yodigo Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 07/08/2023 at 12:55, dugsbody said: Faster EU only queues when we arrive somewhere in the EU on a flight full of Brits. Not where I go, as when the EUer E-gates aren't working there's only one queue (happens quite regularly). Quite funny really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodigo Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 07/08/2023 at 19:10, kzb said: Looking at a longer term plot like that, it looks to me that the 2015 peak is anomalous for the post-2008 era. The pound seems to have settled back to a similar level to 2009-2013. Pre Euro the pound varied with the Spanish paseta between 185 (early 90's perhaps) - 250 (early 2000's). Never been stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzb Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 12 minutes ago, yodigo said: Pre Euro the pound varied with the Spanish paseta between 185 (early 90's perhaps) - 250 (early 2000's). Never been stable. On purchase power parity, the pound was well ahead of the peseta. Very noticeable how prices in Spain increased with the Euro I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodigo Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, kzb said: On purchase power parity, the pound was well ahead of the peseta. Very noticeable how prices in Spain increased with the Euro I thought. They did. This was bought home to me early on, 2004, I bought a pair of trainers in Spain for about 100 euros, then realised they were cheaper in the UK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonb2 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 11 hours ago, Chunketh said: Have you ******ing heard yourself?! Omfg I am not sure he was being serious. I said the same thing very early on in the old Brexit thread. But it was to emphasise the point of Brexit's tiny minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pig Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 13 hours ago, davemb said: Britain needs to resign it's membership of the IMF and the UN and any other giant organisation that threatens our sovereignty Don’t forget reality - biggest threat to our sovereignty of all is reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonb2 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 23 minutes ago, pig said: Don’t forget reality - biggest threat to our sovereignty of all is reality. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Just like putting fear into the people, if can be nasty to some people they can be nasty to all people...... compassionate people don't talk the way they do, they see there is a problem and deal with it in an ethical, efficient, fair way, all countries require to liaise with other countries to get things done, not cut back doing nothing anything for years, then blame anyone or anything except themselves..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msi Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 33 minutes ago, pig said: Don’t forget reality - biggest threat to our sovereignty of all is reality. HAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pig Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 On 07/08/2023 at 19:06, Bruce Banner said: Sunak's cronies are putting some asylum seekers onto the barge now. I hope they like it and tell all their friends, currently in Calais, how good it is so they all come over. The more the merrier . Edit: They had 35 people on the coach, 15 boarded the barge and 20 refused . For those who think that small boats and Brexit are separate issues, I give you... New report on small boat crossings launched by Professor Thom Brooks - Durham University Tbh the whole thing looks deliberate to me, let alone Brexit causing this mess They look like they are deliberately creating a bizarre mess as part of grooming a constituency to vote for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msi Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 9 minutes ago, pig said: Tbh the whole thing looks deliberate to me, let alone Brexit causing this mess They look like they are deliberately creating a bizarre mess as part of grooming a constituency to vote for them. Easier to offer made up solutions to made up problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguel Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 30 minutes ago, pig said: Tbh the whole thing looks deliberate to me, let alone Brexit causing this mess They look like they are deliberately creating a bizarre mess as part of grooming a constituency to vote for them. Yeah, just like the tiny minority that are in 4 star hotels. Put in 4 star hotels by the very government who are complaining about it. Nope, you couldn't make it up but they have. Still it gets steam coming out of the Brex shtters arses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msi Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 15 minutes ago, miguel said: Yeah, just like the tiny minority that are in 4 star hotels. Put in 4 star hotels by the very government who are complaining about it. Nope, you couldn't make it up but they have. Still it gets steam coming out of the Brex shtters arses. If we could harness Gammon rage to make electricity we'd be energy independent and 100% renewable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 16 minutes ago, miguel said: Yeah, just like the tiny minority that are in 4 star hotels. Put in 4 star hotels by the very government who are complaining about it. Nope, you couldn't make it up but they have. Still it gets steam coming out of the Brex shtters arses. Three homes Jenrick, he who visited them all during lockdown, was blathering on about 4 star hotels this morning . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Is this @Bruce Banner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yelims Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 “Son are we winning yet” meme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonb2 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 hour ago, thecrashingisles said: Is this @Bruce Banner? The fact they can't get Cheddar cheese is a disgrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 hour ago, thecrashingisles said: Is this @Bruce Banner? Couldn't be less alike. We don't live in France and I hate cheddar. It just goes to show that Brexit has ruined so many different peoples' lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugsbody Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 16 hours ago, Bruce Banner said: It just goes to show that Brexit has ruined so many different peoples' lives. Yes, but you're not considering the upsides that make up for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, dugsbody said: Yes, but you're not considering the upsides that make up for that. Would anyone care to list them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugsbody Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, Bruce Banner said: Would anyone care to list them? White chicken eggs! ... I'm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frederico Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 17 hours ago, Bruce Banner said: Couldn't be less alike. We don't live in France and I hate cheddar. It just goes to show that Brexit has ruined so many different peoples' lives. Oh right so one couple becomes so many different people, there is no sympathy in reality for these stories, the vast majority think ‘oh well never mind’. personally I think tough luck you didn’t get what you wanted boohoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodigo Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 18 hours ago, thecrashingisles said: Is this @Bruce Banner? Not sure how things are too complex for them to go to the UK to see their kids? Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodigo Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Let's open a lithium mine, good for those EV batteries and rules of origin rules. Being cynical, how likely this'll be just another money maker for the Directors and external consultants, and will never open? https://www.cips.org/supply-management/news/2023/august/cornish-lithium-receives-53m-investment-for-landmark-uk-mine/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 51 minutes ago, dugsbody said: White chicken eggs! ... I'm out. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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