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Honest Thief posted:Fuckin hell, my modest pounds savings are now dust. I kept them in my UK account betting on Remain, OH WELL!!! Time to figure out what to do next. Still worth the same as yesterday if you are buying local goods and services.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:18 |
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A Buttery Pastry posted:On the one hand, whichever dude in England gets to be lord protector could tell them to go gently caress themselves, but on the other hand, what would they do if the Sturgeon just held a referendum anyway and leave won a resounding victory? Ask the Catalans how that worked for them :P In seriousness though, Scot independence might just happen who knows. Honest Thief posted:Fuckin hell, my modest pounds savings are now dust. I kept them in my UK account betting on Remain, OH WELL!!! Time to figure out what to do next. Inside of the UK they will, for the time being, buy the same amount of stuff. And the pound will come back up, don't fret, this is not even the single biggest drop in a day.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:20 |
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Tesseraction posted:False advertising as usual from the perfidious Belge. No dude, they're building a beer pipeline. Belguim knows good beer and waffles, if nothing else.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:24 |
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Dawncloack posted:Ask the Catalans how that worked for them :P
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:28 |
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Scotland needs permission to have a referendum and even if that passes they again need the result to be honored. If the UK just says no I guess they could form the SRA or something.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:31 |
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doverhog posted:Scotland needs permission to have a referendum and even if that passes they again need the result to be honored. You forget the UK needs to negotiate with the EU from a disadvantageous position. "Sure ok, trade deal, but you let Scotland have its referendum, and honor it." After Brexit passed, I no longer believe politics will behave according to rationality and law. It's literally a collective childish tantrum, extending into the infinite.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:35 |
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"What? You can't just have a referendum and leave us, Scotland. What made you think people could do that?"
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:35 |
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"What, you thought Brexit was about Britain exiting the EU? That makes no sense, it wasn't called Euxit. It was about who exits Britain. Congratulations, England and Wales, you won."
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:37 |
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Are the people of Scotland still going to want to rejoin or stay in the EU when they realize they'll almost definitely lose their euro exemption?
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:41 |
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Sinteres posted:Are the people of Scotland still going to want to rejoin or stay in the EU when they realize they'll almost definitely lose their euro exemption? Price we'll be willing to pay at this point.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:42 |
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Sinteres posted:Are the people of Scotland still going to want to rejoin or stay in the EU when they realize they'll almost definitely lose their euro exemption? They would have to go through a monetary reform anyway if they chose to secede...
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:45 |
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Spain says they will veto Scottish accession so I guess that kills it?
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:46 |
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The puns are coming in fierce now, and I gotta say dePortugal makes me reconsider this whole EU business.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:47 |
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bencreateddisco posted:Spain says they will veto Scottish accession so I guess that kills it? Spain has reelections in two days because the last one resulted in a stale mate. It doesn't look like anyone is going to be able to form a government because everyone hates everyone else, but the PP has slim chances to coalition with anyone (and no chances with Rajoy). They could have a pro-catalan-referendum government. Or no government at all. Who knows what Spains Scotland position will be in a year or so. Peggotty fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Jun 24, 2016 |
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bencreateddisco posted:Spain says they will veto Scottish accession so I guess that kills it?
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:54 |
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Honest Thief posted:The puns are coming in fierce now, and I gotta say dePortugal makes me reconsider this whole EU business.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 18:54 |
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Sinteres posted:Are the people of Scotland still going to want to rejoin or stay in the EU when they realize they'll almost definitely lose their euro exemption? Pound is hosed. Euro is more appealing now.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 19:21 |
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Extreme0 posted:Pound is hosed. Euro is more appealing now. Deciding that the horrifically flawed euro is better than the pound after one day of market panic seems premature at best. Scotland's probably going to have to endure the pain of withdrawal before they could rejoin anyway, so I'm not seeing much upside unless you really just want Scotland to be independent for its own sake and are willing to eat an additional poo poo sandwich to get there. Oil prices aren't exactly what they were for the last referendum either, which seems like another factor a new independence movement would have to address. The kind of deal the EU ends up negotiating with the UK would matter a whole lot too, because Scotland can't afford to have significant barriers to trade with England.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 19:31 |
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EU gonna get a huge US injection of money and influence. UK hosed up. ie. Euro will be great again
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 19:35 |
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Lmao Britain is set to achieve the unprecedented triple dip recession. Why do they keep electing tories?!
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 20:18 |
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Sinteres posted:Deciding that the horrifically flawed euro is better than the pound after one day of market panic seems premature at best. Scotland's probably going to have to endure the pain of withdrawal before they could rejoin anyway, so I'm not seeing much upside unless you really just want Scotland to be independent for its own sake and are willing to eat an additional poo poo sandwich to get there. Oil prices aren't exactly what they were for the last referendum either, which seems like another factor a new independence movement would have to address. The kind of deal the EU ends up negotiating with the UK would matter a whole lot too, because Scotland can't afford to have significant barriers to trade with England. lol
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 20:27 |
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Arglebargle III posted:Lmao Britain is set to achieve the unprecedented triple dip recession. Why do they keep electing tories?! The english are super duper stupid.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 20:30 |
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My real worry about Brexit is that people like Juncker are gonna think it happened because they didn't dismantle worker's rights fast enough. Am I off-base on this?
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:04 |
ElNarez posted:My real worry about Brexit is that people like Juncker are gonna think it happened because they didn't dismantle worker's rights fast enough. Am I off-base on this? Yes.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:07 |
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ElNarez posted:My real worry about Brexit is that people like Juncker are gonna think it happened because they didn't dismantle worker's rights fast enough. Am I off-base on this? Well that's what's it's about, more or less. When people talk about "overregulation" or whatever they mean stuff like food safety laws, worker rights and environmental protection. People are retards.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:16 |
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ElNarez posted:My real worry about Brexit is that people like Juncker are gonna think it happened because they didn't dismantle worker's rights fast enough. Am I off-base on this? Juncker doesn't really belong in that political space. Even if he believes it (he does come from the centre-right) he's in a position where he has to show competence and successful policies. More importantly, the referendum wasn't about this anyway; the Tories did a good job dismantling workers' rights themselves without needing input from Brussels to do so.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:25 |
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Because some of you are concerned about the value of the GBP. https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/746349370224709633
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:35 |
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waitwhatno posted:Well that's what's it's about, more or less. When people talk about "overregulation" or whatever they mean stuff like food safety laws, worker rights and environmental protection. People are retards. Actually they mean "I'm afraid of strange people, and I don't want them and their inscrutable ways influencing my life. I can only trust my countrymen with the same stiff upper lip and disregard for my own personal dignity as me."
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:39 |
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Riso posted:Because some of you are concerned about the value of the GBP. After dropping to a 30-year low and being stabilized only after the government pledged to step in with £250 billion to do so.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:48 |
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Junior G-man posted:LMAO Verhofstadt is currently holding a press conf saying that the answer to this is increased confederation of Europe. CONfederation, not federation? Verhofstadt is losing his enthusiasm.
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Riso posted:Because some of you are concerned about the value of the GBP. Nassim Taleb is such an arrogant prick who is pretty much the mathematicians version of Nigel Farrage and Donald Trump.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 21:53 |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016#Status_of_Londonquote:Status of London This is the funniest poo poo ever. Londependence!
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 22:12 |
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Cat Mattress posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016#Status_of_London Free #ScotLond Alternately: charging a commuter tax for the home counties might be a good idea
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 22:15 |
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Every county in the UK should get a chance to become its own waterlogged bog "country".
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 22:19 |
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Cat Mattress posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016#Status_of_London Reminder that New York (City) was one of the largest proponents of secession in the US Civil War because cotton trade was its biggest revenue maker. It's not unheard of, really.
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steinrokkan posted:Actually they mean "I'm afraid of strange people, and I don't want them and their inscrutable ways influencing my life. I can only trust my countrymen with the same stiff upper lip and disregard for my own personal dignity as me." lol stiff upper lip
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 22:22 |
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GaussianCopula posted:Nassim Taleb is such an arrogant prick who is pretty much the mathematicians version of Nigel Farrage and Donald Trump. You say that as if it were a bad thing.
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Phlegmish posted:lol stiff upper lip Party Plane Jones posted:Reminder that New York (City) was one of the largest proponents of secession in the US Civil War because cotton trade was its biggest revenue maker. It's not unheard of, really.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 22:26 |
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steinrokkan posted:The Brits would be good Slavs, if they weren't so drat stupid and inbred (sic). Let's not go too far. England might be 50% chavs in tracksuits and teenage mothers on council estates, but in Russia that's 90% of the population.
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# ? Jun 24, 2016 22:28 |
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It'll be 90% soon enough, as funnily enough the feral underclass you're deriding is a product of poverty and lack of education and public services.
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