post brexit

[Wheeze]

And a few years ago, the pound very nearly reached parity with the Euro. Currency fluctuations are a fact of life and happen all the time.

[duncz]

After the Scarman report on Brixton riots and then the toxteth,Handsworth and Chapeltown (Leeds)riots Heseltine was sent as Minister of Merseyside. Personally i think it was more of a cabinet decision as they had to be seen doing something. He maintained his links with Merseyside and was made a Freeman of the city in 2012.

[shaunaneto]

Hold nerve, steady the tiller, pull up socks.There's work to be done and the hot air is dissipating.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36771595

As with folk using using the falling pound as an omen of doom, this is really way to early to tell. We won't know what the real impacts will be for some time yet.

In the linked article it doesn't really give much indication of what has already been invested in the highlighted development, £10m, £40m, a fiver? It might be too far down the road to sensibly reverse.

[shaunaneto]

Sorry, was 1 bottle of Merlot down when I posted this.....drowning my Euro 2016 sorrows!
Never my intention to be rude. What I meant was that any one here under current rules will not be affected by any future change in immigration rules. Now, of course, if another nation decides to withdraw public funding for someone to be here, that's an entirely different matter. But if we keep our institutions and industries truly competitive we should still be attracting the cream of scientists to come here....not just from the EU but the rest of the world.

I wouldn't hold your breath for the UK taking strides in the quest for scientific excellence tbh

https://www.newscientist.com/article...ly-impossible/

https://www.newscientist.com/article...t-its-the-law/

It may be impossible, but it's the law

[Witton Park]

I wouldn't hold your breath for the UK taking strides in the quest for scientific excellence tbh

https://www.newscientist.com/article...ly-impossible/

https://www.newscientist.com/article...t-its-the-law/

I'm not a lawyer, so perhaps someone will correct me or clarify for me.

Our Common Law system works because when a law like the one to try and deal with Legal Highs is brought in, the court system responds to it and precedents are set and then the law begins to function.

I've seen something similar with the issue of internet copyright, where cases that would normally be in a county court have been switched to the High Court in London which was a short-term measure to help establish the precedents that will form the base for future legal decisions.

To try and link this issue with that of scientific excellence is a little tenuous though.

[shaunaneto]

Apparently not as tenuous as our dear leaders grasp of science.

[Witton Park]

Apparently not as tenuous as our dear leaders grasp of science.

I never had you down as a North Korean

[shaunaneto]

Tell me about it! You'd think I'd be all for closing the Borders 😃

[bigfella]

I don't have many competitors. But I Do know how much i can charge so that people will purchase. If i put up my prices = less customers.
So currently i am making less for the same amount of work.

If you don't have many competitors then presumably there is no real need for whatever it is you sell but people will buy it anyway if it's cheap enough. No harm in that but perhaps you will have to find something else to trade and spread your risk a little more.

[shaunaneto]

Trying to figure out if the new foreign secretary is a punishment for the electorate, the post holder or those he deals with