Vince Green Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Why? What difference would it make? We will still be the fifth largest economy in the world so it shouldn't make any difference at all, nor do I think it will. Its all about confidence, confidence and reality are not in any way connected. But fund managers and currency traders are wimps who's necks are on the line and they will dump sterling and shares in anything British because they know all the others will. Then when they think it has hit bottom they will buy back and make a profit. Years ago people invested money and that money was used to build railways and mines, factories and ships that created wealth around the world. Today its just the biggest computer game in the whole world totally devoid of anything you could call real. The biggest economy in the world is the internet but millions of traders will all get the news at the same second. Of course its going to be messy, how couldn't it be?i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 People who either buy or build substantial amounts of property Yes but those people really deserve a spanking, they are cynically driving up property prices for their own ends and I for one would love to see that bubble burst. What was it? 36% of new build apartments in London have never been lived in? 70% plus bought by foreign investors? I am doing the figures from memory so sorry if I am not spot on. Drop the market by 10% and they will all be gone, gone, gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Excellent speech by Gove, very measured. How different to the fear mongering propaganda spouted by the in side. Nice witty finish too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Just to state the obvious ;the Tories have spent 6 years spanking the british public including health workers paramedics and Police . Doctors strike a mere trifle . Disastrous foreign policy leading to catastrophic influx of refugees as well as leaky borders due to cuts . They then have the brass neck to ask you to support their IN campaign . Why give us a vote if it is so wrong to vote freely ? Osborne says vote IN ,guess what I am going to vote . Anything to put a spoke in the wheels of this shower of Tory Shiite . But it's not just the Tory IN campaign is it. libour, lib dems, greens etc are also IN and far more than the Tory's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Excellent speech by Gove, very measured. How different to the fear mongering propaganda spouted by the in side. Nice witty finish too. Where is the content?? Free trade area??..He must be having a laugh. Goods sold win the EU would have to comply with the standards of the EU which the UK could not set and would still have to pay to EU coffers to access, a fund the UK could not use. The level playing field of the single market would be gone for the UK and any differences we would make would be paid for a trading time. If the UK is not in the free trade area Foreign Direct Investment will be lost. There are no free trade agreements with the EU for financial services our biggest export. I would like to see more about the impact a UK exit would have on the EU. Maybe it would implode at some point or be forced into radical change something a number of EU leaders are pushing for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Where is the content?? Free trade area??..He must be having a laugh. Goods sold win the EU would have to comply with the standards of the EU which the UK could not set and would still have to pay to EU coffers to access, a fund the UK could not use. The level playing field of the single market would be gone for the UK and any differences we would make would be paid for a trading time. If the UK is not in the free trade area Foreign Direct Investment will be lost. There are no free trade agreements with the EU for financial services our biggest export. I would like to see more about the impact a UK exit would have on the EU. Maybe it would implode at some point or be forced into radical change something a number of EU leaders are pushing for. Given that the UK import from the EU far more than they export to it any trade agreements are going to be negotiated from a position of strength. If the EU make it harder for the UK to sell to them then VW Audi et al will suddenly find their cars not conforming to new British standards. The Yanks are masters at this type of thing and it works for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Where is the content?? Free trade area?? What 'free' trade area? It costs us £10bn a year (and rising) to trade 'freely' across the EU. Doesn't sound like much of a deal to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 What 'free' trade area? It costs us £10bn a year (and rising) to trade 'freely' across the EU. Doesn't sound like much of a deal to me. Exactly, Its like having free parking in Waitrose car park when you have to pay £1 to park at Lidl. What looks better compared to what works out better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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