Chelseafan

35 minutes ago, bomber said:

my point proven,hows about you naming some major currencies,  i await

Pound still rates strong among most currencies...for now

https://fxssi.com/top-10-of-the-strongest-world-currencies-in-current-year

4 minutes ago, bomber said:

are you for real, the pound a safe currency ????  you are on drugs,its not even a debate now.OMG this is getting funny now,you need help,if the pound is a safe currency please name the unsafe ones

Rupee, Rouble, Most African currencies just to name a few.

26 minutes ago, bomber said:

IMF are independent,iam not wrong,no major neutral think tanks think the UK will prosper after brexit,surely even you can see that.

IMF downgrades UK growth forecast on Brexit uncertainty - BBC News.html 208.54 kB · 0 downloads

If you believe that think-tanks are independent and free from political persuasion then you are naive in the extreme.

Having said that Mark Carney made overtures last week that the UK could prosper with a no-deal....for what its worth.

Personally I think a deal will be done. There is no way that the UK Government/EU will allow a no-deal.

2 minutes ago, madmen said:

Its already started

 

https://www.9news.com.au/2019/02/17/23/49/uk-news-airline-collapse-fly-bmi-british-midland-europe

 

"Current trading and future prospects have also been seriously affected by the uncertainty created by the Brexit process, which has led to our inability to secure valuable flying contracts in Europe and a lack of confidence around bmi's ability to continue flying between destinations in Europe," the airline said on its website late Saturday.

 

god save the sterling

Bit late to the party but welcome anyhow.... ????

37 minutes ago, Basil B said:

In January 2016 I was Paying little more than £1 per Ltr for diesel, now £126-136

And in 1990 you were paying £0.40 per Ltr! As I said currency is just one of several factors that make up fuel prices.

4 hours ago, KenKadz said:

Surprise, Surprise, someone finally checking licenses.

If licenses of hotels, bars, massage parlors, eateries, etc. were entered into computer database systems and checked all year long the city might find a whole new source of revenue.

And cars, bikes, vans, land.....

8 hours ago, PatOngo said:

5% of the population said they were very happy with current living standards!

Although the Government poll differs and has the figure at 95%

5 minutes ago, nontabury said:

Our doctors surgery is staffed by 1 Brit Doctor, 1 Pakistani and 4 Indian doctors. The other surgery in town is staffed by 1 Brit Doc and 5 Asian doctors.

 All this shows me,is that we are not training enough of our own doctors,relying instead on enticing doctors away from where they are needed.

 At the moment we train 7500 doctors each year, although the government  now states they will increase this number up to 8500. Unfortunately this number is still 1000+ short.

Yep, we train them up then they f@@k off abroad for better money...

3 hours ago, tebee said:

 

https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/counting-the-cost/

Again this isn't the full story. Firstly it was based on forecasts by the office of budget responsibility who are invariably wrong as there are too many moving parts at any one time to make a sound estimate. Secondly they themselves said over half of this is due to inflation

" real household disposable income was £1,500 a year lower than the Office for Budget Responsibility’s pre-referendum forecast – with over half of this income hit due to higher than forecast inflation. "

5 hours ago, bomber said:

goods actually fell,services offset this,and we still have a big trade gap,brexit and the motor industry moving out will send it crashing

Where does it say that goods fell ? The Trade gap would be there whether Brexit happened or not. It's been widening since God was a boy...

Where is your reference to the motor industry moving out ?

1 hour ago, Chelseafan said:

Our exports went up in 2017 (year after the referendum)

granted exports were on a downwards trend from a peak in 2013

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/472364/united-kingdom-uk-export-value/

 

 

A better source

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/exports

Click max and it will show exports are up even after the referundum

Speaking to a mate who lives in Suphan Kwai near the army HQ there was a lot of activity yesterday.

3 hours ago, Mavideol said:

the guy didn't start using drugs yesterday...she knew about it and had a 1st child, why did she stay and have a second child, maybe she enjoyed being abused, no sympathy from me

Because no doubt she loved him and thought he would change his ways. "love" can blind many to their partners true colours.

11 hours ago, rixalex said:

3) No, i just want politicians to deliver on what they promise. Some day you'll want that too.

 

Some day that might actually happen though I doubt in my lifetime.

On 2/3/2019 at 5:44 PM, Jingthing said:

I'm assuming you're a Brit and don't get it. Blackface AND the KKK. Even back then. Just as bad as it is now. That's nuclear level racism and the man was well into adulthood. It doesn't matter if he wore either of the costumes. He clearly approved it to be published with his yearbook section. Also he clearly knew about it and decided to just hope it never surfaced while pursuing a political career. That doesn't show the character of a good leader. I realize the current U.S. president has the lowest character of any president ever, but the idea now is turn in a direction where character matters again for high level office holders. 

Yes, I am a Brit and we had a Royal who dressed up in a Nazi uniform!! Beat that! Racism is just as prevalent here as it is over the pond but he would get less shit if he had killed someone. I realise Racism is a serious issue and he should rightly be condemned for it but can anyone one of us really say we haven't done something in our life that we are ashamed of? We're all quick to be sanctimonious whilst being Hypocritical when judging others.

1 hour ago, stanleycoin said:

I have  been accused of this sort of behaviour in the past,   down Soi 6.

But it was all true,  and i did discharge my weapon there, several times. 

 

 

I seriously hope there were no richochets ????

4 hours ago, wilcopops said:

"No jobs are expected to be lost." - Well that's a relief! 

the fact is that before Brexit the British motor industry was on the up and up......Nissan, even after a bribe along with virtually ALL the UK motor industry are now looking to contract or relocate - "No jobs are expected to be lost." indeed! ... and see how long that prospect 

holds....

According to Wiki (and I do take this with a pinch of salt)

In 2008 the UK automotive manufacturing sector had a turnover of £52.5 billion, generated £26.6 billion of exports and produced around 1.45 million passenger vehicles and 203,000 commercial vehicles.^[1] In that year around 180,000 people were directly employed in automotive manufacturing in the UK, with a further 640,000 people employed in automotive supply, retail and servicing.^[1] This declined to 147,000 including supply industry in 2014 (-18%)^[2] The UK is a major centre for engine manufacturing and in 2008 around 3.16 million engines were produced in the country.^[1] The UK has a significant presence in auto racing and the UK motorsport industry currently employs around 38,500 people, comprises around 4,500 companies and has an annual turnover of around £6 billion.^[3]

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

The fault lies with the traitor Treason May.

Why?