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  1. More wear and tear due to heavier bodies ?????
  2. andyh4 wrote:- ''Ah the good old days of the 60s and before.'' I wasn't referring to the 60s and before. During the 60s I was either a schoolboy or an apprentice so never travelled outside UK. However, in the 70s I did travel throughout Europe without 'let or hindrance' ( as the phrase goes ), no visa needed, passport rarely even looked at when crossing borders, just a wave of the dark blue book. I knew people of my generation who had taken up residence in Europe, were employed in Europe or who were just travelling. Why the assumption that things will be so different after Brexit ?
  3. What opportunities will be denied to the younger generation, in comparison with the opportunities we have enjoyed ? Before the UK joined the common market ( or the EU if you prefer ) my generation had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, to get jobs in Europe, to move to and live in Europe. The younger generation will have the same opportunities.
  4. Just a few salient facts :- 1. The referendum attracted the largest voter turnout ever achieved ( I am led to believe ). 2. Of those who voted a majority voted to leave. 3. Those who didn't vote, for whatever reason, clearly demonstrated that were quite happy for the vote to go either way, otherwise they too would have voted. 4. The fact that a majority of voters actually voted to leave means that, according to the accepted UK style of democracy, the UK govt is effectually instructed to leave. 5. There were no doubt many and varied reasons for voting to leave, I don't believe that ''racism'' was a major part, nor do I believe that poor education, age or anything else played a major part. 6. UKIP have been accused of being a racist party who want to repatriate all non-British people, they are (IMHO) not, they have said many times that they are want controlled immigration not no immigration.
  5. Mint, you may have interpreted the use of the word ''instead'' to mean that the whole amount would be spent on the NHS, some of us have a different interpretation. Who is right and who is wrong can be discussed at length - but what would be the point of that ?
  6. You are quite correct NickP, but that won't stop those objecting to Brexit claiming so.
  7. I really really hope Europe continues to exist, I'm not so hopeful about the European Union though.
  8. Just to be pedantic Gardengirl......... The name is PowerDESAL not Powerdiesal, but Hey Ho, it's Sunday morning so who cares anyway. :-)
  9. Gardengirl wrote:- ''Through this they have discovered the beauty of the LD, real pubs, warm British beer etc. '' Surely the ''warm British beer'' is an urban myth, no-one I know drinks 'warm' beer.
  10. I too find it strange that ( some ) British ''expats'' consider anyone who voted for Brexit to be a 'stupid racist'. What exactly is racist or stupid about wanting to control who comes into your country. You wouldn't allow anyone who felt like it to come into your house and use your stuff, well think of your country as your communal house.
  11. Knocking on the door of 70. Retired after spending a life working in Africa and the Middle East. Interspersed with serving HMG as a an RAF Officer. Could be better off but comfortable enough I suppose. Tory voter by nature in the past but now I lean towards UKIP. Voted Brexit Love living in France, don't hate it or the French people, however I can see that there are downsides, I DO NOT have rose tints,
  12. Wooly wrote:- ''Sorry, PD, you clearly do not understand our democracy. In essence the dictatorship of the majority is NOT what happens, rather a balance between the interests of the majority and the minority. Which is why hard Brexit is such an aberration and why Theresa May should not be employing hard to manage leaving. '' I would suggest Wooly, that I have not reached my exalted age and experience by ''not understanding our democracy''.:-) I fully understand that the will of the ''majority'' SHOULD prevail, but doesn't always, due to various circumstances. However, in this particular case I really believe that it should prevail - perhaps I live in (vain) hope.
  13. andyh4, The UK electorate decided, by a majority, to leave the EU. That's democracy in action. Whether you agree with the vote or disagree with it, it's a democratic fact. No-one knows the conditions of exit, on either side of the argument but.........the decision was made by a majority vote. The choice is simple, live with the consequences or leave the UK.
  14. Those who continue to bury their head in the sand ( the remain supporters ) are in continuous danger of getting their backside kicked.
  15. Wooly, I am not an economist, just a simple Engineer but.....I understood every word and nuance of it.
  16. '' The narrative coming from the current unelected government is very worrying and in that sense Brexit is the least of the UKs worries. '' Correct me if I am wrong but I believe the UK govt was elected, at the last general election.
  17. There is something very odd happening, the main index page shows a posting by parsnips ''yesterday at 16:29. The last posting on page 3 is shown at 09/09/2016 at 9:52. What is going on ?
  18. I agree wholeheartedly with your second paragraph. ( I do not agree with your Camus quote )
  19. Norman wrote:- '' Even after Brexit I can show that I have resided in France as a European ( as was) for five years covered by a carte de résident..'' Why the ''as was'' comment? You will still be a European whether Britain is a member of the EU or not, as will all other Brits. Europe is a geographical entity, the EU is a political construct.
  20. People who voted to leave the EU do not need to justify their vote. Neither do the remainers need to justify their vote . Suffice to say more people voted out than voted in - democracy rules.
  21. Big Mac, the EU didn't give us human rights or health and safety. Those things existed in British society well before the common market morphed into the political construct that is the EU. As for the guys at the top wanting our money to pay to their shareholder chums - I and my wife are shareholders in a number of companies, that means we own shares, we get paid dividends on those shares. If the dividends stop or reduce to an unacceptable level we will sell those shares, as no doubt thousands of other shareholders would do, the logical result is a company goes bust, all jobs are lost, is that what you want ????
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  23. We received out tax bill a couple weeks ago and immediately made a claim for reclamation, based on the fact that we had reclaimed successfully for the 2013 and 2014 payments. Got a letter this morning rejecting our claim on the grounds that :- ''for then, since 1st January 2016, the social levies on capital income no longer finance the different branches of the general scheme of social security. In these conditions, the French legislation has been put in conformity with the law of the European Union as interpreted by the ECJ, the De Ruyter law is no longer applicable to the charges imposed with effect from 1st January 2016. However, the particular case, the disputed social levies are to be paid for September 15, 2016 or after the 1st January 2016, the date of modification of the law francaise. Partant, they no longer fall within the scope of De Ruyter jurisprudence which you request an application. Given these items, your claim is dismissed in its totality'' This seems to imply that they are applying the change of law retrospectively, which seems wrong. I can appreciate that income for 2016 will be charged but it doesn't seem right to apply the law to 2015 income. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
  24. Gardengirl wrote ''But I do wonder why on earth she's appointed Doris as Foreign Secretary, '' I have been away for a few days and without internet / news. I thought Boris Johnson was (going to be ? ) Foreign secretary. He has obviously been supplanted by someone called Doris, Doris Who ?
  25. ''And, possibly, the other 48% of the population who agree with that sentiment.'' A minor point but........it was c.48% of those who voted, not of the population. It also means that c.52% of those who voted wanted the UK to leave the EU. Therefore the majority voted for Brexit. Democracy rules. The approx 28% of the population who didn't / couldn't be bothered to / weren't able to vote don't count.
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