22-01-2018, 00:13
|
#1621
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,235
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien
I swear this forum uses 'Democracy' without any care for how democracies actually work. Anytime the notion of compromise, unpopular decisions or even an idea is floated that isn't liked out come the cries of 'democracy'. As if every democracy should decide every policy via what currently has 50%.
|
Spot on.
|
|
|
22-01-2018, 10:41
|
#1622
|
Perfect Soldier
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Worthing West Sussex
Age: 67
Services: VM 500M SH3 thingy
in modem mode
XL TV V6 Sony Bravia smart TV and M phone
Posts: 11,000
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Britain is set to thrive in years to come as a boost in economic growth dwarfs the hit from Brexit, a Remain-backing former minister predicted today.
Jim O’Neill, an ex-banker who became a Treasury minister under George Osborne, admitted that dire forecasts about a Brexit crash had not come true.
And he said that even if quitting the EU reduces growth by as much as 3 per cent, that will be hugely outweighed by the effects of the booming world economy.
Lord O’Neill, a former senior executive at Goldman Sachs, backed Remain during the 2016 referendum and quit the Government shortly after Theresa May took over.
But he told the BBC today: "I certainly wouldn't have thought the UK economy would be as robust as it currently seems.
"That is because some parts of the country, led by the North West, are actually doing way better than people seem to realise or appreciate.
|
Source
So the good news way more than compenastes for any Brexit hit.
Must have stuck in his craw to have to say that.
__________________
History is much like an endless waltz: The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever.
However history will change with my coronation - Mariemaia Khushrenada
|
|
|
22-01-2018, 12:40
|
#1623
|
laeva recumbens anguis
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 67
Services: Premiere Collection
Posts: 42,131
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Source
So the good news way more than compenastes for any Brexit hit.
Must have stuck in his craw to have to say that.
|
Think what the growth would have been without the impact of Brexit?
__________________
There is always light.
If only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request.
|
|
|
22-01-2018, 13:18
|
#1624
|
Perfect Soldier
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Worthing West Sussex
Age: 67
Services: VM 500M SH3 thingy
in modem mode
XL TV V6 Sony Bravia smart TV and M phone
Posts: 11,000
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh
Think what the growth would have been without the impact of Brexit?
|
We can conjecture about that as much as we like. Fact is we still robust growth which the remainers said wouldn't happen and it could be argued that the dip in sterling as a result of the Brexit vote is a stimulus to the exporters that would not have otherwise happened.
__________________
History is much like an endless waltz: The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever.
However history will change with my coronation - Mariemaia Khushrenada
|
|
|
22-01-2018, 13:25
|
#1625
|
laeva recumbens anguis
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 67
Services: Premiere Collection
Posts: 42,131
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by heero_yuy
We can conjecture about that as much as we like. Fact is we still robust growth which the remainers said wouldn't happen and it could be argued that the dip in sterling as a result of the Brexit vote is a stimulus to the exporters that would not have otherwise happened.
|
Agreed - but we need also to bear in mind the hit those who require imports or imported material are undergoing.
We need to see the whole picture, not just the bit that reinforces our biases...
__________________
There is always light.
If only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request.
|
|
|
22-01-2018, 15:12
|
#1626
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: At the Leaving door
Posts: 4,050
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh
We need to see the whole picture, not just the bit that reinforces our biases...
|
It's a pity that phrase hasn't been used more freely over the last 12 months or so, it may have saved a few arguments on here
|
|
|
22-01-2018, 15:15
|
#1627
|
Still alive and fighting
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: In the land of beyond and beyond.
Services: XL BB, 3 360 boxes , XL TV.
Posts: 56,314
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth
It's a pity that phrase hasn't been used more freely over the last 12 months or so, it may have saved a few arguments on here
|
Oh l don't know there are some pretty entrenched views on here.
__________________
“The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself”
|
|
|
22-01-2018, 17:40
|
#1628
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,235
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone
Oh l don't know there are some pretty entrenched views on here.
|
No there's not.
|
|
|
22-01-2018, 17:44
|
#1629
|
laeva recumbens anguis
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 67
Services: Premiere Collection
Posts: 42,131
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1
No there's not.
|
Boris and David Davis...
They're behind you!!!
__________________
There is always light.
If only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request.
|
|
|
22-01-2018, 20:19
|
#1630
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,235
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh
Boris and David Davis...
They're behind you!!!
|
Current affairs forum protocol insists I must point out that those two are in fact the anti-democratic Clegg and Blair. Sometimes we see what we want to see.
|
|
|
24-01-2018, 10:42
|
#1631
|
The Invisible Woman
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton.
Age: 71
Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo
Posts: 40,164
|
Re: Brexit discussion
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a8174306.html
Quote:
Jeremy Hunt has admitted that British patients may find it difficult to get EU cancer drugs if Brexit talks break down, describing the risk as “uniquely damaging”.
The Health Secretary was being pushed for details of his department’s preparations for the event of a “no deal” scenario, which could cause major disruption to the supply of life-saving medications and see more pharmaceuticals companies shift operations to the EU.
Drug giants have told of “significant disruption to the supply chain for medicines” and that customs delays would damage “time and temperature sensitive” materials, without a Brexit deal.
|
Did anyone who voted to leave saw this possibility and I wonder how many might be affected?
__________________
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..
|
|
|
24-01-2018, 12:23
|
#1632
|
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 15,119
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Another Brexit scare story me thinks, key word ‘could’, not ‘would’. There are lots of things that got put forward that ‘could’ happen right after the Brexit vote, they didn’t. Enough said.
|
|
|
24-01-2018, 12:33
|
#1633
|
The Invisible Woman
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton.
Age: 71
Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo
Posts: 40,164
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick
Another Brexit scare story me thinks, key word ‘could’, not ‘would’. There are lots of things that got put forward that ‘could’ happen right after the Brexit vote, they didn’t. Enough said.
|
Well everything about Brexit on both sides has been 'could' not 'would' apart from the claim about the £350 million being saved to give to the NHS.
__________________
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..
|
|
|
24-01-2018, 12:40
|
#1634
|
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 15,119
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Oh FFS, the red bus argument. Not going there, done to bloody death!
Not even remotely sure where the word 'would' was used, pretty sure it said 'Let's give'. But as I said, been here many many times before, tired argument that Remainers clutch at.
|
|
|
24-01-2018, 16:02
|
#1635
|
The Invisible Woman
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton.
Age: 71
Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo
Posts: 40,164
|
Re: Brexit discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick
Oh FFS, the red bus argument. Not going there, done to bloody death!
Not even remotely sure where the word 'would' was used, pretty sure it said 'Let's give'. But as I said, been here many many times before, tired argument that Remainers clutch at.
|
And Brexiteers are very fond of using the samo,samo arguments.
__________________
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 12 (0 members and 12 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:14.
|