BREXIT –STRAWS IN THE WIND

In June the Faro-Albufeira bus I was on was stopped by GNR.  They checked the bus with a  sniffer dog and asked for ID.  I had a copy of the photo page of my passport but they were more interested in my EHIC card which they took away and returned 15-20 mins later.  The bus was allowed to go and that was that.  Odd.

You can do (or could have done) something Phil - vote remain. My observation was indeed based on a number of years experience and facts, I made no mention of how I felt about it, so perhaps you are actually clairvoyant after all?

I was driving round the M25 last week,& the signs said 'Pedestrians In Road',sure enough,every 200 yards or so was a foreign looking young man ,with his rucksack.Must have taken the police hours to round them up.

Yet when CEOs of large companies in Britain told us we were better off staying in the EU, Brexiters told us to ignore them as they didn't know what they were on about. Funny that...

Surprising how many people know the intimate machinations of the minds of major CEO's - after 2 months of no action following the vote any CEO worth a light would be sitting tight and waiting to see something concrete before committing himself - a 180 degree turn in this short a time would not fill me with confidence and in any balanced view there has been far more negative than positive economic data - if this shambles actually goes ahead it will be years before the final effects are seen and on that basis many major decisions on investment, recruitment etc will be deferred until more certainty appears. The info available so far is not good despite anyone talking up unemployment figures - next thing is someone will be claiming that the FTSE 100 is an accurate barometer of the UK economy when its growth mainly reflects increased DOLLAR asset values of multi-nationals mainly operating outside the UK after the fall of sterling.
Data already shows that UK is on a par with Greece as the countries with the worst drop in real wages, mortgage approvals at a long time low, research programmes under threat etc etc - and please don't quote retail spending figures - tie these to the (lack of) confidence in job security polled alongside it and it is probably fair to assume some big ticket spending before the cost of imported goods rises.
No-one can yet take any sort of balanced view - we are dealing with politicians here after all - and many of the current crop have already been shown to have no real understanding of how the EU even works...

Iane, I won't bother to post comments on the situation post Brexit. No matter what evidence of the current economic climate is available, the disenchanted Remain faction are determined to undermine the decision of the majority of British people who voted to Leave, rightly or wrongly. You presented a case where you demeaned people who ignored CEO s who supported the Remain camp and promptly derided a man in the same position when he changed his mind.Which is it to be,listen to CEOs or ignore them?Or does there have to be a qualifying period before they are allowed,no matter what the evidence perceived by them,can be taken into account?
That attitude sums up the mindset of the EU, give people a vote until they vote the right way.Ask Ireland.
Read the book "Brussels laid bare" by Marta Andreasen, factual, informative and enlightening. The EU is a cesspit of corruption throughout. But,not one disenchanted Remain supporter ,has taken my advice to read that publication because they have closed minds and do not wish to know the truth.I await your comments as I am sure that you are a fair and open minded person who will be the exception to the rule and read that book.
Boa noite.

We are still in the EU. The only thing that has changed is a massive drop in the value of the pound, which is indicative of the rest of the world looking at Britain and saying "you idiots". Well except those shining examples of high moral standards and good virtue, the Russians...