EU Referendum Megathread (Brexit)

[scottish]

Of course it will, but how many years

[Zak]

A good few years yet

[xxMATTGxx]

New Jobs and investments from Boeing even though we are leaving the EU:

The UK government will buy nine new marine patrol planes from Boeing in a decade-long deal worth £3bn.

The Ministry of Defence's deal for the submarine-hunting P-8A Poseidon aircraft also covers training, maintenance and support.

Boeing will build a new £100m facility for the planes at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray.

The US company will also deliver 50 Apache AH-64E attack helicopters to the British Army.

Boeing expects to create about 2,000 new UK jobs in the coming years by expanding its maintenance and support operations for both military and commercial customers in Europe.

Prime Minister David Cameron announced the P-8A deal on Monday at the start of the Farnborough Airshow.

He said it showed that the UK was open for business despite the referendum vote to leave the EU.

"Whatever uncertainties our country faces, I want the message to go out loud and clear: the UK will continue to lead the world in both civil and defence aerospace," Mr Cameron said.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36763212

[Lucy]

New Jobs and investments from Boeing even though we are leaving the EU:



Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36763212

That is some very good news to hear, I have heard a few pieces of news like this recently after the referendum and it does fill more confidence

[-:Undertaker:-]

Another one.

http://order-order.com/2016/07/12/siemens-stays/

Siemens was splashed all over the papers this morning with an announcement from CEO Joe Kaeser that ze German mega-corp was “here to stay.” During the referendum campaign, Siemens was one of the most high-profile companies to back Remain. They even threatened to leave Britain, claiming:

“This uncertainty, and threat of increased costs, could make the UK a less attractive place to do business and may become a factor when Siemens is considering future investment here."

Did anyone swallow Siemens’ spin?

Today their CEO says with his tail between his legs: “We never said the UK is in bad shape if it leaves the EU”. Another Project Fear porky doesn’t come true…

The poll on HxF is interesting too. Given the younger demographic of this forum, you would expect - as with previous polls - a handful of eurosceptics on here and the majority in favour of staying: yet it's virtually a 50/50 split on the forum. Habbox is a lot more anti-EU/eurosceptic than the national age average.

[FlyingJesus]

I don't like Guido but those Siemens jokes are excellent

[-:Undertaker:-]

Question. Is anyone who voted Remain now happy with the result? Do they think things have turned out better than they initially believed? Vice versa too.

And another: REUTERS South Korea seeking bilateral FTA with UK https://t.co/fz2ZtwQ0cW

— Global Guido (@GloboGuido) July 20, 2016

"Pakistan wants to negotiate a free trade agreement with the UK at the earliest possibility" foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz tells me.

— Jonathan Boone (@Jon_Boone) July 18, 2016

Two more countries join the list wanting to sign trade deals with us.

[The Don]

Question. Is anyone who voted Remain now happy with the result? Do they think things have turned out better than they initially believed? Vice versa too.

And another: REUTERS South Korea seeking bilateral FTA with UK https://t.co/fz2ZtwQ0cW

— Global Guido (@GloboGuido) July 20, 2016

"Pakistan wants to negotiate a free trade agreement with the UK at the earliest possibility" foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz tells me.

— Jonathan Boone (@Jon_Boone) July 18, 2016

Two more countries join the list wanting to sign trade deals with us.

we haven't left yet, let's wait until article 50 is invoked before we pass judgement.

[-:Undertaker:-]

An interesting insight into the Leave campaign itself and strategy over the referendum, featuring one of the two brains behind Leave: Matthew Elliott. The books on this period will be so interesting, maybe they'll go some way to filling my bookshelf back up given how half my books on the EU are now useless.



“At 10pm on the 23 of June, the consensus was that Vote Leave had lost. A contact of mine at Number 10 texted me to say, ‘You’re toast'”

[-:Undertaker:-]

Slimy BBC at it again.