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% |  | | | 
14.02.2017, 13:53
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kt. Bern
Posts: 5,048
Groaned at 273 Times in 212 Posts
Thanked 8,277 Times in 3,649 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | I believe May misrepresented the situation. | | | | | Does she even understand the situation??? Even if all member states agreed it could not happen, that is how far off she is.
- The treaties prohibit such agreement between individual states, with one exception - Ireland/UK.
- FMOP is a treaty right between the citizens of the EU and cannot be changed by an agreement of the states.
And that is just for starters.
| This user would like to thank Jim2007 for this useful post: | | 
14.02.2017, 14:27
| Forum Legend | | Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SG
Posts: 9,843
Groaned at 548 Times in 399 Posts
Thanked 13,222 Times in 6,863 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | I would argue any country where a quarter of the population cannot vote is not democratic! | | | | | Every country bars their young from voting thus no country passes that filter.
| This user would like to thank Urs Max for this useful post: | | 
14.02.2017, 14:53
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kt. Zürich
Posts: 11,805
Groaned at 611 Times in 517 Posts
Thanked 21,736 Times in 11,416 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
British consumer prices jumped 1.8pc last month to its highest level since June 2014, driven by a surge in fuel costs and the post-Brexit vote pound weakness, data from the Office for National Statistics showed this morning.
The inflation figures were slightly below expectations of a 1.9pc rise but are edging closer to the Bank of England target of 2pc.
Earlier this month, the Bank forecasts inflation will rise above 2.7pc in a year's time as Brexit pushes costs of imports higher. Source | This user would like to thank marton for this useful post: | | 
14.02.2017, 16:08
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Verbier
Posts: 21,376
Groaned at 461 Times in 352 Posts
Thanked 23,091 Times in 11,824 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | British consumer prices jumped 1.8pc last month to its highest level since June 2014, driven by a surge in fuel costs and the post-Brexit vote pound weakness, data from the Office for National Statistics showed this morning.
The inflation figures were slightly below expectations of a 1.9pc rise but are edging closer to the Bank of England target of 2pc.
Earlier this month, the Bank forecasts inflation will rise above 2.7pc in a year's time as Brexit pushes costs of imports higher. Source | | | | | This is all good news as interest rates can then rise above the rate of inflation, which is where they should be in any case. 4% base rates tomorrow would give a huge bounce of the value of the pound.
| The following 2 users would like to thank fatmanfilms for this useful post: | | 
14.02.2017, 17:06
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | This is all good news as interest rates can then rise above the rate of inflation, which is where they should be in any case. 4% base rates tomorrow would give a huge bounce of the value of the pound. | | | | | ...so between a higher pound and higher base rates the UK economy would be really screwed.
| 
14.02.2017, 17:54
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Verbier
Posts: 21,376
Groaned at 461 Times in 352 Posts
Thanked 23,091 Times in 11,824 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: |  | | | ...so between a higher pound and higher base rates the UK economy would be really screwed. | | | | | I don't think so, the economy will only go into overdrive when interest rates rise. Plenty of people spend less as they get roughly 0% on their cash which for old people is an issue being risk averse & not wanting to spend capital.
| 
14.02.2017, 19:59
|  | Forum Veteran | | Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Zurich
Posts: 1,610
Groaned at 13 Times in 12 Posts
Thanked 1,629 Times in 704 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
So I'm coming late to this thread... and TL  R really... but I'm not commenting on anything said so far, only on what I've seen.
A year ago, my team was approaching 300 members, all based in London and traveling around Europe to meet clients. Now my team is a quarter that in London, and people have moved to Spain, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, and Chicago (off the top of my head).
Purely brexit? Well, no... but it played a large part...
| This user would like to thank Spinal for this useful post: | | 
14.02.2017, 20:24
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kt. Zürich
Posts: 11,805
Groaned at 611 Times in 517 Posts
Thanked 21,736 Times in 11,416 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | This is all good news as interest rates can then rise above the rate of inflation, which is where they should be in any case. 4% base rates tomorrow would give a huge bounce of the value of the pound. | | | | | I thought you championed a low £ because it helped exports?
| 
14.02.2017, 23:59
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Verbier
Posts: 21,376
Groaned at 461 Times in 352 Posts
Thanked 23,091 Times in 11,824 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | I thought you championed a low £ because it helped exports? | | | | | I am happy for the market to decide, people have pre conceived ideas if what something is worth, let the market decide. A low currency helps with exports, however the UK is doing rather better than expected so the £ was oversold. People will start crying when it strengthens & jobs are lost, however with AI the work place will be very different over the next 10-20 years.
| This user would like to thank fatmanfilms for this useful post: | | 
15.02.2017, 01:04
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kt. Zürich
Posts: 11,805
Groaned at 611 Times in 517 Posts
Thanked 21,736 Times in 11,416 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
Two Parliamentary by-elections next week, both on 23rd, both voted strongly Leave and both currently Labour.
UKIP, Tory, Labour and Lib Dem candidates.
Results might give a clue as to how people feel about the lack of progress on implementing Brexit?
| This user would like to thank marton for this useful post: | | 
15.02.2017, 08:27
| Forum Legend | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: CH
Posts: 11,320
Groaned at 400 Times in 326 Posts
Thanked 17,318 Times in 8,766 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in
I'm glad that everything is finally done now. Farage et co. could move on and concentrate on other issues, hopefully? 
Oh, and send all the mother fu**ers to where the hell they came from, but start with the nurses, doctors, IT people...
| 
15.02.2017, 10:43
| Newbie | | Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: GENEVA
Posts: 6
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
| | Brexit
I was wondering if people from GB were worried about their visa for working in Switzerland. Do you think Switzerland will applicate Quota for you in a few years?
I'm sure Switzerland will find some agreements for make British people still working in the country
What your point of you?
| 
15.02.2017, 10:56
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: ZH
Posts: 6,399
Groaned at 38 Times in 37 Posts
Thanked 17,631 Times in 4,511 Posts
| | Re: Brexit | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | You win the prize for "Being Polite to a Newbie" for today.
| The following 8 users would like to thank grumpygrapefruit for this useful post: | | 
15.02.2017, 11:01
| Forum Legend | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Zurich
Posts: 13,873
Groaned at 1,324 Times in 887 Posts
Thanked 20,741 Times in 7,950 Posts
| | Re: Brexit | Quote: | |  | | | I was wondering if people from GB were worried about their visa for working in Switzerland. Do you think Switzerland will applicate Quota for you in a few years?
I'm sure Switzerland will find some agreements for make British people still working in the country
What your point of you? | | | | | Brexit... waht is dat? What your point of you?
| 
15.02.2017, 11:29
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Baden
Posts: 4,741
Groaned at 24 Times in 22 Posts
Thanked 6,648 Times in 3,007 Posts
| | Re: Brexit | Quote: | |  | | | You win the prize for "Being Polite to a Newbie" for today. | | | | | Ooooh! Do I win cheese? 😉
| 
15.02.2017, 11:37
|  | RIP | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Murten - Morat
Posts: 11,866
Groaned at 563 Times in 354 Posts
Thanked 11,548 Times in 5,941 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | I'm glad that everything is finally done now. Farage et co. could move on and concentrate on other issues, hopefully? 
Oh, and send all the mother fu**ers to where the hell they came from, but start with the nurses, doctors, IT people... | | | | | Did I understand you correctly? You want to send all the foreign nurses, doctors, IT people back to their home countries.... why? Britain has not trained enough people for about 50 years, and desperately needs MORE skilled employees. Where will they come from? The unemployment queue does not have very many skilled people!
| 
15.02.2017, 11:42
|  | Forum Legend | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kt. Zürich
Posts: 11,805
Groaned at 611 Times in 517 Posts
Thanked 21,736 Times in 11,416 Posts
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | Did I understand you correctly? You want to send all the foreign nurses, doctors, IT people back to their home countries.... why? Britain has not trained enough people for about 50 years, and desperately needs MORE skilled employees. Where will they come from? The unemployment queue does not have very many skilled people! | | | | | I believe it is called irony?
| 
15.02.2017, 11:45
| | Re: The Brexit referendum thread: potential consequences for GB, EU and the Brits in | Quote: | |  | | | I believe it is called irony? | | | | | Same as goldy and brassy except it's made of iron.
| The following 2 users would like to thank for this useful post: | | 
15.02.2017, 15:46
| Newbie | | Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: GENEVA
Posts: 6
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
| | Re: Brexit | Quote: | |  | | | Brexit... waht is dat? What your point of you? | | | | | that means not only point of view but Do you intend to leave Switzerland because of brexit ? |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 5 (0 members and 5 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 04:47. | |