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JonnyF

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  1. 10 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

    No the loss in value of the pound is due to Brexit. By your own admission it fell steeply immediately after the referendum. It then bumped along until Brexit was done. By your logic it should have jumped straight back up after the uncertainty was removed. It has not. Which demonstrates that leaving the EU is what damaged the pound. Not uncertainty.

    Blaming others for the consequences of your actions is pointless. 

    Clueless. It's much easier to knock something down than it is to rebuild it. As an SNP supporter you must know that, although so far you've even failed with the knocking it down part!

     

    Between July 2016 and August 2019 it fell from 45.80 to 37.03, the steepest drop being June 2019. About 19% down in the 3 years of fighting and legal challenges after the initial drop immediately after the vote. If that's what you call bumping along, well like I said - economically illiterate. 

     

    You Remainers and their lack of respect for the Democratic process was an act of self harm. Own it.

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  2. 4 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

     

    Remainers did not destroy the pound. Brexiteers did by voting to leave the EU hence the drop in value against all major currencies. If uncertainty had been the issue as you claimed then it would have jumped back up when that was removed.

    Blaming others for your own actions is pointless.

    Incorrect. 4 years of turmoil, calls for "people's votes" and legal cases/wrangling by the likes of Gina Miller caused untold damage to the UK. If only you guys could have respected Democracy... Shameful stuff, you guys really showed your true colours.

     

    Imagining that it would jump back overnight only highlights your lack of understanding of economic fundamentals. Which is probably why you fell for all the Project Fear nonsense.

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  3. 41 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

    So now that the uncertainty is over with why has the pound not returned to pre referendum levels?

    These things don't tend to happen overnight. While there was a sharp drop immediately after the vote to leave it took several years to reach the bottom. Similarly, while there has been a sharp rise since we left, it may take several years to return to pre vote levels.

     

    Thankfully, leaving meant we face no political pressure to join the EU's failed debacle of a vaccine scheme so we are able to return to some level of normality much quicker than our friends and partners in the EU. It's obviously volatile out there at the moment, but barring any deadly new variants I'd guess we'll be back to pre vote levels by the end of 2022. So that would be 4 years for Remainers to destroy the pound, and only 2 years for Leavers to rebuild it (you're welcome). The recent trade deal with Australia will only benefit us further. Onwards and upwards.

     

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/uk-confirms-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-australia.html

     

  4. 17 hours ago, johnnybgood said:


    Normally I don't rise to the ignorant posters, and as the censorship on here is sooooo subjective here goes............

     

    We are Scotland, just a small nation........... as is Little England, thing is you are in denial about your status.

    England has a huge population and a very dodgy MSM, many of them red-tops which in order to do business, pump up the jingoistic rhetoric.
    Only the white English, low educated knuckle draggers buy into this.

     

    Don't you realise nobody in the world likes you, except your own white English low educated knuckle draggers?

    Look at your England today consumed with bile toward the coloured English players.....seemingly blamed for last nights defeat?

     

    The City of London, the money tree, doesn't want to know about UK,  all their investment is overseas - why would they invest in Sharon / Darren?

    Stop taking the <deleted>. We want separation, we don't need or like Eng-er-land. Get over it.
     

    You sound bitter and angry. Maybe a deep friend Mars bar and a can of Irn Bru would help?

     

    Firstly, a handful of idiots sent racist messages to the players. The vast majority of the country condemned these idiots and rightly so.

     

    Secondly, if "You" want separation, why did "You" vote to Remain in Indyref 2014? Seems like you are misrepresenting the majority's wishes to support your vocal minority of nationalist extremists.  The hate that Sturgeon managed to drum up amongst the bitter minority of loons last year has passed already. The dream is over. Make yourself comfy, you're going nowhere.

     

    https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/poll-shows-drop-for-scottish-independence-support-as-sir-john-curtice-claims-results-shows-cooling-over-uk-split-3287969

     

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  5. 15 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

    Did you really expect anything different based on the other countries who were hit by the Delta variant.

    Personally, I was expecting the numbers to rise, but not quite as quickly as it has. I think many would admit they are a bit surprised by the rapid increased the last 2-3 days (if they were being honest). I would have said 10,000 by the end of July. It looks to be much quicker than that unfortunately.

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  6. I haven't been to Samui for years. The last couple of times I took my own transport, but I remember way back in 2004 we went for a friend's wedding and me and a buddy got charged about 600 Baht to Lamai from the airport (about 15kms). Maybe the prices he is quoting are per person and not per journey lol? 17 years later post pandemic I expect that would be closer to 1000 Baht. A lovely welcome to the island.

     

    All these Thai islands are the same, run by local mafias and a law unto themselves. On the plus side, Lamai was a good laugh back then and I had a great time. Last time I went it had lost it's charm.

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  7. 53 minutes ago, smedly said:

    and still they refuse to stop interprovincial travel knowing fool well it will spread the pandemic far and wide - I can only conclude that is their intention - you would need to be a total idiot not to see this

    A few Thais I've spoken to have said that the intention is to allow people to get out of Bangkok so that C19 positive people can utilize medical facilities in other provinces that are not under as much strain. 

     

    Bangkok hospitals are at breaking point, so they don't want to lock down BKK and prevent travel because it will exasperate the problem in the capital.

     

    They are relying on sick people reporting to hospital as soon as they arrive in their province of course, which won't happen.

     

    I am not saying this is a good idea or even that this is the reason, but at least 3 Thais have told me the same thing. So maybe it IS their intention? Who knows at this point. The government seems to be clutching at straws.

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