Reply to: One in three UK firms plan for Brexit relocation, IoD says

[AtW]

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

[original PM]

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.

[shaunbhoy]

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.

[BlasterBates]

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.

[shaunbhoy]

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

[BlasterBates]

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.

[LondonManc]

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.

[BlasterBates]

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.

[Old Greg]

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

Linky?

[meridian]

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.

[LondonManc]

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.

[LondonManc]

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

[GreenMirror]

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

[meridian]

We will.

not long now

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

[original PM]

Good question. Let us know when that happens.

We will.

not long now