Originally posted by Dominic Connor
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Previously on "London ‘third most successful financial centre in wealth management’"
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Sharia Law
Some of the more hysterical arts grads in the Daily Mail have been whining about Sharia law seeping into British law, when of course it has been here for a century or more.
And that's why London is becoming the top centre for Islamic finance; a lot of which is wealth management.
UK law has long had the idea of plugging in modules, if a club buys a footballer it will be "subject to the prevailing regs of the FA, EUFA etc", or the EULA of Microsoft or pretty much anything written down.
Unlike countries with defective legal systems (Saudi, Iran, Sweden etc) UK law does what it says on the tin, a British judge won't try to second guess God, Allah or Steve Balmer, if the contract says you have to do X, then you do X or pay up.
Enforcability of contracts is critical if you're dealing with seroius money and in the case of Islamic finance the last thing you want is someone from the wrong kind of Islam punting his own ideas into the mess.
Obviously you can't over ride English or Scottish law, but the rules are known and that is worth real money to the UK.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostIt's there if you know where to look for it. There are still plenty of the old neighbourhoods around with the shabby but fantastic food stalls, some which have been selling exactly the same dish for 30-40 years.
Arab Quarter, Geylang ,Little India and China Town all retain a lot of character and going out of the center, areas like Kovan, Pasir Ris and Tampines all have their little places where the locals go for authentic food.
There is still a 24 hour culture there too, can't beat driving to the other end of the city at 3am to some little food stall in the middle of what looks like nowhere are finding the place buzzing with people enjoying their food in the cool of the night.
Still, silly me, I can´t be arsed with Asian food, or any other food than Italian for that matter; I grew up with Italian food and although I like some Arabic food, I really don't need Asian food.
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Originally posted by Old Hack View PostLived there in the 70's and it was ace, a proper Asian city. I went back in the 90's, then the 00's and it was bland, it was almost grey in it's attitude. Some fun places, yes, of course, but it had lost all its charm, imo.
Arab Quarter, Geylang ,Little India and China Town all retain a lot of character and going out of the center, areas like Kovan, Pasir Ris and Tampines all have their little places where the locals go for authentic food.
There is still a 24 hour culture there too, can't beat driving to the other end of the city at 3am to some little food stall in the middle of what looks like nowhere are finding the place buzzing with people enjoying their food in the cool of the night.
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Originally posted by Old Hack View PostLived there in the 70's and it was ace, a proper Asian city. I went back in the 90's, then the 00's and it was bland, it was almost grey in it's attitude. Some fun places, yes, of course, but it had lost all its charm, imo.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostOh no, please, not as boring as Singapore.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostBut didn't the last lot of daft twats (or the previous lot of Tories - same difference) sign up for majority voting?
(*) BTW the word "twat" there means a a nun's headdress
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostGuess who can stop the EU meddling in the city? That's right, the British government, quite simply by vetoing things that would interfere in the city, as a number of other countries will do to protect their financial sectors.
(*) BTW the word "twat" there means a a nun's headdress
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Originally posted by KentPhilip View PostI wouldn't expect it to, because the EU has not started to meddle significantly in the operations of the city.
Best to get out of the EU before they start.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostObviously you don't know Singapore very well
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostAnd Britain IS in the EU, yet this membership does not appeared to have harmed it's ability to be successful in finance, as UKIP or the idiots claim would happen were the UK to remain in the EU.
Best to get out of the EU before they start.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostOr Singapore's attractions don't really appeal to me.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostObviously you don't know Singapore very well
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostOh no, please, not as boring as Singapore.
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostI don't agree, I arranged employment for something that looked like a bird and it said it would "love you longtime"
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