The Brexit Thread

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buka001 said:
Categorical, definitive proof that the so called fear campaign from Remainers was accurate and called it, as it would be.

Proof that the leave campaign was built up of lies and fairy tales.

Good bye frictionless trade, hello regulatory checks, additional paperwork and and and.

I thought Brexit was meant to break free from the EU beauracrecy? Seems like it was all about making it more beauracratic, adding additional trade barriers, reducing free market capitalism. For what?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1226898157218471937
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Quite convenient mental gymnastics. Brexit is never about what Brexiteers actually campaigned on and promised, it's about whatever the hell you want it to be.
 
lol.

www.bbc.com

UK economy saw zero growth at the end of 2019

Growth in the services and construction sectors was offset by a "poor showing" from manufacturing.
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The UK economy saw no growth in the final three months of 2019, as manufacturing contracted for the third quarter in a row and the service sector slowed around the time of the election.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the car industry had seen a particularly weak quarter.
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Dave said:
I can't find reference to your quote "it's known as a "country over there"." anywhere in the link, could you help me locate it?





And you still haven't explained what you mean by "we"...
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It’s a telling glimpse into his fantasy world. These couple of posts from him highlight perfectly how he has no idea what Britain is or how it’s people think.
 
Spizz said:
It’s a telling glimpse into his fantasy world. These couple of posts from him highlight perfectly how he has no idea what Britain is or how it’s people think.
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Chris, like many others think that this is a return to the hey days of the Empire. Rule Britania and all that.

It is OK. As time has shown how badly the Leave campaigners have lied, so shall it show just how difficult it is for a country to stop the way it has done business for 40+ years and change into something new overnight.

Britain has become the first country in history to sanction itself.

Yes they will recover, but at what cost? What is the opportunity cost?

Where would they have been if they did not have to cut off the way they do business and reinvent the wheel? How far more productive and prosperous would they have been, were it not for this venture?
 
C4Cat said:
Yes, I know I'm talking about trade negotions between the EU and the UK. India doesn't feature in that and neither does whatever 'ranking' you are referring to. This is about negotiating strength between two parties and population size makes a difference. The trade that happens within the EU dwarfs the trade that will happen between the UK and the EU many times over.

If it's rankings you are interested in perhaps you should have a look at the world's largest economies
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lol, you quoted population as if it is what determines when people will want to trade. traders want to sell their products, they need consumers buy those products. the uk is one of the top consumers in the world. they will make trade agreements just fine. especially if the traders can do so in pounds.

but as you were, preach your doom and gloom
 
N26 announces exit from UK banking market

Berlin, February 11, 2020 - With the UK having left the European Union, N26 has today announced that it will be leaving the UK market. The timings and framework outlined in the EU Withdrawal Agreement mean that the company will in due course be unable to operate in the UK with its European banking licence.

Thomas Grosse, Chief Banking Officer at N26 said: “While we fully respect the decision that has been taken, it means that N26 will in due course be unable to serve our customers in the UK and will have to leave the market.” Customers with accounts in other markets will not be affected.
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n26.com

Leaving the UK does not change our global vision to transform retail banking for the better

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NarrowBandFtw said:
oh noooooos, the German bank most notorious for easy sign-up and uncontrolled fraud & money laundering will leave the UK?!? :eek:

whatever will they do to regain all that fraud???
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Not that it's relevant, but N26 was getting a bad name for exactly the opposite, they were refusing accounts to people with perfectly good credit with no reason given.

Maybe you're thinking of Monzo when you talk about easy sign-up and fraud issues?
 
Dave said:
Not that it's relevant, but N26 was getting a bad name for exactly the opposite, they were refusing accounts to people with perfectly good credit with no reason given.

Maybe you're thinking of Monzo when you talk about easy sign-up and fraud issues?
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nope, direct dealings with fraud and compliance teams as a consequence of my role, but that's perhaps saying too much

it is most definitely N26, did you know you can open a verified N26 account (a German one mind you) all the way from South Africa still to this day? that's not a feature by their design, merely a known oversight they dare not address

EDIT: fwiw, https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/n26-euro-bank-account.927628/
 
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access said:
but as you were, preach your doom and gloom
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Lol, that's not doom and gloom, I'm European, I think it's great that we're in a stronger negotiating position. Good luck to the UK. I don't see Brexit as being advantageous to either side, but the UK definitely has a tougher, uphill battle ahead.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
nope, direct dealings with fraud and compliance teams as a consequence of my role, but that's perhaps saying too much

it is most definitely N26, did you know you can open a verified N26 account (a German one mind you) all the way from South Africa still to this day? that's not a feature by their design, merely a known oversight they dare not address

EDIT: fwiw, https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/n26-euro-bank-account.927628/
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N26 Germany might well be (I have no idea), but N26 UK was declining people all over the place, you only have to read reddit or one of the UK fintech forums to see it was a problem.

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Just read the thread and the UK processes were nothing like that, proof of ID and residence were required as well as government issued ID photographed and sent to them. A video of you stating your name and address (iirc) was also required. As I recall, they were declining people who had grown a beard between getting their passport/drivers licence photo taken and the video being made.
 
Dave said:
N26 Germany might well be (I have no idea), but N26 UK was declining people all over the place, you only have to read reddit or one of the UK fintech forums to see it was a problem.
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their reputation is only as good as the one they have in their home base, and it is atrocious, the UK dodged a bullet by losing this business

especially seeing as the issue is not being able to simply operate under their EU licence and needing to qualify for a UK licence
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
their reputation is only as good as the one they have in their home base, and it is atrocious, the UK dodged a bullet by losing this business

especially seeing as the issue is not being able to simply operate under their EU licence and needing to qualify for a UK licence
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I kinda think you are missing the point here. They are not leaving because of their reputation.
 
Spizz said:
I kinda think you are missing the point here. They are not leaving because of their reputation.
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Who cares? Their "loss" is a blessing to the UK, because of their reputation.

Surely you don't believe every single company that leaves the UK for any loosely brexit related reason is always a bad thing for the UK? This one is a nett positive.
 
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