Reply to: Why Does the EU Get Such a Bad Rap?

[vetran]

Come on cough up some of your hard earned cash to help out Scottish banks.

Again?

[scooterscot]

On a technical point, sterling has not been devalued,.

QE is not devaluation?

[GB9]

On a technical point, sterling has not been devalued, it's value against other currencies has gone down. Besides, all my dealings are in sterling, so the relative value of sterling shouldn't make any difference.

And valid point, well made.

I'm about to purchase my lunch. Today I will use Sterling.

[Mordac]

That'll be because of Brexit and the devaluation of Sterling........

On a technical point, sterling has not been devalued, it's value against other currencies has gone down. Besides, all my dealings are in sterling, so the relative value of sterling shouldn't make any difference.

[GB9]

I'm doing my bit - my personal a/c is with Natwest and business a/c is RBS. Probably not for much longer though, charges have gone up again

That'll be because of Brexit and the devaluation of Sterling........

[Mordac]

Come on cough up some of your hard earned cash to help out Scottish banks.

I'm doing my bit - my personal a/c is with Natwest and business a/c is RBS. Probably not for much longer though, charges have gone up again

[scooterscot]

At least the UK can still afford to bail out its own banks. For how much longer though...
RBS bank to set aside another £3bn for fines - BBC News

Come on cough up some of your hard earned cash to help out Scottish banks.

[Mordac]

But....

Whats the chance that business will generate more fines in the future

We can't even give it away, so the city wide-boys must know something we don't.

[MrMarkyMark]

At least the UK can still afford to bail out its own banks. For how much longer though...
RBS bank to set aside another £3bn for fines - BBC News

Exclude the fines, and RBS is churning out a £1bn profit every three months.

But....

Whats the chance that business will generate more fines in the future

[Mordac]

Every statistic so far, by both camps, has been selective

At least the UK can still afford to bail out its own banks. For how much longer though...
RBS bank to set aside another £3bn for fines - BBC News

[NotAllThere]

Did someone call you out on your stats...

You did? Where?

[darmstadt]

Real wages are one indicator, but by no means the only one. Selective statistics are close to useless in that context.

Every statistic so far, by both camps, has been selective

[Mordac]

If Greece is so bad then surely the UK isn't in much better shape then, I mean:

Real wages are one indicator, but by no means the only one. Selective statistics are close to useless in that context.

[darmstadt]

Corruption: Expenses and allowances paid un-receipted just for turning up. No audited accounts filed for years. Billions paid out to fund white elephant projects (that airport in Spain for example).
Disregard for democracy: the Irish referendum on the Lisbon treaty. Make sure they have another one and bully/bribe them into voting the right way this time.
Political egos: Look at all the flapping around to "save" Greece, for example. The fact that Greece has been well and truly buttrogered by the "deal" doesn't matter squat. The important thing was to save the EU vanity project, which is ultimately what the EU is.

I'm sure there is a hell of a lot more in that particular can of worms, but I don't have access to a big enough tin opener.

If Greece is so bad then surely the UK isn't in much better shape then, I mean:

[MrMarkyMark]

Did someone call you out on your stats and you are throwing a paddy. Anyway, I'm just happy that you haven't banned me.

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