The terms will be whatever eu says, will the uk be okay with that? They shit the bed on brexit.
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The pound is not just a currency, it’s a symbol of British sovereignty and independence. Will the UK be willing to trade the queen’s face on their banknotes for Euro symbols?
You're assuming we still even use cash at that point. I only have physical cash in my pocket once in a blue moon these days. I rarely even get my card out since contactless on phones came in. Therefore I prepose a compromise that Google wallet is updated to show a picture of Charles giving the thumbs up while playing the opening bars of Rule Britannia as it's new payment confirmation.
Cash is just so inconvenient. Sure, it’s not so bad when you’re just dealing with notes, but as soon as you add coins it goes downhill fast.
That being said, I do get that cash makes it easier to think twice about purchases as you’re not just tapping your card like it’s a bongo drum.
I stopped using cash at the pub when our usual round started costing a non-integer number of pounds. Just don't want to deal with the shrapnel.
It's still necessary in lots of places though, for example village fetes etc where there are no reliable contactless systems. I've been to events where they have card readers paired with phones but the local masts get overwhelmed with the number of people and the phones can't get a signal, even when they have brought in mobile masts for the occasion. So unfortunately you still need cash.
I mean, I you have even the slightest degree of impule control and the ability to do maths in your head, it's pretty easy to control your spending on card too.
I mean Sweden joined in the 90s and still has their krona
It'll be the King's face by then.
I swear this guy comes out of the woodwork every two to three months, says something unhelpful to the wider Labour movement and then goes into hiding once again.
Look, what he did with Government in the 90s? Huge...but maybe it's time Tony got put out to pasture.
Not anytime soon. Brexiters still blame the gov for not doing it right.
They still think 3 years of failing to negotiate a decent deal. Was the fault of to loud remainers encoraging the EU that we would quit if they were tough on us. Unfortunately any attempt to rejoin will face the same lies and bull the referendum did.
Any willingness the EU shows to allow even minimal acceptance of our previous benefits. Will encourage them to fight for the same bull they wanted before. All the advantages non of the costs.
We could have had EFTA, but after the referendum the media only focussed on the extremists from both sides. The Leavers who wanted to leave absolutely everything, and the Remainers who just cried about the result and demanded a second referendum.
Meanwhile the sensible majority, who were somewhere in the middle of those two extremes didn't get a look in. So we ended up with a bit of nothing.
That, unfortunately, is how both sides want it. Those pro EU and those anti, neither want to compromise. The papers simply provide them with kindling.
No. Says EU.
Guy Vesthoven regulary makes public statements about us being welcome back any time.
Guy Vesthoven
Do you mean Guy Verhofstadt? He's an idiot that sold out his country years ago and subsequently ran to Europe to fill his pockets some more. He just wants a larger union so his pockets can get filled even faster.
Yeah, him, got one of thos foreign names ain't he, don't do them anymore in independent Britain. ;-)
haha yea it sounds foreign to me too and I'm a fellow countryman of his :D
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Having to adopt the Euro might put paid to that idea.
Zero chance they rejoin without being granted the same exceptions they had previously, and equally zero chance of the EU allowing that to happen. Ya done fucked yourselves, UK.
Never wanted the exceptions to begin with, that was David Cameron's thing.
Can tony blair just please fuck off.
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