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Previously on "One in three UK firms plan for Brexit relocation, IoD says"

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    So you are saying we should have stayed in the EU to keep the pound at an artificially high level
    Yeah, why not print £100,000 notes so that pound is not kept at artificially high rate of whopping 1.3 USD

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Ford has blamed Brexit for a near- $1billion fall in 2017 earnings

    So assuming that this isn't to do with Brexit I wonder what the reason is.

    So you are saying we should have stayed in the EU to keep the pound at an artificially high level to help a US based company make more profit?

    That does not sound like good reasoning to me.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post

    So assuming that this isn't to do with Brexit I wonder what the reason is.

    Ford said another factor in the downturn is 'growing anti-diesel sentiment' across Europe.
    Doesn't sound as sexy and topical as "It was Brexit wot dun it!" I'll grant you.

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  • BlasterBates
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    Ford has blamed Brexit for a near- $1billion fall in 2017 earnings

    So assuming that this isn't to do with Brexit I wonder what the reason is.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    As is the pulling of investment in diesel car manufacturing in the event of a worldwide downturn in diesel vehicle sales.

    That is just a coincidence.

    ftfy

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
    Pure speculation, would be dismissed in court.
    As is the pulling of investment in car manufacturing in the event of Brexit.

    That is just a coincidence.

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    The IOD never said that the UK "had" to join the Euro. Their members were split

    Directors split over euro | Business | The Guardian

    The majority supported joining the Euro. They argued that not being in the Euro damaged exports, which it did, because as a result the UK now has a whopping big trade deficit with EU, which has been growing since the introduction of the Euro.

    Pure speculation, would be dismissed in court.

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Linky?
    The IOD never said that the UK "had" to join the Euro. Their members were split

    Directors split over euro | Business | The Guardian

    The majority supported joining the Euro. They argued that not being in the Euro damaged exports, which it did, because as a result the UK now has a whopping big trade deficit with EU, which has been growing since the introduction of the Euro.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by GreenMirror View Post
    Is this the same IoD that said the UK had to join the Euro?
    Linky?

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  • meridian
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    Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
    So we're paying a tiny amount to allow them to come over and be a larger drain on our resources (i.e. your ever-increasing social budget)? Awesome.
    Only if you read and believe the Daily Mail ("World's least accurate paper ®"). More reputable sources show that "they" come over and add more to the tax take than "they" take in social budget, so in fact "they" reduce your tax burden.

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by meridian View Post
    It's a measly contribution that gives us many benefits in return. I get that you don't want to pay it, but some of us see that the benefits far outweigh the very small costs.

    It's by a long way the smallest part of where our tax goes. If you have a private pension you may not want to be paying tax for state pensions, but as a collective society it's the right thing to do. Likewise if you pay for private education, or if you don't want to pay for military.


    So we're paying a tiny amount to allow them to come over and be a larger drain on our resources (i.e. your ever-increasing social budget)? Awesome.

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  • LondonManc
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    We should stay in the EU and feck them over from the inside, get thoroughly medieval on them.

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  • GreenMirror
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    Is this the same IoD that said the UK had to join the Euro?

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  • meridian
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    We will.

    not long now

    We will be a part of a larger group which has absolutely no interest in anything we say? When?

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by meridian View Post
    Good question. Let us know when that happens.
    We will.

    not long now

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