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- Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:56 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Political vs Military Solutions.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8103
Re: What is the World doing about the Rohingya Refugees?
Come on Dominic, please give us the benefit of your wisdom...have you ever? Actually put your life on the line? because friends of mine have put their lives on the line indeed have given their lives in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, Iraq, Afgnanistan, on exercise in Germany, Norway, Denmark, Turk...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:25 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Political vs Military Solutions.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8103
Re: What is the World doing about the Rohingya Refugees?
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes s...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:55 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: It had to happen... #Brexit
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13999
Re: It had to happen... #Brexit
In a DEMOCRACY, the majority decide... Jim, That statement should be true, but we are talking about the EU here. :roll: Ratification of a new Treaty (ie the Brexit Deal - if there is one) MUST to be ratified by ALL member states. Any one of them including Malta as per your example could veto the Br...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:16 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: It had to happen... #Brexit
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13999
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:56 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: It had to happen... #Brexit
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13999
Re: It had to happen... #Brexit
Royal, by continually saying we are leaving on the 29/3/19, you are doing what you always accuse others of, repeating ad nauseum the same point. We all accept we are leaving then. Really, Jim? Do you speak for all Remainers? Why even this morning HIC wrote on another thread “Brexit - if it goes thr...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:54 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: It had to happen... #Brexit
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13999
Re: It had to happen... #Brexit
on ... and ... on ... and ... on ... Why don't you guys save some useful time by canning it? You never know, you might start a useful thread ... Devil, There are many, many threads on this Forum which I do not even bother to look at because the subject matter doesn’t really engage me. I wouldn’t dr...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:38 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: It had to happen... #Brexit
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13999
Re: It had to happen... #Brexit
Much ado about nothing. We are leaving the EU on 29 March 2019. If there is a deal struck (effectively a new treaty between the UK and EU27) then each country in EU27 is required to ratify the deal in their own Parliaments. This is confirmation that the UK will do the same. As Hudswell has said thou...
- Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:07 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Bank of England raise the interest rate
- Replies: 41
- Views: 15700
Re: Bank of England raise the interest rate
There was a big recession after we left the ERM . I know, because I was working for a construction company at the time. The construction industry groun d to a virtual halt for several years before things picked up again. I'm not saying the recession was caused by exiting the ERM. I am sure multiple...
- Sat Nov 11, 2017 6:43 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Bank of England raise the interest rate
- Replies: 41
- Views: 15700
Re: Bank of England raise the interest rate
The CBI was giving a stark warning as to what would happen IF (yes 'if' ) the government fails to negotiate a transition deal by March 2018. The CBI gave a stark warning IF (yes 'if' ) we left the ERM in 1992 when interest rates hit 15% and people were in negative equity, it would be a disaster. Th...
- Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: New Bank Cards
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4892
- Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: New Bank Cards
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4892
Re: New Bank Cards
I asked for any future cards to be delivered to my Hellenic bank and they said it couldn’t be done. However, as my new cards were never delivered to our PO Box and I refused to pay for replacements, the manager agreed to have them delivered to the bank as a ‘one off’ and to reimburse the cost of rep...
- Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:52 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Bank of England raise the interest rate
- Replies: 41
- Views: 15700
Re: Bank of England raise the interest rate
Having just read the link provided by HIC, I can report that he edited a crucial comment out of his cut and paste above. I wonder why :roll: Currently, we see one major challenge – not Brexit itself: we’re 100% committed to making a success of it . But the approach to Brexit," he will say.
- Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:32 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Bank of England raise the interest rate
- Replies: 41
- Views: 15700
Re: Bank of England raise the interest rate
Well Royal, it seems the CBI don't share your enviable optimism in the UK negotiating team. They refer to what has gone on hereinbefore as a soap opera: No more Brexit soap opera': 60% of UK firms are ready to trigger contingency Brexit plans and move staff within months Business Insider UK Thomas ...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:19 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: BREXIT - Walk Away!!
- Replies: 94
- Views: 37175
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:10 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: BREXIT - Walk Away!!
- Replies: 94
- Views: 37175
Re: BREXIT - Walk Away!!
Thank you Poppy for your kind remarks. Frankly, I am totally exasperated by some of the unchallenged arguments being proposed which seem so ridiculous that none of the Brexiteers would even deem it appropriate to respond. Unfortunately no response is interpreted as irrefutable ‘evidence’ of the foll...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:57 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: BREXIT - Walk Away!!
- Replies: 94
- Views: 37175
Re: BREXIT - Walk Away!!
Round, like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel... Exactly, which is why I am sure some of us have stopped commenting on the many Brexit related posts. All if's and maybe's with a hefty dose of opinion in there for good measure! Jim, I am with you on this one. I’m tired and weary of t...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:37 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: BREXIT - Walk Away!!
- Replies: 94
- Views: 37175
Re: BREXIT - Walk Away!!
Royal, if I was to negotiate the issue of the Irish border, then I would have a few scenarios worked out, ready for discussions with Eire and the EU. Whilst Eire is a member, they need to be comfortable with the situation.... So, I’d say to Eire, IF we have no agreement on trade, or a hard brexit, ...
- Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:55 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Bank of England raise the interest rate
- Replies: 41
- Views: 15700
Re: Bank of England raise the interest rate
Forgive me, the landscape appeared such a true reflection of what is actually going on, that for one moment I believed it to be verbatim reporting of the actualité of Brexit negotiations. Perhaps you could give me a more realistic account of what is actually happening...and list what has been achie...
- Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:29 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: BREXIT - Walk Away!!
- Replies: 94
- Views: 37175
Re: BREXIT - Walk Away!!
Sorry, I missed it, the Good News is? You keep missing it. Pull your head out of the sand. Wake up and smell the coffee. Whatever. It’s been posted constantly. You ignore it constantly. A pointless circular argument with you every time. Well, every article I've see and read suggests that it is an u...
- Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:35 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Bank of England raise the interest rate
- Replies: 41
- Views: 15700
Re: Bank of England raise the interest rate
The headline says it all: For sale: one Brexit, wheels falling off, loads of miles on the clock | https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sale-one-brexit-wheels-falling-183222519.html The following paragraphs, early on in the article, are prescient. And you wonder why Sterling is as weak as it is? Really plumbin...