woolley Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 9 hours ago, P.K. said: Never mind Honda, Nissan or whatever. If you're a Brexiteer this is the only vehicle to be seen in.... Some people really are in a state aren't they? Taste the bile in every sentence. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Bobbie Bobster said: Barclays take GBP150m Brexit provision (Irish Times) The British lender set also aside £150 million to cover possible losses related to Britain’s exit from the European Union at the end of March, following peers HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland which in the last week announced similar provisions. 2 hours ago, RIchard Britten said: Strange...I heard that Financial Services won't be affected... You did see the words "provision" and "possible"? Nothing has actually happened. £150 million is peanuts actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, woolley said: You did see the words "provision" and "possible"? Nothing has actually happened. £150 million is peanuts actually. And these "provisions" are in place because of what event starting with "B"? And £150 million on its own might be peanuts, but when you start adding that to the £13 billion that Natwest are moving and the £6 billion and so on and so on... Thats a big pile of peanuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, woolley said: Some people really are in a state aren't they? Taste the bile in every sentence. Bile? You're having a laugh! Oh, you're not are you? Now now. The Allegro has been an icon of uk motoring kitsch since it's launch in the seventies. Anything to do with it always raises a smile. Talking of it being iconic apparently you can hire an Allegro for an "ironic" tour of The Cotswolds. What a good grin. PK tip : if you lose your sense of humour everything immediately becomes more difficult as in "If you can't take a joke you shouldn't have joined....." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 8 minutes ago, woolley said: You did see the words "provision" and "possible"? Nothing has actually happened. £150 million is peanuts actually. Talking of "peanuts" let's just make sure the last central plank of Brexit, the "£350m a week to the NHS" lying brexit bullshit is put in it's proper place. The UK government shell out over £770bn every year. The EU contribution doesn't even make a piffling 2%. Lying bastards.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, P.K. said: Talking of "peanuts" let's just make sure the last central plank of Brexit, the "£350m a week to the NHS" lying brexit bullshit is put in it's proper place. The UK government shell out over £770bn every year. The EU contribution doesn't even make a piffling 2%. Lying bastards.... Not sure I get that point, but the extra £350m a week and more has already been pledged to the NHS. Is that what you are saying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, P.K. said: Bile? You're having a laugh! Oh, you're not are you? Now now. The Allegro has been an icon of uk motoring kitsch since it's launch in the seventies. Anything to do with it always raises a smile. Talking of it being iconic apparently you can hire an Allegro for an "ironic" tour of The Cotswolds. What a good grin. PK tip : if you lose your sense of humour everything immediately becomes more difficult as in "If you can't take a joke you shouldn't have joined....." The person who wrote that was not having a joke. That much is clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, RIchard Britten said: And these "provisions" are in place because of what event starting with "B"? And £150 million on its own might be peanuts, but when you start adding that to the £13 billion that Natwest are moving and the £6 billion and so on and so on... Thats a big pile of peanuts. But that is top line, not profit. These businesses are measured in trillions of turnover. It's not a corner shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 minute ago, woolley said: But that is top line, not profit. These businesses are measured in trillions of turnover. It's not a corner shop. But it is billions being removed from the UK...which last time I checked is a bad thing. The mental gymnastics you keep going through to deny the on going negative effects must be draining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 minute ago, RIchard Britten said: But it is billions being removed from the UK...which last time I checked is a bad thing. The mental gymnastics you keep going through to deny the on going negative effects must be draining. No. Of course it isn't a good thing. It is the scale that the headlines seek to assign to it that is misleading. That's all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, woolley said: The person who wrote that was not having a joke. That much is clear. Lots of people I know thought it was very funny. So they were having a joke. You just couldn't see it. Your problem.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, woolley said: Nothing has actually happened. £150 million is peanuts actually. It's £150m that could be used for something else, like funding economic growth that will now be missing from the UK economy. Nothing has happened? Really? Tell that to Ireland's largest bank, Barclays! Or one of Ireland's largest insurers, Aviva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, woolley said: Not sure I get that point, but the extra £350m a week and more has already been pledged to the NHS. Is that what you are saying? Maybe you have got a sense of humour after all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Stevens Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 The great hoot is that we in the UK are going to drag you lot down into whatever pit of snakes now awaits and there's not a durn thing you can do about it save shut your eyes and hold tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 9 minutes ago, woolley said: No. Of course it isn't a good thing. It is the scale that the headlines seek to assign to it that is misleading. That's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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