Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Crackpot.

Whats the saying , I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK !!

I can understand why some want:

Crackpot.

Vicky,

I think you are correct!

VIC is that pictures Freds putting up ?

the problem with the referendum result, whichever way it goes, is that the long-term effects are all guesswork
there are good arguments and credible heavy hitters on both sides

Move directly to the referendum thread .

Don't pass GO.

I think he's talking to himself jimmy .

He often does that ,he has so many immigrants living with him and they don't speak english .

Hey what a great deal , for every one arriving by boat on Greek shores that will be taken back to Turkey Europe takes the same number from Turkey .
Seems a bit unfair ,you make a dangerous journey only to be taken back but if you sit on your arse and wait your given a free ride .
Sounds like a Labour solution but above all else it sounds bizarre ,will it put off more people coming ?

Yes jimmy someone who takes on his stance must be well known in the area he lives in . There must be loads of them hanging around his house and in his street . I,ll put the word out and see if I can find where he lives .

The problem with the Turkish deal is that all the immigrants have to be processed individually by Greece. Then only much later can they be returned. If they ask for asylum in Greece they can stay and then they are in the EU. Clealy, many will want to stay in Greece rather than be sent back to Turkey.

Vicky and JB.

I live with an immigrant, who probably is more fluent in English than either of you will ever be.

Are both of you frightened of ghosts as well as immigrants?

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Ps,

Do you have black shirts in your bottom drawers?

EU referendum: Households 'worse off' after Brexit
18 March 2016


If the UK leaves the European Union, British households could be on average as much as £1,700 a year worse off, a think tank has said.

In the longer term, the average cost to households could be up to £6,400, according to the Centre for Economic Performance.


It says a decline in trade would cost the economy "far more" than would be gained from lower EU contributions.

But Vote Leave described the claims as "ridiculous" and lacking "credibility".


The Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) is a think tank based at the London School of Economics.

In reaching its conclusions, the CEP starts from the standpoint that about half of the UK's trade is with the EU and that as a member of the EU the UK benefits from there
being fewer barriers to trade.

It says post-Brexit the UK would do less trade with the EU because there would be higher tariffs on goods. But also there would be other non-tariff barriers to trade, such as British exporters to the EU having to prove their goods were made in the UK.

Also in the longer term the UK would get less benefit from future market integration within the EU.

Best case scenario

According to the researchers, in the best case scenario the UK negotiates a deal with the EU similar to Norway's.

Norway is a member of the European Economic Area and has a free trade agreement with the EU, so there are no tariffs on trade between the two.

However, there are some non-tariff barriers to trade. After deducting the savings that would be made by the UK no longer having to make contributions to the EU budget, the researchers say there would be a fall in UK income of 1.3% - which equates to £850 a year per household.

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Fred - Pile of Shite the first time! Repeating it won't make it anymore feasible. Vote Out!

chris - apart from the fact that all this belongs on the referendum thread, fred's c+p is no less valid than would be the counter from the exit camp
the only real fact is that no one actually knows what the effects of leaving might be, but that is not a good reason for staying in either