GBP - How low will it go?

[original PM]

not really

then



now

You ever been to some of the more 'interesting' areas of Skelmersdale?

[BlasterBates]

You ever been to some of the more 'interesting' areas of Skelmersdale?

Indeed I have, know it well, quite pleasant for the most part. Sure those concrete houses need renovating, but they're getting on with that.

New council houses to be built in Skelmersdale as part of Beechtrees revival - Southport Visiter

Not really comparable with the slums of the 1960s.

[Zigenare]

Indeed I have, know it well, quite pleasant for the most part. Sure those concrete houses need renovating, but they're getting on with that.

New council houses to be built in Skelmersdale as part of Beechtrees revival - Southport Visiter

Not really comparable with the slums of the 1960s.

Where's Eileen Bilton when you need her? Give her a call on Skelmersdale 32123!

[original PM]

Where's Eileen Bilton when you need her? Give her a call on Skelmersdale 32123!

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[JohntheBike]

Since joining the EU or trade in services has grown massively, as you claim was promised.

But since British Leyland, British Steel, The Coal Board etc were closed down (is that purely because of the EU in your eyes?) we have less to export.
Also, before we joined the EU, petrol was 55p per gallon. And we had rationing. And there was less obesity. Are these things all the EU's fault, in your rose-tinted eyes?

Those graphs show the balance of trade surplus/deficit and include revenue from exporting services. So they indicate to me that over the whole period of the UK's membership of the EU, our deficit has grown overall whereas prior to joining the deficit years were only marginal in financial terms. Remember, these are HMG figures. So how do you explain this?

and how do you explain the discrepancy in our gold reserves when compared to other EU countries -

Top 20 Countries With The Largest Gold Reserves, 2019 | CEOWORLD magazine

[TestMangler]

Those graphs show the balance of trade surplus/deficit and include revenue from exporting services. So they indicate to me that over the whole period of the UK's membership of the EU, our deficit has grown overall whereas prior to joining the deficit years were only marginal in financial terms. Remember, these are HMG figures. So how do you explain this?

and how do you explain the discrepancy in our gold reserves when compared to other EU countries -

Top 20 Countries With The Largest Gold Reserves, 2019 | CEOWORLD magazine

Maybe, just maybe, since the late 70's, the UK had Governments who's main industrial policy was to close and sell everything it could get it's hands on while other countries invested in their industries ?

[Whorty]

well, it certainly looked that way to me.

So you're admitting you made it all up, but hey, your defense for total bollox is "it certainly looked tat way to me"?

You sir, are a total pillock

[Whorty]

OK, I guess ...

Yes, you do a lot of guessing but don't present much knowledge.

Why not present some facts that are correct rather than alt-right lies then maybe we would take you a lilttle more seriously.

Then again, maybe we won't

[Whorty]

To be fair there are still people in the UK which live in worse conditions than that.

So 45 years in the EU does not really seem to have had that much impact.....

No. There are not.

[JohntheBike]

So you're admitting you made it all up, but hey, your defense for total bollox is "it certainly looked tat way to me"?

You sir, are a total pillock

I didn't make up the fact that we had 29% inflation after decimalisation and high inflation was inevitable when the minimum price increase in the new money was 2.4 times greater than in the old money. I still believe this was part and parcel of the plan to bring our wages and prices up to par with the EU so that we could join the EU.

and just to demonstrate

it doesn't matter what the reality of speed cameras is, or what the police say the reality is, it's the public's perception of what the reality is, and that perception is that they are a cash generating device.

So, the public may be wrong, but your going to have a hell of a fight convincing them so!