SCHENGEN DAYS - Page 7

LeoMac7 wrote on Wed Sep 28, 2022 12:10pm:

It is certainly not spite it is there as part of a long standing Eu arrangement but, some dick in the tory party, possibly johnson, decided that we had to be treated as 3rd country citizens and that is why we have to have our passports stamped everytime we go in or out of the Schengen zone. and.....

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....because we are 3rd country we are restricted in the anout of time we can spend there the same as if you were from Iran or Iraq!

Bencr85 wrote on Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:30pm:

I voted for brexit , spose to control immigration,  has it worked ! Nope , have I gained anything from brexit , spose 18% payrise , any other benefits , none , any losses for me loads , bloody loads , and loads , hopefully labour will win the next general election,  and I'm a tory voter...

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... , hopefully they will take us back into customs union, I just haven't seen any benefits,  

GordonH605 wrote on Sat Oct 1, 2022 10:45am:

Which bit of the 'state' the UK is currently in do you think was caused by Brexit?  The price of gas?  Inflation? Rising interest rates? Shortage of staff?  All of these things are happening in many other countries. European shares dropped in value by 22% last year (The Telegraph, ...

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...yesterday). Was that due to Brexit?

dinnerout wrote on Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:26am:

The projected 4% drop in GDP? Just a wild guess?  Stagnant productivity?

The loss of trade with the EU market?

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High transport and importation costs? (Not many drivers fancy the UK routes by the way)

The lack of staff in the NHS and Social Care? Many EU workers chose to leave a country that didn't feel inclusive. 

Remember a fabric unravels first with one thread! And the UK is unravelling, it's clear to those who choose to look objectively. 

Those avid fans of Brexit usually wish total failure of the EU (Why is that - isn't leaving enough?) We left the golf club but we hate it so much we want it to burn down. Deep psychological distress. A case for Coltrane in Cracker methinks. 

But keep your fingers in your ears and keep shouting "Brexit is working"!

Relyat wrote on Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:54am:

Not spite, but certainly Schadenfreude. 

Presumably you knew what you were voting for. 

Ianscf wrote on Thu Oct 20, 2022 7:35am:

Oh, and remember when it was 1.76 euros to the pound???

GordonH605 wrote on Thu Oct 20, 2022 3:10pm:

The exchange rate EUR to GBP has been wobbling around between 1.20 and 1.10 for the last ten years, with a few exceptional spikes in both directions.  So, no I don't remember when it was 1.76. It's now 1.14, which is where it was before the recent 'mini-budget'.

GordonH605 wrote on Thu Oct 20, 2022 3:10pm:

The exchange rate EUR to GBP has been wobbling around between 1.20 and 1.10 for the last ten years, with a few exceptional spikes in both directions.  So, no I don't remember when it was 1.76. It's now 1.14, which is where it was before the recent 'mini-budget'.

Kimmy11 wrote on Thu Oct 20, 2022 3:17pm:

I don't know from where you're getting your information, but when my friends bought in Spain in 2015, they obtained a rate for their house purchase of €1.43 to the Pound, and a year later in May 2016, we obtained €1.32 to the Pound.