View Poll Results: What would you personally prefer to happen? |
I want the UK to stay in an ever-closer union
|    | 49 | 23.11% |
I want the UK to stay in a loosely connected EU
|    | 68 | 32.08% |
I want the UK out because the EU is bad for the UK
|    | 22 | 10.38% |
I want the UK out because the EU is a bad thing
|    | 23 | 10.85% |
I want the UK out because this would be good for the rest of us
|    | 17 | 8.02% |
I don't really care
|    | 33 | 15.57% |  | | | 
08.08.2019, 20:17
| Senior Member | | Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Zurich
Posts: 354
Groaned at 35 Times in 31 Posts
Thanked 788 Times in 404 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in EHIC Cards issued in the EU or an EEA member state like Switzerland will no longer be accepted in the UK in the event of a No Deal Brexit.
Sorry to interrupt the conversation but just wanted to point out that with Brexit day less than
3 months away and the likelihood that were in for a Hard Brexit come the 31st October.
Then please be advised that the EHIC card is dying a death in the UK because JRM and those
fundamental Brexiteers in the ERG say that to remain in the EHIC scheme, would mean that Britain
must be at least be subservient to the EU via the EEA or European Economic Area agreement
states; and perish the thought that any right thinking Brexiteer should be found carrying
a EHIC card, that could make him or her a vassal of the EU after Brexit Day. Gov.uk - Visit Europe after Brexit - the demise of the EHIC card in Britain
Still never fear BoJo's here with alternative arrangements enshrined in the Healthcare
(European Economic Area and Switzerland) Arrangements 2019 Act which has passed through
Parliament but has yet to be agreed with many of the various European EU Countries and
those in the EEA, like Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
| The following 2 users would like to thank John William for this useful post: | | 
08.08.2019, 20:45
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
Here we go. More of the same. It's not just J.O'Brien's show, the criticisms and facts regarding nonsensical brexit are everywhere now. https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1159218950376435712
See the legit common-sense response posts in this thread.
I don't see brexiteers making any sense, do you? It's just a blame game and the constant whine and moan about remainers.
| The following 4 users would like to thank for this useful post: | | 
09.08.2019, 00:02
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Küsnacht, Switzerland
Posts: 3,889
Groaned at 105 Times in 96 Posts
Thanked 10,610 Times in 4,679 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Is the sky really going to fall on 31 Oct and there won't be food in stores or medicines, etc. | | | | | Yes and no.
The sky won't fall.
Two close friend who are Type 1 diabetics are very concerned because their GPs are unusually concerned. One of them is a former ICU nurse and was a bank nurse until his health a few years ago, so he knows his stuff and isn't prone to exaggerating when it comes to the medical of things.
Medical radiosotopes are an issue of grave concern because they have a short lifespan and cannot be stockpiled. The trials of alternative supply chains were quite successful, but a few areas raised serious concerns. https://www.bbc.com/news/education-49153073 https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.bnms.org.u..._johnson_o.pdf
Financial services passporting rights will literally cease overnight. (Yes, that old chestnut again, but there's no sign of any movement on this).
For a lot more info, please see here - https://www.ft.com/content/3a35dfd6-...2-799a3a8cf37b
Finally, the last of my friends announced last week that she has begun stockpiling. It began with another friend's parents dedicating an entire bedroom to stockpiling over 6mths ago. We all laughed at the time. Another friend let slip during Wimbledon that she was stockpiling Prosecco in the garage and her husband had begun to complain that he couldn't get the car in, but from that conversation it emerged that most of my former colleagues are stockpiling. I asked a few friends, and they all are too.
My friend has started small with jars of olives, capers, spices and tinned tomatoes, but she's begun to routinely check where her favourite ingredients come from and is making a list of items to consider. She's coming over in December and bringing a load of stuff that I've asked for. The irony is, she might be shopping at Swiss prices to get a bargain on some things to take back to the UK. We shall see...
| The following 4 users would like to thank Blueangel for this useful post: | | 
09.08.2019, 04:18
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kt. Bern
Posts: 4,269
Groaned at 203 Times in 160 Posts
Thanked 6,881 Times in 3,085 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Financial services passporting rights will literally cease overnight. (Yes, that old chestnut again, but there's no sign of any movement on this). | | | | | It seems there is a new wrinkle on this one for the professionals. The Irish qualifications obtained by U.K. accountants, solicitors and barristers for the purpose of representing their clients in the EU after BREXIT will not be recognized unless they are resident and practicing in Ireland or are resident in another EU/EEA/CH state, having practiced in Ireland at some previous time.
| The following 3 users would like to thank Jim2007 for this useful post: | | 
09.08.2019, 08:29
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | The following 10 users would like to thank for this useful post: | | 
09.08.2019, 11:38
|  | Forum Veteran | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: BL
Posts: 996
Groaned at 158 Times in 106 Posts
Thanked 2,631 Times in 973 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | This is brilliant! Brexit in a nutshell
That's exactly why Brexit should happen the Boris way. Once ones weak bluff is called, things change dramatically.
| The following 2 users would like to thank gaburko for this useful post: | | 
09.08.2019, 14:01
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kt. Zürich
Posts: 9,822
Groaned at 434 Times in 375 Posts
Thanked 18,114 Times in 9,642 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
UK GDP for the three months ended June contracted 0.2% compared to the previous quarter, the Office for National Statistics said Friday. Experts had expected growth to be flat. UK economy shrinks for first time since 2012.
A recession is when the GDP growth rate is negative for two consecutive quarters or more.
| The following 2 users would like to thank marton for this useful post: | | 
09.08.2019, 15:10
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
"Boris Johnson’s chief of staff cancelled all leave for government advisers until 31 October in a missive on Thursday night, raising further speculation the government is planning for a forced snap election in the aftermath of the UK leaving the EU with no deal."
So once again Boris looks like taking us into a huge mess, then letting everyone else pick up the pieces. Sigh.
| This user would like to thank for this useful post: | | 
09.08.2019, 17:13
| Forum Legend | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: CH
Posts: 9,955
Groaned at 336 Times in 275 Posts
Thanked 14,515 Times in 7,462 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | Let's start one:
Oranges
Bananas
Tomatoes (my dad has a pretty good crop but he can't supply everyone) | | | | | Climate change on cards, you will be there sooner than you expect.
Someone here said he didn't mind global warming because UK will have a nice production of wines. 
Frankly, I am not entirely convinced this was a joke.
| 
09.08.2019, 19:18
|  | Forum Veteran | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: France, near Geneva
Posts: 866
Groaned at 8 Times in 7 Posts
Thanked 2,770 Times in 724 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
A good article explaining why an election is much more likely ahead of 31st Oct. than immediately after. Despite Dominic Cummings suggesting that a post-Brexit would be a good idea.
The reason is simple enough, pre-Brexit, the waffle has still not been destroyed by the post-Brexit chaos. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/e...-boris-johnson | The following 2 users would like to thank FrankZappa for this useful post: | | 
09.08.2019, 23:23
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Küsnacht, Switzerland
Posts: 3,889
Groaned at 105 Times in 96 Posts
Thanked 10,610 Times in 4,679 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
Today, Sterling hit a new 5yr low against the Euro, a new 10yr low against the Dollar and is a smidge away from a new 10yr low against CHF. The current 10yr low against CHF is 1.6988 and it's currently 1.17056 up from 1.17020 a short while ago. And Brexit hasn't even happened yet.
Edit: 23:20 Just went to 1.16891 against CHF
Last edited by Blueangel; 10.08.2019 at 00:22.
Reason: Update
| 
09.08.2019, 23:30
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Küsnacht, Switzerland
Posts: 3,889
Groaned at 105 Times in 96 Posts
Thanked 10,610 Times in 4,679 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Someone here said he didn't mind global warming because UK will have a nice production of wines. 
Frankly, I am not entirely convinced this was a joke. | | | | | I've had a couple of bottles of rose Champagne delivered to a friend in the UK today for her 40th birthday party tomorrow. Must say, I was tempted by the reviews of the English sparkling wines but ended up going for the proper stuff.
Also, I meant to try growing watermelons this year but didn't get around to it. Definitely will have a bash next year.
| 
09.08.2019, 23:49
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
I carried a watermelon. | The following 2 users would like to thank for this useful post: | | 
09.08.2019, 23:58
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Küsnacht, Switzerland
Posts: 3,889
Groaned at 105 Times in 96 Posts
Thanked 10,610 Times in 4,679 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
Could you recognise it in a line up? | 
10.08.2019, 00:00
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
It's none of those. HtH.
| 
10.08.2019, 00:15
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Küsnacht, Switzerland
Posts: 3,889
Groaned at 105 Times in 96 Posts
Thanked 10,610 Times in 4,679 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | It's none of those. HtH. | | | | | Phew! should we really be calling Lil Rufus MkII 'a watermelon'?
| 
10.08.2019, 00:23
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
Dirty Dancing reference.
| 
10.08.2019, 10:34
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Zuriwest
Posts: 6,351
Groaned at 38 Times in 37 Posts
Thanked 17,091 Times in 4,444 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Climate change on cards, you will be there sooner than you expect.
Someone here said he didn't mind global warming because UK will have a nice production of wines. 
Frankly, I am not entirely convinced this was a joke. | | | | | No joke for sure. The UK already makes plenty of excellent wines in the south of England, there's even one wine maker just outside Leeds in Yorkshire. | Quote: | |  | | | I've had a couple of bottles of rose Champagne delivered to a friend in the UK today for her 40th birthday party tomorrow. Must say, I was tempted by the reviews of the English sparkling wines but ended up going for the proper stuff.
Also, I meant to try growing watermelons this year but didn't get around to it. Definitely will have a bash next year. | | | | | You should believe those reviews, some of the sparkling wines from the south of England (especially Kent, Sussex and Cornwall) are world beaters and often, pound for pound, are better quality value than actual Champagne.
| The following 4 users would like to thank grumpygrapefruit for this useful post: | | 
10.08.2019, 11:06
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
A succinct and on-the-ball account of Brexit so far from Tony Connelly RTE Europe editor. https://twitter.com/tconnellyRTE/sta...69582631399429 | The following 4 users would like to thank for this useful post: | | 
10.08.2019, 11:33
|  | A modal singularity | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Morgins, VS (and Alsace)
Posts: 8,833
Groaned at 358 Times in 230 Posts
Thanked 15,002 Times in 6,498 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | You should believe those reviews, some of the sparkling wines from the south of England (especially Kent, Sussex and Cornwall) are world beaters and often, pound for pound, are better quality value than actual Champagne. | | | | | Largely because of the inflated prices of the "real thing". Personally I think that the Alsace Crémants offer by far the best product/price ratio, especially if bought in France where they start from around 5 euros in supermarkets. Go up to 10 for a Cru Prestige and it will certainly be better than most champagnes up in the 20-30 euro price range.
| The following 3 users would like to thank Ace1 for this useful post: | |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 9 (0 members and 9 guests) | | Thread Tools | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
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 +2. The time now is 18:25. | |