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I'm fairly sure the negotiations will end up with a Norway type solution, fundamentally meaning the whole referendum exercise has been a complete waste of time from a Brexit point of view. .

I agree, Europe is largely supplied from their factories here, but the bulk of what they make is in their 16 overseas factories. Their largest one country production is in India, accounting for almost a fifth of their total earnings. That's what I meant about the losses of jobs to elsewhere...

You're forgetting the Eastern European countries though, they 've been the big attraction for manufacturing and even our farming industry. And don't forget our few successes don't stay faithful. JCB has a plant and head office here, but the bulk of it's production and many factories are all in...

Immigration was a big factor of course. I was born in London 80 years ago and have lived here for the last 54 years. Fifty years ago London had its large complement of bigots and racists just as elsewhere. We even had landladies with notices outside proclaiming "No blacks, no Irish". Over...

In fact one of our largest job loss/shift masks is population movement. For the last two decades we've been exchanging our white British population for migrants at a rate of around a quarter million of each per year. Each year an average of 250,000 white Britons have been moving out of London...

While I agree on the sentiment for stopping such subsidies, we will still be paying in double what we get back for at least two years or so, therefore not costing the EU anything meanwhile. In fact the EU will feel the £8.5 billions annual loss if and when those contributions stop. .

Although there's a lot of truth in this Mike, there is also an opposite effect. I could quote you a very long list of companies who've taken their head offices out of London over many decades due to the combination of costs and staff shortages. They are also strongly encouraged to move out to...

Mine was even worse, it had a 3 month limit to total cancellation and I lost a little money, under £4. I protested about that and claimed it back, but because they'd deleted the registration etc., they had no way of getting back to how much that was, even though I knew. That's why I make a...

One group of Englishmen living and working long term in Germany have already said a while ago that they will apply for German nationality if we leave the EU. .

And £.s.d. while we are about it, confuse the hell out of the euro users. Maybe fathoms and acres too, though I'd give rods, poles and perches a miss. :) .

Is it a shopper like this one, or a Euro style one like this? .

My computer sound is mainly for speech, i-player radio and the like. For music I have a dedicated hi-fi set up. .

It is a common perception, but wrong. We earn huge amounts directly into London but have to pay our own way. How many realise that we Londoners are all still paying for the London Olympics via a surcharge on our council tax, and will be doing so for many years to come? You all enjoyed it, we...

Indeed, I use the quality sound on my computer system almost every day, and a mobile of any sort just wouldn't compare. .

Of course we are as bad. We make Russian branded Vodka, Indian named curry sauces, American Coca Cola, Italian branded pasta, New York bagels, Carlsberg Danish lager and numerous other foreign food items in the UK. .

That one doesn't worry me, I think Creme Eggs have always been revolting. Not surprised hardly any other country eats them. .

And I'm just as surprised. It baffles me how anyone can prefer a circa 5" touch screen to a decent full size screen with proper keyboard and mouse. If I had a need while out I'd have a smartphone, but I just don't have such a need. I see others peering at theirs or tapping while out and...

Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate now changed to Kraft's sickly American recipe and made in Poland. .