POST BREXIT

Oh for heavens sake. We dont need and cant afford the fantasy projects of HS2 or Gatwick/Heathrow expansion. And no, I dont feel like stiffening my sinews and getting on with it, I am still, after almost two weeks, angry and upset at the result and the ensuing crisis facing us. So, you stiffen all you like, but meanwhile I will try to hold my small business together and keep everyone employed if you dont mind.

Just tried to 'stiffen my sinew' but nothing happened. Agree with you, sick of the debates. Unless what's happened, doesn't happen, then wait and see mate.

48% aren't going to be stiffening sinews and summoning up blood, whatever that means. We won't be able to afford HS2 or airport expansion, but maybe that can come out of the £350m per week along with everything else.

Yup suzied. That £350m per week is going to have to stretch a long way. Most of it will likely be spent on administration and legal costs untangling us from the EU. I cant believe that Andrea Leadstrom was still banging on about that figure as recently as last week on Women's Hour, even after it had been discredited and proved to be a lie misleading.

Are we still getting Trident, it gives me comfort to know that if I get "nuked" then every one else is.

What a wonderful sentiment Gonobnsuch - I'm sure Trump shares your enthusiasm for mass extermination so you might be lucky and get your wish

Oh anal mass extermination includes you

I can't believe how "soft" the country has become.
I may not agree with your specifcs in your post Jackthelad, but I so agree with the sentiment.

I did laught though at the irony of Lidl advertising buy British! But at least they have got off the blocks and done something.

Very anal Gononsuch if I may agree with your last post

Oh Anya you spelt it right, you're learning

Is it the school holidays already?

Anya

Yup. Plimsolls on everyone!

Mini, where are you? Where are my girls??? Soft and hard landings! I'm off to cook now. Shall tune in tonight.

Obieone Lidl and Aldi have always sold British produced food, it is clearly labelled and of excellent quality and I really dont understand your comment? Is it because a foreign supermarket is doing it?

Probably they all ought to go home and take their foreign food with them, Gill.

Ye GillT57, a foreign company advertising buy British. Not a British company advertising buy British.

They also have Italian and Greek weeks - here in France they sell a lot if French produce - cereals and fish are quite different to that which they sell in UK

Can't have any of those pesky foreigners coming over here, selling our food.

Currently Aldi and Lidl are better situated than some of the big supermarkets because they already have very good British supply chains in place. Those (like Tesco) that source a lot of basic stuff from Europe may run into trouble.

Yes, I speaking to a produce grower earlier this year. She spoke highly of Lidl as they had been given a guaranteed contract for the quantity and the price, unlike some of the other supermarkets who could and did turn round at the last minute and say we don't want the goods now. The one that had treated them the worst was M and S. I was shocked.

Reading reference to HS2 I live just off the proposed route, and to add my MP Andrea Leadsom who is standing for PM is opposed to it being built.
Think it will the UK with the exit , hard as to going it alone, but we have not got there yet the powers to be are still fighting amongst themselves , no wonder mainland Europe classes Brits as crazy English people.
Who do not know what they want.
Mick

Bound to be a week or so of shock/gloom/ blame etc, but agree it cannot go on for too long.Things will become better when both political parties have a new leader, and we have started legally to leave the EU, until then it all seems a bit 'up in the air' never a good thing for a country or financial markets.Meanwhile......at least it's Summer.