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> The EU has shown no sign of reversing its position that euro-denominated shares must be traded in the EU - whose internal market Britain left on Jan. 1. Was

> The EU has shown no sign of reversing its position that euro-denominated shares must be traded in the EU - whose internal market Britain left on Jan. 1. Was that ever a possibility ?

LatteLazy 6y ago
In brexiteer quarters, the expectation was that the whole EU would have collapsed by now and they'd be begging us (I'm a brit) to take their money and thanking us for being right all along and agreeing to work in pounds and furlongs...
- jjgreen 6y ago
  Pounds, shillings and furlongs ...
  - mrlonglong 6y ago
    Pounds, shillings and pennies if you please. A furlong is a unit of distance, not monetary.
    - toyg 6y ago
      Poor chap was probably confusing it with farthings. Some strange fellows on the interpipes these days, isn't it? The state of it all, I say.
      - LatteLazy 6y ago
        Obligatory: https://images.app.goo.gl/JiBi5TzkvFaryEqn9 https://images.app.goo.gl/JiBi5TzkvFaryEqn9
        mrlonglong 6y ago
        I'm actually rather glad we don't have to deal with that any more, we've gone almost all metric. One day we'll finally be rid of miles. However I do suspect it won't be as easy to get rid of pints.
      - mrlonglong 6y ago
        By Jove, you're absolutely correct! Farthings was indeed an unit of currency.
- legolas2412 6y ago
  I have no stake in this fight, but.. from popular media, and my social bubble, the message seemed the exact opposite. It felt like the brexit people said that they would be able to survive with the same economic level and the ability to make their own laws and regulations, while everyone else ridiculed them with how britain would not even be able to get food, and would collapse into mayhem.
  - LatteLazy 6y ago
    Well we are currently suffering a mini economic collapse. We've lost about 5% of GDP and counting. There are food shortages (no brocoli, a lot of tropical fruit is gone) just not "we are hungry" shortages. There are also shortages of other things. I had to wait 8 weeks for a stove because it was stuck in port. My housemates bike is 8 weeks and counting and no sign of that yet. I don't know about the more far fetched predictions but I'd say the remain campaign is looking about 80% correct and the leave campaign -80% correct... It should probably be noted as well that predictions of the UKs total collapse were always a small fringe of the remain campaign. Predictions of the EUs collapse were central and mainstream in the leave campaign. Its actually still being predicted now by them!? Beware: Source is BS fake news crap, not fit for human consumption https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1319900/eu-news-bloc-collapse-next-leavers-brexit-uk-italy-spt https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1319900/eu-news-bloc-colla...
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secondcoming 6y ago
Could London invent an equivalent of a ADR?

> The EU has shown no sign of reversing its position that euro-denominated shares must be traded in the EU - whose internal market Britain left on Jan. 1. Was that ever a possibility ?

LatteLazy 6y ago

In brexiteer quarters, the expectation was that the whole EU would have collapsed by now and they'd be begging us (I'm a brit) to take their money and thanking us for being right all along and agreeing to work in pounds and furlongs...

jjgreen 6y ago
Pounds, shillings and furlongs ...
- mrlonglong 6y ago
  Pounds, shillings and pennies if you please. A furlong is a unit of distance, not monetary.
  - toyg 6y ago
    Poor chap was probably confusing it with farthings. Some strange fellows on the interpipes these days, isn't it? The state of it all, I say.
    - LatteLazy 6y ago
      Obligatory: https://images.app.goo.gl/JiBi5TzkvFaryEqn9 https://images.app.goo.gl/JiBi5TzkvFaryEqn9
      - mrlonglong 6y ago
        I'm actually rather glad we don't have to deal with that any more, we've gone almost all metric. One day we'll finally be rid of miles. However I do suspect it won't be as easy to get rid of pints.
    - mrlonglong 6y ago
      By Jove, you're absolutely correct! Farthings was indeed an unit of currency.
legolas2412 6y ago
I have no stake in this fight, but.. from popular media, and my social bubble, the message seemed the exact opposite. It felt like the brexit people said that they would be able to survive with the same economic level and the ability to make their own laws and regulations, while everyone else ridiculed them with how britain would not even be able to get food, and would collapse into mayhem.
- LatteLazy 6y ago
  Well we are currently suffering a mini economic collapse. We've lost about 5% of GDP and counting. There are food shortages (no brocoli, a lot of tropical fruit is gone) just not "we are hungry" shortages. There are also shortages of other things. I had to wait 8 weeks for a stove because it was stuck in port. My housemates bike is 8 weeks and counting and no sign of that yet. I don't know about the more far fetched predictions but I'd say the remain campaign is looking about 80% correct and the leave campaign -80% correct... It should probably be noted as well that predictions of the UKs total collapse were always a small fringe of the remain campaign. Predictions of the EUs collapse were central and mainstream in the leave campaign. Its actually still being predicted now by them!? Beware: Source is BS fake news crap, not fit for human consumption https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1319900/eu-news-bloc-collapse-next-leavers-brexit-uk-italy-spt https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1319900/eu-news-bloc-colla...

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secondcoming 6y ago

Could London invent an equivalent of a ADR?