From: notyalckram@gmail.com
On Sunday, 13 October 2019 17:54:13 UTC+1, Grik-basstarde wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 03:26:37 -0700 (PDT), "R. Mark Clayton"
> wrote:
>
> >On Friday, 11 October 2019 17:13:56 UTC+1, Grik-bastarde wrote:
> >> On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:48:09 -0700 (PDT), "R. Mark Clayton"
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >1. Decimate the currency.
> >> > Achieved within ten minutes on 24th June 2016.
> >
> >i.e. -10%
>
> Boo hoo. Great for exports, in other words.
And BAD for UK consumers, but Brexiteers last care is for them.
>
> >> >2. Decimate it again.
> >> > Close to accomplished by August 2019 after BJ became PM.
> >>
> >> Far from decimated.
> >
> >This was "achieved" against the dollar and very nearly against the Euro
(which to a small extent is also harmed by Brexit.
> >
> >23/6/16 1 = $1.48
> >29/6/16 1 = $1.33 = -10%
> >11/8/19 1 = $1.20 = -10%
>
> So what? Currencies go up and down all the time. Don't you remember
> when the Pound Sterling was worth almost $2?
Do you remember when the pound was worth 1.7 Euros - you know that pan
European currency that is doomed to fail. Now you get about two thirds
that.
What does that tell you about how Brexit has ruined Sterling?
SNIP loads more head in the sand b*****ks.
> What's the point in having a confirmatory public vote if it's only
> going to get ignored like the first one?
Oh yes - easy trade deals, boost to the economy, 350M a week for the NHS -
it was ignored alright.
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