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Don't Bank on It
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BrianW | Report | 26 Mar 2013 08:57 |
The way it was proposed to tear up the deposit protection scheme for Cypriot bank customers does not show the EU in a good light. |
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Dermot | Report | 26 Mar 2013 09:08 |
To obtain a bank loan in the UK, you have to first prove you don't desperately need it. |
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Muffyxx | Report | 26 Mar 2013 09:15 |
You'd like to think it wouldn't happen here wouldn't you? But once a line has been crossed there's no saying where it will go from here. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 26 Mar 2013 09:17 |
trouble is, Dermot, if you are desperate and you REALLY need it.......chances are, you cant afford to pay it back! |
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♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ | Report | 26 Mar 2013 09:51 |
I think there will be a lot of people who mistrust banks & stuff mattresses :-0 |
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terryj | Report | 26 Mar 2013 10:32 |
i wonder whether its a nice controlled experiment by the eu |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 26 Mar 2013 11:06 |
Could it happen here? |
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Muffyxx | Report | 26 Mar 2013 11:11 |
The quicker this failed social experiment (the EU) comes to an end the better. |
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wisechild | Report | 26 Mar 2013 16:33 |
Get rid of the euro & let the countries take control of their own currency again. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 26 Mar 2013 16:52 |
Germany has always been the main driving force behind the euro, The European union has always been sold as the best was to ensure peace in the region but i have always thought that its seen by Germany as another way to dominate and dictate to the rest of us, (finish what Hitler started) |
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wisechild | Report | 26 Mar 2013 17:05 |
Quite agree Roy. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Mar 2013 18:15 |
Thatcher was a wily old bird and against the ERM from first to last. She was spot on with her opposition foreseeing all of today's €uro imbroglio. Unfortunately the Treasury and most of her ministers were rabid EU enthusiasts who gradually undermined her government. She was forced to take the UK into the ERM in 1990 and forced out of office a few months later. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 26 Mar 2013 18:34 |
You are correct Rollo |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Mar 2013 20:47 |
The main driving force behind the €uro was not Germany but France. France has always had a much weaker economy than Germany. It wants Germany to pay its bills. |
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BrianW | Report | 27 Mar 2013 08:35 |
In my view, albeit as an accountant rather than an economist, you cannot have monetary union without political union. |
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Dermot | Report | 27 Mar 2013 09:31 |
Just when I thought things couldn't get better, they don't. |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 27 Mar 2013 09:35 |
Like wisechild I am worried about Spain as like Menorca Tenerife is only a small island and governed by Spain. In am unsure where my best interests lie and have a small amount of money both in the UK in sterling and here in Tenerife in euros. Should I move what's here to the UK or not leaving just enough euros to live on? |
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JustJohn | Report | 27 Mar 2013 10:03 |
Is it too early for my brain, I wonder? But I was just thinking if I make something that costs 1000 Euros and need to sell it to make a profit, I have to do monetary calculations in certain countries (including UK) to decide what price I need to need to retail at. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 27 Mar 2013 10:22 |
Germany's attempts to take over and control Europe by the use of armed force in the the 1930's - 1940's failed when the world went to war to stop them doing this. Now some 73 years later it appears Germany under the leadership of Angela Merkel has managed to do this without resorting to armed force, all she used was a subtle smile and a few sleight of hand tactics. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 27 Mar 2013 10:33 |
John, can you qualify your comment "all the other countries should help - like we have done in Ireland and Cyprus" |
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