How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,189 Posted October 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, ricardo said: https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=EUR&view=5Y https://www.chartoasis.com/gbp-usd-forex-chart-5-years-cop0/ 10 year charts not as good 😟 Looks like something happened in 2016 GBP - USD GBP - EURO 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted October 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: 10 year charts not as good 😟 Looks like something happened in 2016 GBP - USD GBP - EURO 😉 October 9th 2011 pound/Euro 1.16321 October 9th 2021 pound/Euro 1.17627😄 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,189 Posted October 9, 2021 16 minutes ago, ricardo said: 😉 October 9th 2011 pound/Euro 1.16321 October 9th 2021 pound/Euro 1.17627😄 GBP suffered in the banking crisis. In 2011 it was then starting on the road back The gains it made back up to 2016 got trashed GBP to EURO 2000 to 2021 I won't post a laughing emoji as it isn't funny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted October 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: GBP suffered in the banking crisis. In 2011 it was then starting on the road back The gains it made back up to 2016 got trashed GBP to EURO 2000 to 2021 I won't post a laughing emoji as it isn't funny Floating currencies go up and down. Who'd a guessed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,189 Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, ricardo said: Floating currencies go up and down. Who'd a guessed. Indeed And it isn't all bad A weaker pound will be good for our exports to Europe just as long as someone can afford a container or lorry and fill in a load of paperwork... Edited October 9, 2021 by How I Wrote Elastic Man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,189 Posted October 9, 2021 I'd like to see the UK build a new European institutional architecture, that enables all countries, whether in or out of the EU or Euro, to trade freely and cooperate in a friendly way 😊 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 1,998 Posted October 9, 2021 2 hours ago, KernowCanary said: Is the pound the weakest European currency now?, it cannot be as bad as the Lek, surely?. The Lek - nice one, had to look it up - although, depressingly, now I have done it seems that the pound is weak even against that ☹ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,170 Posted October 10, 2021 Brexiteers voted to make us a 3rd country, the Tories are going that little bit further by making us a 3rd world country. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KernowCanary 214 Posted October 10, 2021 9 hours ago, Creative Midfielder said: The Lek - nice one, had to look it up - although, depressingly, now I have done it seems that the pound is weak even against that ☹ Oh for god sake! :(. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,780 Posted October 10, 2021 22 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: Don't get me started on this stupid woman. There is no Covid and Brexit will make us powerful again Isabel. How the hell does she get a job? 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,793 Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) - wrong thread Edited October 10, 2021 by Yellow Fever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted October 10, 2021 5 hours ago, Yellow Fever said: - wrong thread MOST ARE ON HERE COZ IT'S THE The Positive Brexit Thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Well b back 3,217 Posted October 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, SwindonCanary said: MOST ARE ON HERE COZ IT'S THE The Positive Brexit Thread Indeed not a lot positive so far, and where there is it often shows to be a lie. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,303 Posted October 10, 2021 43 minutes ago, SwindonCanary said: MOST ARE ON HERE COZ IT'S THE The Positive Brexit Thread That wouldn't fill a single page. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nevermind, neoliberalism has had it 159 Posted October 10, 2021 On 06/10/2021 at 15:03, Rock The Boat said: Firstly, I'm struggling to understand how England is exploiting Wales NI and Scotland as we subsidise all three regions with higher government spending, not to mention the number of businesses that are directed to locate in the regions through generous business grants. If anyone is being exploited it is the English taxpayer on whom the burden falls. To claim that the SNP are somehow the puppets of the Conservative party, is a marvellously, entertaining conspiracy theory but I could never see it being made into a movie as the required suspension of disbelief would be a step too far for most. Nobody sent Romanian butchers back to Bucharest, they left of their own accord. In fact, had they registered before Brexit they would have been fully entitled to stay. Some did, some didn't. Their choice. However, as I have repeated elsewhere it is up the business to staff their companies. It is their responsibility to train these butchers too. Not the government. Gas prices rose 40% today. Nothing to do with Brexit. The rise is on the global spot markets. Gas prices are rising because no one is investing in fossil fuel extraction anymore. Western countries, blinded by fools such as Extinction Rebellion, think we can power Europe by wind power. I advise everyone to go out and stock up on woolly jumpers as the price of sheep wool is bound to follow that of gas. Gas prices dropped a little from their peak after Putin said he will increase Russian gas output. So it seems the west has swapped Middle Eastern oil sheiks for a Communist megalomaniac who uses deadly poisons to eliminate his enemies - and anyone else who happen to be nearby. And as for those middle-class idiots preventing ambulances from reaching hospitals on the M25, perhaps they can feel proud that a stroke victim is now permanently paralysed because the car taking her to A&E could not get through their blockade let's name them for what they are: terrorists. You are a shill for this Government, or just a middle class idiot who calls young people with a serious concern idiots. Have a close look in the mirror and see what is being done to this country. Scotland is a colony of England and the day most Scots are rejecting the 1707 shambles, the better. A little bit of pain will be inevitable, but they don't have to dance to the tune of ignorance and filthy undermining of their resolve much longer. By your argument you should be fine to have them leave and become independent. Then you can rock or stroke your own boat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted October 10, 2021 3 hours ago, horsefly said: That wouldn't fill a single page. then leave it to go to another thread ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icecream Snow 761 Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) Wonder what happened to Moy? It's just Swindo and RTB left to fly the flag Edited October 10, 2021 by Icecream Snow 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigFish 1,988 Posted October 11, 2021 On 09/10/2021 at 19:34, ricardo said: https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=EUR&view=5Y https://www.chartoasis.com/gbp-usd-forex-chart-5-years-cop0/ Far be it from me to comment on exchange rates @ricardo, but the word in the markets is that the £ is supported that the UK will be the first country to hike its interest post Covid and this is likely to be much earlier than previously forecast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,170 Posted October 11, 2021 9 hours ago, SwindonCanary said: I'm still working from home as we cannot have all of the staff back in our offices due to the new rules to prevent transmission of Covid19, we have had to use every other desk and keep the others empty. That means our officers are also HALF EMPTY. This is a non-story from the DM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,793 Posted October 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, BigFish said: How does the phrase go - There's one born everyday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,320 Posted October 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Icecream Snow said: It's just Swindo and RTB left to fly the flag This nation's last two great patriots. 🤣 Apples Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted October 11, 2021 12 hours ago, SwindonCanary said: Now who is posting anonymous? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icecream Snow 761 Posted October 11, 2021 Kraft Heinz says people must get used to higher food prices https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58847275 The cost of ingredients such as cereals and oils has pushed global food prices to a 10-year high, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. During the pandemic, many countries saw production of raw materials, ranging from crops to vegetable oils, fall. Measures to control the virus, as well as illness, limited output and delivery. As economies have restarted the supply of these products hasn't been able to keep up with returning demand, leading to higher prices. Higher wages and energy prices have also added to the burden for manufacturers. Mr Patricio says this broad range of factors is contributing to the rising cost of food. "Specifically in the UK, with the lack of truck drivers. In [the] US logistic costs also increased substantially, and there's a shortage of labour in certain areas of the economy." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,793 Posted October 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, BigFish said: You could add to that litany any of Swindons 'mistakes' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 1,998 Posted October 11, 2021 40 minutes ago, Yellow Fever said: You could add to that litany any of Swindons 'mistakes' Swindon has always set great store by the Express, as did Paul Moy - perhaps even more so. Paul seems to have gone completely to ground since the actual impact of Brexit began to kick in, so Swindon really does seem to be the last standing (on this forum). If he were ever prepared to be honest enough, which I suspect he never will be, it would actually be quite interesting to hear what he makes of those total contradictions between what the Express (and he) was saying a few years ago and what it is saying now. Swindo still seems to be on an utterly futile mission to identify a single Brexit benefit in the hope that it will somehow cancel out the multitude of Brexit problems and disasters - which it wouldn't even in the unlikely event of him ever identifying a single Brexit benefit. It would also be interesting to know when, if ever, he is going to realise the futility of his quest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Well b back 3,217 Posted October 11, 2021 16 hours ago, SwindonCanary said: Government run department, you have just shown again Boris Lied. Do you really think Swindon canary knew this and Boris didn’t. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,562 Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Getting back to the Northern Ireland agreement, that triumph of Johnsonian diplomacy... The danger for the EU was that it would make a concession here and then a concession there, in the mistaken hope that Johnson was negotiating honestly and would eventually settle on something that kept the essence of the deal intact. Whereas Johnson wants in effect to scrap the entire deal, and would go on demanding more and more concessions, gambling that he was calling the EU's bluff, based on the assumption that it would never go for either of the nuclear options of turning the border ultra-hard or moving it into the island of Ireland. But for the rolling-concession strategy to work Johnson needs a subtle negotiator, clever enough to fool the best minds of the EU into thinking they are dealing with people as reasonable and pragmatic as themselves. Instead Johnson has chosen Lord Frost, who with his megaphone 'diplomacy' and rejections of offers before they have been tabled makes a bull in a china shop look like something out of the corps de ballet by comparison. The result, as Eire's Coveney made clear today, is not only that the EU has no illusions about what endgame Johnson wants but is now prepared to say so publicly, instead of pretending to give him the dubious benefit of the doubt. The EU is close to the end of the road with the UK over the Northern Ireland protocol, accusing David Frost, the Brexit minister, of trying to undermine serious attempts to solve the problem, the Irish foreign minister has said. Simon Coveney said he had spoken to Lord Frost’s counterpart, the European Commission vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, on Sunday. They have agreed there would come a point when “the EU will say: enough, we cannot compromise any more”, Coveney said. Trade war looms as UK set to spurn EU offer on Northern Ireland Read more Coveney tweeted on Saturday night questioning whether the UK actually wanted “an agreed way forward or a further breakdown in relations”. Edited October 11, 2021 by PurpleCanary 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites