I think you will find that the RBS group of banks includes National Westminster and Coutts (the posh persons' bank used by the Queen). Perhaps it should be the other way round.

Yes letting Europe know before the negotiations what we want is stupid, but on the other hand pretending can cherry pick without giving way is also stupid. 'Brexit means Brexit' and 'Red White and Blue Brexit' are just bullshit to keep quiet UKIP and the Tory extreme right. The EU holds 4 Aces, and we have a pair of 2s.

Its a funny one with houses - when they are going up it gets billed as a bad thing but when they come down - that's also a bad thing. Oh and when they stay the same - well that's a bad thing too because they are stagnating.   

Actual house prices are immaterial. It's affordability that matters, which is a combination of wages/interest rates/borrowing. If any one of those goes wrong it all collapses like a house of cards (pun intended). If prices fall to less than you've borrowed and you need to sell, the shit hits the fan, and you have an ongoing debt and nothing to show for it. It's happened before.

the employees of the banks don't want to go to Paris

The investment bankers that matter are big earners and will go wherever the money takes them.

cost of living is higher than here

. Have you seen the cost of living in London! The French moved to London to follow the work. If the work isn't here they will be the first gone

Yes but the point being made is that we were told all of that would happen straight away in June.

Um I don't think we were. Interest rates will go up. Inflation is already rising because of the weak £. Interest rates will follow. The government has already said it will borrow, and if so interest rates will rise. When interest rates rise, house prices will fall as people cannot afford their mortgage and try to sell. It's basic economics.


Nissan has been bribed with a hidden (and possibly empty) promise. I see today major banks are making contingency plans to move to Europe. Paris wants them. It will take 30,000 extra Civil Servants to manage this mess.


I see today that Boris the Brexiteer still can't keep his mouth shut. Of course he might take the opposite view tomorrow. What a star!

The experts said 'Remain'. I believe the experts. If ever I'm under the surgeon's knife I'd rather have an expert thank you very much. Better than someone who says 'I don't know what the outcome will be, but don't worry things will get better...... eventually'.

filtering is illegal in France but very few riders (especially visitors like me) adhere to that rule.

I thought filtering was compulsory in France? Certainly illegal in Germany, and in traffic queues I've had car drivers purposely blocking the 'filtering lane'. On the other hand I have had them trying to overtake me when I'm at 120mph on the autobahn

Agreed, and if you don't bother to vote you can't complain about the result.
The difference between the two is that as an MP you are only elected for a term, which can be no more than 5 years. Whereas some people seem to think that a referendum result is forever. which it isn't. It's only valid until you ask the question again. As we did before (with a similar question) in 1975.
Oh and you mean that Julia Hartley-Brewer who used to write for the Sunday Express. There's a surprise !

I've got the 600 and never ridden a thou, but when I read about the seized exup valves, need to remove the AIS, and Ivanising, I welcome the 'simplicity' of the 600. Sort out the suspension and put a K&N air filter in and you are flying. Only problem I find at 5'11 is it's physically a bit small. I've got two other bigger bikes, but the Fazer 600 continues to be my fave. Like a comfy pair of old slippers :-)

London ? They must have had previous. That'll be the 2 up scooter riders with no number plates filling up so they can steal or bike-jack the next poor sods pride and joy.

All a rotovator will do is bring the solid clay subsoil to the surface, and you'll be even worse off! There's no substitute for adding organic matter over time, or better topsoil and digging it in. Is anybody local disposing of free topsoil? Our Council sells cheap 'soil improver' made by composting recycled garden waste. A few bags of that forked in makes a world of difference.

You should have taken flowers 

I think he's admitted it above.... ! Exup has even changed his bike kit as 'London's motivational motorcyclist'
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