Hamish McPanji
Honorary Master
I posted that pic from Google finance
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You're comparing it to the Rand?!!Yea was talking about from our point of view. Rand v Pound was similar around mid 2015. We still doing ok, so the UK is still doing ok. I want to see when and where this omfg, UK is doomed is going to happen.
You're comparing it to the Rand?!!
Lol. Why don't you just pick the kwanza or Congolese franc instead?
You're comparing it to the Rand?!!
Lol. Why don't you just pick the kwanza or Congolese franc instead?
You have doomed it, now that you start to compare it to a 3rd world economy
Haha, I wonder how many currency pairs he selected before settling on the ZAR for comparison!![]()
Dono, google is set to ZA.
You tell me... /facepalm
Not at all.
Are you any way worse off than 2015?
Definitely not some kind of recession everyone was predicting now is it? The UK will be fine, they have been through far worse. I just love how people predicted doom and gloom when they are still way better off than we are and yet even with a massive foreign policy change have lost nothing but a year or two when it comes to economic forecast.
So you picked the first one...even more scientific![]()
Sends me a duh link to Google, despite me posting a link from GoogleSo you picked the first one...even more scientific![]()
Yes, I am worse off. Mine and my wife's UK investments and savings have lost more than 30% in a year. It's not that far off from what we have lost in SA as well since nenegate
The fact that you were using a pound comparison with the rand as a sign of its strength is a clear indication that you more than clueless about this.
The only thing I hear you say is lefties, blah blah blah. That seems to be your entire argument, and an excuse to keep your head In the sand
Are you aware that Brexit has not even actually started. So the UK is operating in exactly the same way it has before. But some companies are already making moves out.
So there has been no completed trade negotiations, no new rules in place. You act as if it's already happened
You seem to be oblivious to the facts staring right at you for some reason... I can only wonder why
Some of the world's most biggest companies are supporting the move doubling down on their investment there. They are obviously just as clueless...
I'll just show myself out to came and laugh at you guys again.
As for your investments in the UK, if you left you funds there even with the doomsayers pre-brexit vote. You deserve the losses. Others pulled out and are re-investing now. I suggest you get someone to manage your investments better![]()
London – British MPs overwhelmingly backed a bill on Wednesday empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to start negotiations on leaving the European Union, bringing Brexit a significant step closer.
Members of the House of Commons voted by 494 votes to 122 for a law enabling May to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which begins two years of talks on pulling out of the 28-nation bloc.
"We've seen a historic vote tonight – a big majority for getting on with negotiating our exit from the EU and a strong, new partnership with its member states," said Brexit minister David Davis.
The unamended two-clause bill now moves to the House of Lords, where there may be more opposition from unelected peers, and where May's Conservative party does not have a majority.
But its passage through the Commons, where two-thirds of MPs had campaigned against Brexit ahead of the June referendum, puts May on course to begin the withdrawal process by the end of March, as she has vowed.
The referendum result sent shockwaves around Europe, spooking investors and raising fears for the future of the EU itself.
In the early weeks, there was speculation that pro-European lawmakers might try to delay or even stop the Brexit process.
Labour headaches
May initially sought to bypass parliament, prompting an appeal to the Supreme Court that last month ruled she must obtain their approval to trigger Article 50.
But during five days of debate on the resulting government bill, it became clear that most MPs would not stop the process – even if some warned that leaving Europe's single market could be disastrous.
The opposition Labour party and the smaller Scottish National Party (SNP) tabled amendments demanding guarantees on market access, workers' rights and those of EU citizens in Britain.
Each was defeated, although during the process the government was forced to promise lawmakers a vote on the final Brexit deal before it is concluded.
Labour imposed a "three-line whip", a tough disciplinary measure ordering its MPs not to oppose the legislation, ensuring it would pass.
But some 52 Labour MPs rebelled in Wednesday's vote, including business spokesperson Clive Lewis who resigned shortly beforehand, bringing a fresh headache for embattled leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn.
What exactly was the vote on 1 Feb for though? Do the British officials have to vote on everything three times before making a decision?!?
Anyway, couple of weeks to go before the bremoaners have to finally admit defeat then.
So they needed to vote on a Bill giving Theresa May the authority to invoke it.
Yeah I got that bit, I just don't get the sequence:
1 Feb the MPs voted on this
8 Feb the House of Commons voted on this
20 Feb the House of Lords will debate this and vote on it afterwards
So a lower house and upper house both have to vote, fine, but why three votes in the sequence, isn't it usually just two (Commons and Lords)?
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Royal Assent
We all know the Queen is not going to veto it so why even bother with the ceremony.