Brexit (Again)

[Hymie]

The realisation that Brexit is an absolute disaster for the UK is only a trickle at present; soon it will become a flood, and then a tsunami.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63371743

If only there was someone (maybe posting on this site) who was telling things how they are; advising ABers regularly of the disaster that Brexit is – who could be such an insightful person?

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

"But the fundamentals of the UK economy remain resilient, with unemployment at its lowest point for almost 50 years and the fastest forecast growth in the G7 this year." Yes- facts that are impossible to ignore.

[ToraToraTora]

gawd, change the bleedin record will you!

[bobbinwales]

I was looking at the pound to the euro and the pound is actually higher than it was over 10 years ago well before brexit

[Atheist]

Bobb... When we bought our house in France about 12 years ago the pound would get you about 1.30 Euros. It's been downhill ever since. We have friends there whose English pensions have been havily eroded. Where do your figures come from?

[bobbinwales]

https://www.google.com/search?q=pound+to+euro&;oq=pound+to+euro&;aqs=chrome..69i57j0i10i131i433i512j0i512j0i131i433i512j0i512l2j0i457i512j0i512l2j0i433i512.3932j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Its higher than around 2010 on this chart I seen today

[bobbinwales]

click on the max option for time period atheist
It was much higher in 1990s but started to fall in 2008 (financial crash)

[bobbinwales]

was 1.04 in Nov 2009
Now about 1.14?

[bobbinwales]

^ sorry Jan 2009.

Anyway, not worth dwelling on much but you did ask

[jourdain2]

Brexit was fine - but not completed or handled properly; which is unforgiveable. Since then dragging factors, Covid etc. have not helped, compounded by an idle, pro-E.U. civil service dragging its feet in the hope of forcing us back into the single market and thence back into the E.U. even though they know it would be on horrible, weakening terms which would destroy the country.

Given all that, it's not going too badly and many EU countries are in far worse state.
Atheist, I also have friends there who are badly affected, but it's not just the level of the pound. They don't get the winter allowance, because France came in as too warm a country once they added in the 'Outre-mers'. Lots of other little things like that. Also, when I left prices were shooting up. Extra little taxes and charges here and there. So very many of them. It was cheap to live there until about 2010 - then it shot up.

[youngmafbog]

Sour grapes delivery bit late again Hymie?

You lost, get over it.

[youngmafbog]

#We have friends there #

Would they be the decent people we on AB are not?

[Paul22118]

Hymie, get into the real world mate. You lost and the deal is done. For the sake of your sanity, move on.