I

I did don't remember the sky falling in during that time!

Exports, at least in the near term, aren't going to increase. There aren't a bunch of exporters waiting to turn on the taps because sterling has weakened. Are they investing because weak sterling is a new paradigm or could it easily be $1.50 in a week? Brexit has added a new raft of uncertainty. Who are they going to sell all this stuff to?

There are queues of people trying to increase their prices. Commodity items will be increasing right now at an outlet near you - tuna, coffee, petrol, fruit.

The partisan shrug it off with exports should be cheaper, why don't businesses forward buy or hedge (like they know what they're talking about) or, my favourite, I thought it was going to happen anyway.

Conrad's third age of prosperity might be starting (he's promised for long enough) but there are some grim times times ahead for a lot of people with, in my view, limited upside. I feel bad, not really, but I hope some turkeys are going to wonder why they voted for Christmas.

Thrugelmir

wotsthat wrote: »

There are queues of people trying to increase their prices. Commodity items will be increasing right now at an outlet near you - tuna, coffee, petrol, fruit.

Far too simplistic. Commodities fluctuate in price anyway. Depending on the annual harvest. Also we should pay fair prices so that other people can live decent lives. The Brexit debate has highlighted what a self centred bunch we've all become.

mwpt

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Far too simplistic. Commodities fluctuate in price anyway. Depending on the annual harvest. Also we should pay fair prices so that other people can live decent lives. The Brexit debate has highlighted what a self centred bunch we've all become.

Ha ha. Tick!

wotsthat

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Far too simplistic. Commodities fluctuate in price anyway. Depending on the annual harvest. Also we should pay fair prices so that other people can live decent lives. The Brexit debate has highlighted what a self centred bunch we've all become.

The price of tuna in $ is unchanged this week.

The harvest hasn't failed this week.

We didn't decide this was a good week to help people have decent lives.

We haven't become any more or less self centred in the last week.

Spidernick

Methinks the OP is a little frustrated at how this thread is turning out, as the thread title has now been changed!

wotsthat

Sorry OP back on track.

Brexit has encouraged me to dust off the homebrew equipment. Clapton has also given me a nice turnip wine recipe to try.

michaels

wotsthat wrote: »

The price of tuna in $ is unchanged this week.

The harvest hasn't failed this week.

We didn't decide this was a good week to help people have decent lives.

We haven't become any more or less self centred in the last week.

Care to tell me how much of the price of a tin of tuna in Tesco's depends on the price of tuna on the world market in dollars? With a drop in the excahnge rate of what about 6% compared to what it was before the 'the vot eis lost' sterling rally how much will that add to a £1 tin - about 2p at most?

Plus of course in the longer term if we leave the customs union we can start paying world prices for our foods rather than he artificially increased prices due to the huge EU import tariffs, the GBP would have to fall an awful long way before removing those tariffs did not lead to a fall in food prices.

There seem to be an awful lot of scared 'Little Europeans' who are happy to hide behind high tariff walls, molleycoddled by a social protection safety blanket, terrified of being truly international. Of course it is nothing to do with the fact they are racist and only like to trade with white christian europeans rather than people who might have darker skins or different religions.

mwpt

wotsthat wrote: »

Sorry OP back on track.

Brexit has encouraged me to dust off the homebrew equipment. Clapton has also given me a nice turnip wine recipe to try.

Coincidentally I have a homebrew on the go at the moment. A couple more weeks till the keg is ready.

BobQ

stator wrote: »

No bad things allowed, there are plenty of threads about how we're all screwed economically. In this thread let's all be positive, shiny happy people :j

Everyone must post ONE positive thing about brexit. No sarcasm allowed.

Mine:

Websites can stop showing those annoying notices about "how we use cookies" every time you visit on every single website.

What has that to do with the EU?