Shock of the day - HSBC

[darmstadt]

Yep, lived there for 18 months. Is absolutely empty over the weekend. Just remind me again why we should prop-up these high paid risk takers again?

That's weird, I've lived just south of Frankfurt for the last 26 years and that's not what I've found, maybe you just went to the wrong places, looking for other migrants

[NigelJK]

This was a while back (just before the Euro), I had an appartment in the centre. IIRC there was a large (relatively famous) department store on one of the main roads which had a Harrods like food hall in the basement, where you could get both types of Cheddar - English and Irish.

[Bluenose]

I'll defer my scoffing to post-brexit when zero jobs move to Paris

As a Londoner I can safely say that French nationals working in the financial services industry are a group we can safely do without.

[LondonManc]

Yep, lived there for 18 months. Is absolutely empty over the weekend. Just remind me again why we should prop-up these high paid risk takers again?

When you look at the overall contribution that HSBC makes to the UK economy, you'll understand. Not that we're propping them up, more accommodating them so that they'll keep employing British people. HTHBIDI

[darmstadt]

This was a while back (just before the Euro), I had an appartment in the centre. IIRC there was a large (relatively famous) department store on one of the main roads which had a Harrods like food hall in the basement, where you could get both types of Cheddar - English and Irish.

Get it anywhere now from Lidl to your local cheese shop. I bought some nice Cheddar at the weekend for a Macaroni Cheese from Rewe...