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30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?You are simply regurgitating media click bait. 1980's? Why not go back to Roman Britain? I think you have an inkling of what you mean, but between head and keyboard something goes awry. You mistake people's genuine concerns for something they are not. I thought this racism non issue that is often attempted to prevent real debate had been exposed for tripe that it is. If you want taunting please try Luton, Bradford, Halifax, Southall, Regent Park mosque, Peterborough..............you can find it in spades, yes, white British on the receiving end, but that doesn't provide click bait or sell newspapers. New York Times =Huffington Post nowadays.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?"The UK has a unique agreement with the EU. Not in Schengen, outside the Euro and a commitment from all the other 27 countries that the UK would to not be involved in any closer political union. " Oh, for crying out loud! "Not in Schengen" is irrelevant as far as free movement goes. Once anyone reaches a border within the EU they are FREE to travel anywhere unhindered across the whole of the EU. They can be anyone of any nationality. Why do you think terrorists love the free movement nonsense. How long do you think it would be before we were forced into the Euro in years to come once our one and only leverage of voting out was removed. "Not involved in closer political union". What about the Court of Justice who can overrule our laws and the 27 other nations can out vote us (as they have done many times) and therefore impose political union in any event. I'd be very interested in what it was that Cameron and the EU council/commission cobbled together behind closed doors for Cameron to keep us in.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?Can we stop with this narrow NHS/immigration navel gazing. The plan is to try and unravel 43 years of EU rules and legislation that we have woven into our way of life. There could not possibly be a "plan" on the table ready to go for that tsunami of bureaucracy. We know superficially what we want to happen, control our borders, reduce the pressure on our public servicers, stop single unskilled men from mainly outside the EU now from dumping themselves here, develop trade outside the EU on a level playing field without having to consult messrs Junckers and Tusk, prevent unelected clerks dictating policy. Those are the first important things. However there are libraries of rules, laws and dictats from our membership of the EU. I repeat, no plan could ever be created to deal with that, 1 hour, 1 week, 1 month or 1 year from the day after the referendum.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?New Zealand has already offered us their top trade negotiators.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?Or "Hotel California" "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave".ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?RTC, you post as though the numbers in the indices actually matter to Mr & Mrs Average. However the FTSE 250 does not comprise earnings only made up of domestic trade. I'm really not sure in isolation how your post about the FTSE indices is relevant to the huge raft of issue the EU has created over 43 years. It is our credit based economy, that cradle to grave love in with debt. We have an enormous trade imbalance with Europe, truly huge. This vote actually gives us the chance to rebalance that trade deficit by trading with other countries around the world. If you thought that continuing in the EU as a lone voice with an ever widening trade gap was the answer,it wasn't. We also might have some chance to reduce our love affair with credit and our house price based economy so driven by foreign buyers. I see New Zealand has offered us their top trade negotiators for the forthcoming EU trade talks. If I have to make some belt tightening measures for the long term benefit of my country then I will and would expect any patriot to do likewise.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Should Jeremy Corbyn Stay or Go?Agree. He was elected by the membership and not the Parliamentary party. It would be a hijacking of democracy if they are allowed to oust him for their own self serving means.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Should Jeremy Corbyn Stay or Go?Major issue is the immature media,whose brand of hysteria and misdirection taints anyone they are not "in bed" with. Just look what they did pre and post referendum with their hysterics.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Should Jeremy Corbyn Stay or Go?The young generation don't vote so why worry.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Should Jeremy Corbyn Stay or Go?The problem is Corbyn was elected by the membership, but it is the self serving ego opportunists supported in the background by people like the Portland Communications, so beloved by Blair and Brown during their ruinous tenure who are trying to ignore the memberships wishes. I hope Corbyn remains as a thorn in the side of all those Labour MP's who couldn't care less about this country, but only their own self preservation. As for that hypercrite Hilary Benn attempting to lecture people on the morality of democracy then stabbing Corbyn in the back and trying to start a hijacking of the Labour leadership.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Who would you choose to replace David Cameron as Prime Minister?Yes, agreed, Gove might be the man.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Who would you choose to replace David Cameron as Prime Minister?He should have been our pm anyway and I personally would be delighted to have him in No10, but the tory party don't want him.ViewDate:
30th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Who would you choose to replace David Cameron as Prime Minister?In principle I agree however any general election at this juncture would simply muddy the waters. We need an MP from the out camp, not a remain as this would simply exacerbate the current media created void we have. The general election is not too far off anyway.ViewDate:
27th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?RTC, how on earth do you think they could counteract the nonsense put out by remain? We will never know what it really was that Cameron agreed to behind closed doors if we voted to stay will we.ViewDate:
27th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?Eventually it will,but can we convince the youth and 18-40's?ViewDate:
27th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?So please tell us, what is the EU then? The EU economies, save for Germany whose exchange rate was the most favourable when set to join the Euro are in turmoil, unemployment is rife, their economies stagnant, their youth aimless, their growth negative. They are fixed in a one size fits all system of blue sky thinking nonsense which is unsustainable and you think that WE have chaos! How long do you think the mindless one size fits all has already been in operation in Europe. I am loathe to be rude, but you strike me as one so in love with the leased 3 series, big shoes,big watch and iPhone junkies who thinks that being part of the EU is all about holidays, eating French cheese, the villa holiday in some European country with just enough wine knowledge to know the difference between French and New World plonk. We need people with moral fibre who are not afraid of a challenge and love their country and are not morally defeated at the first hurdle. I served with plenty when I was in the RAF and wish there were more about today.ViewDate:
27th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?I disagree and firmly believe that it was more a control issue. We want control of our borders again, our laws, our economy, our future free from unelected clerks telling us how it is. No one was really hoodwinked. The press and disgruntled in voters would like people to believe that but it isn't true.ViewDate:
27th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?Pam1960, please don't fall into the "believe everything you read" trap. These are selected stories to ramp up sentiment. Who but the British could be so self critical on the say so of a few journalists. I must say that we hardly ever hear of the Brit baiting by foreign nationals in this country or the sexual targeting of white Christian teenagers by muslims, the hundreds of Eastern Europeans sent back to Eastern Europe weekly by military planes from their own countries who have committed serious crimes here. Please don't knock your own country as these isolated incidents happen everywhere, but it seems only the British get targeted by journalists. I personally have not felt as proud to be British for many a year as I did on the morning of the 24th June after I heard the result of the vote.ViewDate:
27th Jun 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you think we’re facing chaos now we’re leaving the EU?I despair that so many seem to in a blind panic especially over shares with the herd mentality prevalent. I see that the fifth columnists have already tried to deny the out vote by using selected snippets from interviews from out voters to give the lie that they wanted to change their mind and apparently London hedonists think that they should be separatists. Nothing has happened yet as all we have done as a nation is vote to leave the EU shackles. It is our two faced "pals" in the EU calling for us to go asap to protect their gravy train. Journalists and the establishment have been dealt a body blow as this vote was also a vote on their competence with them overwhelmingly declaring "a remain outcome" after the vote. We actually have a strong hand as far as trade goes which is why Angela Merkel is being less of an hysteric than Junckers and Tusk. Junckers, who is essentially an unelected (except by the council of ministers) clerk absolutely hates the UK after Cameron tried to block his appointment knowing he is a rabid centralist whose father was in the werhmacht and the vote was 26 -2 in his favour. The last British pm to try and block the president of the commission was John Major and that failed as well and the EU got Jacques Santer. Merkel knows that we import a huge amount of German goods and doesn't want to lose that market. I assume once the dust has settled and the lights still work, gas is still used for cooking, the buses turn up, people get paid and Apple iphones are still in the shops that we will settle down to life without the unelected EU clerks. What we should be focusing on is our buying power as who but people like Junckers who are on huge non performance salaries and couldn't careless if we buy less from our European neighbours would want to lose the billions we spend buying our neighbours' goods. The government's gambit should be "if you want our business then it comes at a reasonable price, but try and punish us and we'll shop elsewhere". We do have a great spirit in this country when it is raised, my fear is that is it something that the 18-40 age group is prepared to find and use as few have really ever lived through hard times and am not sure they have the moral fibre for a sustained regrouping of this country's greatest assets; its people.ViewDate:
13th May 2016bluesuede commented on:
The best retirement budgeting tips on the webRachel, I wonder if Silversurfers could perhaps do an article on those who may wish to live abroad but not want buy a property.ViewDate:
13th May 2016bluesuede commented on:
Should over 70s have to retake their driving test?Yes, they should along with over 20's,30's,40's,50's.... The general standard of driving is appalling and the level of sheer pig ignorance and aggression combined with a piece of metal and glass is frightening. As we get older our reactions are slower and whether we like to admit that the aggressive manner of driving today is not ideal for older drivers. Still perhaps if we had more or even some in some areas traffic police things might improve.ViewDate:
13th May 2016bluesuede commented on:
Do you buy a daily newspaper or do you read the news online?Although I used to subscribe to both The Times and FT, I found that the Times had become nothing more than an employer for children,wives girlfiends of tory MP's and general conservative shills. It was quite clear where most of the content originated. The FT, once a great source of information, not just for finance dumbed down to the extent that it started an agony column dressed up as an invitation to express an opinion (as long as the opinion agreed with the "sub-editors" views) and some of its figures and general reporting became unreliable and probably reflected the machinations in the run up to the sell off of the paper by Pearson to the Japanese last year. I subscribe to the The Economist now (get my student son's copy on a 3 year discounted rate) which seems to have held its own fairly well even compared to the hey day of the 70's. I do sometimes still buy the The Telegraph, not because it is any less of a comic than the others, but because it is one of the few that I can still occasionally finish the quick crossword. The Guardian online is also one I take a look at most days and its content is currently unrestricted. Sadly, I, like many others it seems use online content for most of my "news" including smartphone access.ViewDate:
17th Apr 2015bluesuede commented on:
Innovative new way to earn investment incomeHaving dug a little deeper it seems Trillion Fund takes a 1% fee from the income before any of the investors get their annual return. There also seems to be no way of capital appreciation that a traded retail bond paying similar returns on the ORB market of the LSE (not a recommendation by the way). So it seems quite risky without any options other than to hope you actually do get your annual income plus return of capital at the end of three years.ViewDate:
17th Apr 2015bluesuede commented on:
Innovative new way to earn investment incomeSomewhat concerned that Silversurfers are running this advertisement for a very risky fund. I recall a retail bond offering a year or so ago offering around 6% for an energy company which went bust and everyone except the administrators lost their money. No one pay 7% without serious risk. Anyone at or in retirement should think extremely carefully about risking their savings when they cannot possibly replace them.