The thread for pointless arguments about Brexit

CLAPTON

gfplux wrote: »

For those who think fuel should go up or not.

Anyone buying and selling goods bought not in sterling hedges the currency.
That means buying the currency at the time of order to fix margins based on the final selling price.
So the change in £/$ will not effect the price at the pump now as the dollars were bought some time ago to pay for the fuel.
However contracts being placed today for fuel (I was in the shoe business so the same applied) the dollars will be bought at today's rate for delivery in a few months to pay when the goods are delivered.
The company will take a "view" as when to cover the currency. They might wait a few days or longer.
Some company's have internal rules that say a buyer/salesman MUST cover the currency within 6 or 24 hours of the contract being placed.
Some company's even have that rule but the "treasury" department may have their own profit centre where they buy and sell currency independently form the buying and selling of goods.

the economic is basically unchanged : except that a time lag is built in by foreward buying

HornetSaver

Brexit will make it easier for legal action to be taken against overt racists.

No sarcasm intended.

Conrad

My pointless point is to relay what happened to a couple I know that we're in Rhodes when the result came in. They said all the Greeks were comming up to them in admiration high diving them for Britains gutsy decision

A far cry from the liberal chatterati myth that were a laughing stock

Kohoutek

In Denmark, support for the EU surges following Brexit:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-membership-support-surges-in-denmark-after-brexit-vote-a7120271.html

Denmark’s support for remaining in the European Union has risen sharply since the UK voted to leave, countering fears the Scandinavian nation might be the next country to hold a referendum.

A total of 69 per cent of Danish people now endorse the country’s membership of the union, according to a Voxmeter poll - up 10 per cent from the week leading up to the Brexit vote.

Meanwhile, the number of people demanding a similar referendum has dropped from 41 per cent to 32 per cent, as Europe began to feel the impact of Britain’s decision.

Spidernick

Conrad wrote: »

My pointless point is to relay what happened to a couple I know that we're in Rhodes when the result came in. They said all the Greeks were comming up to them in admiration high diving them for Britains gutsy decision

A far cry from the liberal chatterati myth that were a laughing stock

I concur!

gfplux

Kohoutek wrote: »

In Denmark, support for the EU surges following Brexit:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-membership-support-surges-in-denmark-after-brexit-vote-a7120271.html

I think that the SHOCK other country's felt when the UK unexpectedly voted out has made many many people in othe Country's recognise that although not perfect the EU is the best they have.

Thrugelmir

gfplux wrote: »

I think that the SHOCK other country's felt when the UK unexpectedly voted out has made many many people in othe Country's recognise that although not perfect the EU is the best they have.

Why not ask them. Speculation regarding the UK was totally wrong.

chucknorris

mwpt wrote: »

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

I keep catching myself getting curious about doing this, when I was younger my father used to brew wine and beer and it was mostly very good. I keep thinking that I might (as a complete novice) be able to eventually brew a decent ale. I would see it more of a quest for perfection, and also an excuse to invite friends over, rather than a way to get drunk regularly. But I accept that might actually end up as being the reality, I think that's what is holding me back.

Joestock

mwpt wrote: »

I think this is getting a bit tiresome Yolina.

I voted remain and think the leave vote was misinformed and a bad choice. Like you, I am an immigrant on an EU passport and London has been my home for 14 years (more or less, I've worked in other countries during that period). I have no immediate intention to leave unless better opportunities arise elsewhere and/or my sector (finance tech) takes a plunge.

I am critical of the leave campaign and some of the voters but please rethink the sort of stuff you're posting, it does come across as very bitter.

I fear you have a false impression of what the UK is about and what it stands for by residing in London's rat race for the last 14 years where all emphasis is on making money, money, money.

chucknorris

Joestock wrote: »

I fear you have a false impression of what the UK is about and what it stands for by residing in London's rat race for the last 14 years where all emphasis is on making money, money, money.

I fear that you have a false impression of London, although I'm a northerner (but now live in Surrey) I lived in London for 15 years, I suspect London is many things to many people, you can’t possibly capture it all in one sentence, or one label (such as ‘money’). Sure I made money, but you don't have to actually live in London to make the money. London for me was more about career progression, that isn't entirely the same as making money, for me it is more about being the best that you can at something (although more money is a nice bonus of course). What I really liked about London was the career progression, huge choice of restaurants at your doorstep and being near all the friends that I made along the way. I did eventually get fed up with London, but that was more to do with me craving other things, nowadays I much prefer rural life to city life.