European Union "Divorce" case coming soon,. . .

[dutchroll]

I think Putin will be cracking some seriously good vodka tonight! Especially if, as reported, the Scots decide they want to push another independence vote on the back of this.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Boris for PM. . .mmmm. I'd rather have Michael Gove, Brilliant man. Dunno what to do with our Boris really,. . .

 

Fortunatlely, it isn't within my remit to decide. . .

 

 

[dutchroll]

Brilliant!

 

AUSTRALIANS overseas are stranded without cash after Commonwealth Bank suspended foreign exchange of the British pound following the Brexit referendum.

 

Commonwealth Bank confirmed on Twitter that they had temporarily suspended the exchange of British pounds and any other exchanges not involving Australian dollars until Monday.

 

[Phil Perry]

I think Putin will be cracking some seriously good vodka tonight! Especially if, as reported, the Scots decide they want to push another independence vote on the back of this.

Yes,. . . . it's going to get interesting in the next few months I agree. . . . Most people I know agree that Putin, if left alone, isn't the problem. The U.S. Navy keep messing around in his patch, usually followed by close incursions by Russian aircraft near to the UK coastline. . . The EU, courtesy of bloody Baroness Ashton ( another know-nothing EU appartchik ) pushing into Ukraine,. . .and Still interfering in that country. . . if the EU really want to place tanks near to his fence, he will react.

 

Gawd knows what this new fangled EU Army is going to cause . . .

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Brilliant!

 

 

AUSTRALIANS overseas are stranded without cash after Commonwealth Bank suspended foreign exchange of the British pound following the Brexit referendum.

 

Commonwealth Bank confirmed on Twitter that they had temporarily suspended the exchange of British pounds and any other exchanges not involving Australian dollars until Monday.

 

Bloody hell.

 

 

[Marty_d]

Yes,. . . . it's going to get interesting in the next few months I agree. . . . Most people I know agree that Putin, if left alone, isn't the problem. The U.S. Navy keep messing around in his patch, usually followed by close incursions by Russian aircraft near to the UK coastline. . . The EU, courtesy of bloody Baroness Ashton ( another know-nothing EU appartchik ) pushing into Ukraine,. . .and Still interfering in that country. . . if the EU really want to place tanks near to his fence, he will react.

Gawd knows what this new fangled EU Army is going to cause . . .

Well that'll soon be solved if the Yanks elect The Donald... he'll give his no.1 fan Vlad free rein in the Ukraine anyway...

 

 

[Soleair]

Because that was then. This is now.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Brilliant!

 

 

AUSTRALIANS overseas are stranded without cash after Commonwealth Bank suspended foreign exchange of the British pound following the Brexit referendum.

 

Commonwealth Bank confirmed on Twitter that they had temporarily suspended the exchange of British pounds and any other exchanges not involving Australian dollars until Monday.

 

From Andrew Neill - the ONLY trustworthy person at the BBC.

 

10:13 BST Thursday 24th June 2014 :

 

"FTSE back over 6,000 and sterling bounces back to $1.39 ( US )"

 

 

( Still down 2.3% but climbing slowly - FTSE now 6150 )

 

What the bloody hell are Commonwealth Bank worrying about I wonder ?. . . . bit naughty to strand people with no cash. even if it's for a short time,. I know what I would say if I was at an airport somewhere and they cut off my cash supply.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

BBC at it again,. . . now I can see how Commonwealth Banking Corp got scared and kneejerked. . . .

 

BBC - Serious report. "Morgan Stanley Bank are relocating 2,000 investment banking staff to Dublin and Frankfurt following Brexit vote"

 

TRUTH

 

Morgan Stanley have stated that this is a complete lie, and utter nonsense .

 

The BBC picked this malicious information from Twitter and then ran the story nationally without any basic fact checking ( as per usual )

 

They have been informed that it is a hoax, but the story has not been redacted as such on TV nor on their websites. ( as at 15:00 BST today - 24th June )

 

Christ,. . . no wonder overseas banks get the jitters, reading all this crap from our wonderful IMPARTIAL and well respected National Broadcaster. . . .

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Sky news breaking. . .

 

Sky News Newsdesk Verified account ‏@SkyNewsBreak

 

German finance ministry says there are concerns France, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands & Hungary could follow UK's lead in leaving #EUref

 

On another tack,

 

**** Brit tourists in Greece cannot get GBP or Scottish Pounds from local banks until new Euro exchange rate set on Monday. GBP is stabilising now.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Email from Friend 'Ernie' ( at the London Stock Exchange ) reports this @ 18:00 BST.

 

( in his own words )

 

Stock exchange up 2% on the week. Sterling at March 2016 levels. European markets down 6-15%. Not so much a Big Crash Bang as a Wet fart.

 

 

[Spooks]

Email from Friend 'Ernie' ( at the London Stock Exchange ) reports this @ 18:00 BST.

( in his own words )

 

Stock exchange up 2% on the week. Sterling at March 2016 levels. European markets down 6-15%. Not so much a Big Crash Bang as a Wet fart.

Wish the impartial BBC would report that

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Not a chance mate. . . .they've been running with the OMG what a disaster ! stories all day. . . poor snowflakes are worried about losing their EU dosh no doubt.

 

But of course, you KNOW that,. . .being just down t' road. . .

 

 

[dutchroll]

Email from Friend 'Ernie' ( at the London Stock Exchange ) reports this @ 18:00 BST.

( in his own words )

 

Stock exchange up 2% on the week. Sterling at March 2016 levels. European markets down 6-15%. Not so much a Big Crash Bang as a Wet fart.

Ernie needs to be a bit less vague.

 

The FTSE 100 recovered somewhat and while technically correct, it's a bit "sleight.of hand" to say it's "up". The FTSE 250 is considered a better indicator of the UK economy and it slid 12% to recover to a 7% slide, remaining well.down. £40 billion was wiped off the value of British banks.

 

There's a bigger picture than just the FTSE 100.

 

But it's not really the economic side which has most commentators here concerned in the long term. It's the strategic and security side. It's the worst kept secret in the world that Russian interests were funding campaigning in favour of the Brexit and would like to see the EU break up. You've got Scotland murmuring. You've even got Spain now saying it wants co-sovereignty over Gibraltar because the residents there voted to remain.

 

 

[dutchroll]

"Rating agency Standard & Poor's warned Britain would lose its last remaining triple-A credit rating, saying it was "untenable" in the face of Brexit."

 

 

Now that will be interesting!

 

I hear on the grapevine that Northern Ireland is joining Scotland in being rather unhappy about the situation.

 

"Great England and Wales" to continue to fly the Union Jack?

 

 

[pmccarthy]

I think some parts of the Union Jack will have to be removed in that event, but I forget which parts represent which.

 

Edit -

 

The flag combines aspects of three older national flags: the red cross of St George of the Kingdom of England, the white saltire of St Andrew for Scotland (which two were united in the first Union Flag), and the red saltire of St Patrick to represent Ireland.

 

Thanks Wikipedia

 

 

[fly_tornado]

Free to enjoy being British without being shamed by the fun police

 

 

[fly_tornado]

 

the big winner could be Spain claiming Gibraltar

 

Spain seeks to jointly govern Gibraltar after Brexit

 

 

[fly_tornado]

[fly_tornado]

some of these brexit takes are hilarious

 

Me: Say it in American

 

UK Expert: it's like if a hot dog voted to leave its bun and fell on the ground

 

Me: Oh my god is the hot dog ok?

 

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David Cameron: "In some parts of Britain there are three generations of families where nobody has ever worked."

 

Buckingham Palace?

 

 

[Phil Perry]

"Rating agency Standard & Poor's warned Britain would lose its last remaining triple-A credit rating, saying it was "untenable" in the face of Brexit."

 

Now that will be interesting!

 

I hear on the grapevine that Northern Ireland is joining Scotland in being rather unhappy about the situation.

 

"Great England and Wales" to continue to fly the Union Jack?

 

 

Yes. seems that everyone in the world is shocked, stunned and utterly disgusted Dutch.

 

Democracy can be a strange thing sometimes, worst system known to man, until something better comes along. The ratings agencies have warned about this for a very long time, as has international business and still. . . the ( mainly ) 'working class' plebs have gone for leave. Noone was more surprised than me I admit.

 

Incidentally, I don't MIND being used as a punchbag, and I personally apologize for any inconvenience to Australians and anyone else in the wake of my leave ballot. This vote was quite tight considering it's importance, with 52 to 48 percent in round figures. The 'Remain' campaign asserted that a 51 -49 percent vote in their favour would be a 'Comfortable and incontravertable' working majority. Now they are saying the opposite.

 

Martin Schultz of the EU said last night on TV that we shall have to be 'Punished' for this vote, so that other unhappy EU member countries are dissuaded from a similar path.

 

I genuinely wish Scotland and it's people all the best if that is their democratic wish for a better future. As with Northern Ireland.

 

Alex and Nicola of the SNP in Scotland, say that they won't be happy until they have their own 'Leave' vote, although over a million Scottish voters disagreed and voted to leave the EU. The SNP won some 56 parliamentary seats on a vote of around 1.5 Million in the G.E. Although, this was mainly due to their hatred of David Cameron apparently.

 

It will certainly be a very bumpy ride for a few years.

 

 

[dutchroll]

I'd use words not quite as strong Phil. I'm very surprised, certainly. Not stunned, and certainly not disgusted. It was a democratic vote and that's what we're all about. I'm sure no-one wants to use you as a punchbag. Using you as a punchbag would negate the chance of ever extracting a cleansing ale from you at the local pub, and that would be such an enormous waste.

 

I think the decision might have been overly-emotive and a touch hasty on the "leave" side, but that's not an uncommon thing with we humans. As I mentioned on the other thread, emotive decisions can have unintended or regrettable consequences.

 

England will survive and it will still be England, however bearing in the mind the way the dynamics and economics of the world work in these modern times, I do honestly believe the decision will cause more problems than it solves, certainly in the short to medium term. Though I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

 

ps.....I think Mr Schultz is being overly emotive too! He should just get on with it.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Parliamentary petition begun yesterday, now signed bu over half a million people, the purpose being to reqest a parliamentary debate on ANOTHER referendum, in order to achieve the 'Right' result.

 

At 100,000 votes, the Government has to debate any petition generated in this way.

 

Current narrative being constantly pushed by BBC interviewing loads of youngsters is that 'Old people' should not be allowed a vote on their future. I'm not kidding here,. . .it's amazing.

 

Watching the situation develop with much interest now. Sadness, amusement and astonishment in equal measure.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about the few pints of best ale on me, ( Lager, Creme de Menthe or whatever. . .) That's a given, and indelibly written into my constitution.

 

 

[Spooks]

Would be better if they interviewed young people who are not at university / in London. Interview the unemployed youth oooop North and they might get some ideas on why people wanted out.

 

The reaction of the EU shows why we needed to vote out. Are they questioning why the majority of a nation of 65 million wanted to leave the EU and what they could have done to change that?No, they've decided to speed up the exit process and squeeze the last pennies out of the cash cow.

 

I have to say, seeing the anger on the face of the formally smug EU leaders has made the Leave vote worth it :D Seems that many other countries in the EU are now asking for their own referendums.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Would be better if they interviewed young people who are not at university / in London. Interview the unemployed youth oooop North and they might get some ideas on why people wanted out.

The reaction of the EU shows why we needed to vote out. Are they questioning why the majority of a nation of 65 million wanted to leave the EU and what they could have done to change that?No, they've decided to speed up the exit process and squeeze the last pennies out of the cash cow.

 

I have to say, seeing the anger on the face of the formally smug EU leaders has made the Leave vote worth it :D Seems that many other countries in the EU are now asking for their own referendums.

 

1.4 Million signatures on the 'Let's have another referendum' petition today,. . . the Govt. have rejected 353,000 of them as being fraudulent and or otherwise non qualified.

 

The Remainians main argument is that at 52 - 48 PC,. . .Leave 'Only Just' Won . . ., that's rather like saying that one rugby team Only just lost, by 6 points, so we ought to nullify the game and play again. . . . !