Out of interest I have just been over their and had a look, I can't get in the virtual pub bit but it does seem quite quiet , anyway Im off to the actual pub in me village for a quick one!!
Top man - keep it up! We need go-betweens. I signed up too and would stay friendly in a brexity kind of way if I had more time to go on both forums.
Was anyone else amused by May's assertion that everyone voted for Brexit "with their eyes wide open"?! No one flipping knows what's going to happen! And yes @poptop2 I've been really interested in everyone's views as I from what I could guess (who knows what the facts will be?) I could see advantages and disadvantages on both sides. So I was on the fence as I just didn't know enough. However I still am. Voted Remain though. We'll see.
Back in the '80s it's well known that mortgage interest rates we through the roof but does anyone know what the interest rates were for cash on deposit? Can't have all been bad news?[/QUOTE] I remember the deposit rates didn't go up at quite the same speed (nor to any where the same rates) as mortgage interest - it went from 8% to 15% in a couple of months in 1987 because the chancellor, Norman chuffing Lamont FUBAR'd the Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday (nothing like Black Friday). He's now Lord Lamont, now where's that thread on punching celebrities gone?
Yes! My eyes opened wide when she said that; if she had a sense of humour I'd suspect she was having a laugh. Voted remain too and not changed my mind as I remain a Europhile. There said it
I enjoyed reading the many balanced arguments for and against, and to be fair, I probably did learn more on here than I did from the media, and the ever so helpful leaflets that came through the door! I ended up staying with my initial decision when voting day came though. It didn't go my way, but I am not going to lose any sleep over it (yet). Im just down the Winchester, having a pint, and waiting for it all to blow over...
You were on £20 a week and the motorbike was £3 a week. After tax and NI contributions were deducted from your pay I suggest the £3 was rather more than the 15% of your take home Pay than you had accounted for. As I said, with the winds of chance blowing the other way, you could have been another '80s bankrupt statistic.
