Brexit, The Economy and House Prices (Part 2)

always_sunny

kabayiri wrote: »

Did you know that in certain parts of mainland Europe, you can insure different parts of your car to different levels with different providers?

It's a right old pain to code for.

Makes our insurers look a model of efficiency

With the amount the charge in the UK I would not be so proud of insurer!

Arklight

Brexit ultimately depends on the type of world you want to be a part of. Leavers want to return to the 1950s, Remainers do not, and don't believe that's in any way possible.


As 2% of Leave voters have died of old age since the referendum one would imagine that Remain will carry the day in the end.

cogito

Arklight wrote: »

As 2% of Leave voters have died of old age since the referendum one would imagine that Remain will carry the day in the end.

Oh no, not again. How many times do I have to post this link showing age demographics of people who voted in the referendum?

http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2016/06/how-the-united-kingdom-voted-and-why/

Fact. Young people are in favour of the EU. As they get older, they change their minds.

Herzlos

The thing is that the vote was so close it could go any way on any number of re-runs based on all sorts of factors. It can only be regarded as inconclusive.

cogito wrote: »

As they get older, they change their minds.

How do you come to that conclusion? Because older people are more likely to be on the leave side?

Thrugelmir

Herzlos wrote: »

How do you come to that conclusion? Because older people are more likely to be on the leave side?

The older one gets the more conservative (small c) one becomes.

Malthusian

Arklight wrote: »

As 2% of Leave voters have died of old age since the referendum one would imagine that Remain will carry the day in the end.

As 50% of Remain voters have by now moved to Ireland or France (assuming all those people in my Facebook feed weren't lying, and I have no reason to doubt their sincerity), Leave will win by a landslide.

Herzlos

Thrugelmir wrote: »

The older one gets the more conservative (small c) one becomes.

And how does that compare with their stance on the EU?

cogito

:money:

ilovehouses wrote: »

If you were saying people get a bit more right wing as they age I think you could get away with that sort of generalisation but we don't know if people change their minds on the EU as they age. Maybe it's the case but there isn't enough data to support it being declared a fact - it's an assertion.

Just like Arklight made an assertion at #1259?

Herzlos

Malthusian wrote: »

As 50% of Remain voters have by now moved to Ireland or France (assuming all those people in my Facebook feed weren't lying, and I have no reason to doubt their sincerity), Leave will win by a landslide.

Fair point. Maybe we've moved even further to the Leave side. Who knows? It wouldn't take much deviation to change the "will of the people" anyway.

kabayiri

Herzlos wrote: »

Fair point. Maybe we've moved even further to the Leave side. Who knows? It wouldn't take much deviation to change the "will of the people" anyway.

The UK side is going through their sticky point in the negotiations, which doesn't play out well. This will partly explain the mood.

Believe me, the EU27 will have their sticky moments too.

There are plenty of flash points. The restriction on fishing grounds is an obvious one. Poland and Germany won't care. The Spanish will be up in arms about it, making all sorts of noises.

You can be sure that the UK tabloid press will play all this out in a typically British-centric manner.

Mood towards the EU could easily change.