Since the american media is understandably bousing on the ongoing destruction of America I haven't heard much about the Brexit situation 'cross the pond. So how is that going if there are any Britts here?
Our current politically weak Prime Minister continues to lurch from defeat to defeat on her plans. Thanks to the House of Lords it looks like we will be aiming to remain in the customs union (I guess those unelected peers aren't totally useless). The pound has been gaining against the dollar again to the point where it is around where it was before the Brexit vote, but I'll wait and see on the final conditions of the leave treaty before I consider it safe to invest my portfolio in the UK again.
One of the worst political figures in the UK, an absolute idiot called Jacob Rees-Mogg (to quote wikipedia "A member of the hard right wing of the Conservative Party, he has been ideologically characterised as a High Tory and social conservative with reactionary, traditionalist, and right-wing populist views.") is going to throw his teddy out of the pram over not getting the kind of exit he wants, which would include wrecking his own party and the entire countries economy.
Currently I do not see everything being ready for the exit at the two year point, but arrangements have been made to extend that.
I have been considering that my back-up plan to move to the remote wilds of Canada may not be sufficient to escape the tide of stupid that is overwhelming the world at the moment and have been sounding out various space agencies to see if any of them are looking for volunteer colonists for a trip to another planet.
Quote from: Dark Alex on May 12, 2018, 03:39:10 AM
I have been considering that my back-up plan to move to the remote wilds of Canada may not be sufficient to escape the tide of stupid that is overwhelming the world at the moment and have been sounding out various space agencies to see if any of them are looking for volunteer colonists for a trip to another planet.
South Africa is a nice place for your son to grow up in: not saying where you are isn't, but it is a nice place. :smile: