BREXIT and subsequent events

Yeah, that place out 'there'. Anything not really Cambodia related should go here.
User avatar
Kuroneko
Expatriate
Posts: 3809
Joined: Thu May 15, 2014 11:18 am
Reputation: 879

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by Kuroneko »

frank lee bent wrote:given we all earn USD here it is not much of an issue.
I don't :|
SinnSisamouth
Expatriate
Posts: 2068
Joined: Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:23 am
Reputation: 8
Ireland

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by SinnSisamouth »

some uk expats rely on their pension.

they are now getting quite a bit less.
i am on these blocked lists;
pucketrichard
hotdgr
sailorman
rozzieoz
stroppychops

:fuckyou:
User avatar
Duncan
Sir Duncan
Posts: 8149
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 8:22 pm
Reputation: 2357
Location: Wonder Why Central

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by Duncan »

SinnSisamouth wrote:some uk expats rely on their pension.

they are now getting quite a bit less.
And now they know how Australians here feel.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
SinnSisamouth
Expatriate
Posts: 2068
Joined: Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:23 am
Reputation: 8
Ireland

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by SinnSisamouth »

Duncan wrote:
SinnSisamouth wrote:some uk expats rely on their pension.

they are now getting quite a bit less.
And now they know how Australians here feel.
inadequate,cultureless and racist?








:stir: :beer3:
i am on these blocked lists;
pucketrichard
hotdgr
sailorman
rozzieoz
stroppychops

:fuckyou:
User avatar
CEOCambodiaNews
Expatriate
Posts: 62322
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:13 am
Reputation: 4033
Location: CEO Newsroom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Contact:
Cambodia

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by CEOCambodiaNews »

Brexit protest: Tens of thousands march through London to demand Britain remains in EU
Image
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 15646.html
Join the Cambodia Expats Online Telegram Channel: https://t.me/CambodiaExpatsOnline

Cambodia Expats Online: Bringing you breaking news from Cambodia before you read it anywhere else!

Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US

Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY

Follow CEO on social media:

Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
mammothboy2
Expatriate
Posts: 686
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:09 pm
Reputation: 0

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by mammothboy2 »

SS made the glaringly-obvious point about the Youkay pension and the response has to be that the long-term interests of
our nation are far more important than the short-term interests of any single expatriate Brit

"England has saved herself by her exertions and will .. save Europe by her example" - Pitt the Younger

and it was the poor, thick and semi-educated - not the smarties with degrees - who won it for us -

"If there is hope, it lies with the proles" - Winston Smith in George Orwell's 1984
mammothboy2
Expatriate
Posts: 686
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:09 pm
Reputation: 0

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by mammothboy2 »

At some length ...

http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/brex ... just-poor/

Those simple thick dummies saved our nation
User avatar
Jamie_Lambo
The Cool Boxing Guy
Posts: 15039
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:34 am
Reputation: 3132
Location: ลพบุรี
Great Britain

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by Jamie_Lambo »

shnoukieBRO wrote:
mammothboy2 wrote:If you have not yet done so, watch this - all of it



I wonder how many of those who saw it were swayed by it
Good film. So why is the UK now in such turmoil if being out of the EU is supposedly so good?

Perhaps the film fails to show the full picture of the dynamics at work. :facepalm:
fuck i wanted to hit every posh toff in that video round the head with a fish!
:tophat: Mean Dtuk Mean Trei, Mean Loy Mean Srey
Punchy McShortstacks School of Hard Knocks :x
User avatar
Jamie_Lambo
The Cool Boxing Guy
Posts: 15039
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:34 am
Reputation: 3132
Location: ลพบุรี
Great Britain

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by Jamie_Lambo »

this drop in exchange rate is really making me reconsider where i choose to work, i think my days of popping back to the UK for a few months of the year are over and rather find a job in PP in stead
:tophat: Mean Dtuk Mean Trei, Mean Loy Mean Srey
Punchy McShortstacks School of Hard Knocks :x
User avatar
CEOCambodiaNews
Expatriate
Posts: 62322
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:13 am
Reputation: 4033
Location: CEO Newsroom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Contact:
Cambodia

Re: BREXIT and subsequent events

Post by CEOCambodiaNews »


Falling pound hits British pensioners living overseas


Some retirees could be forced to return to the UK after the dramatic drop in the value of sterling after Brexit vote.

The dramatic fall in the value of sterling has dealt a heavy blow to hundreds of thousands of older Britons living abroad who depend on a UK pension. If the pound doesn’t recover its losses, they will suffer a major hit in purchasing power, which may force some to return home. Earlier this week, UK pensioners living in the US, Australia and Canada were in effect 8 to 10% worse off, though the pound later regained some ground.

John Markham, 83, who moved to Canada more than 30 years ago, gets a UK basic state pension of £260 a month, which he receives in Canadian dollars after it is converted from sterling. On the day of the referendum his pension payment would have been C$488, but by Friday this week the figure stood at C$451 – a near-8% fall. If he had been living in the US, Australia or Spain and in receipt of the local currency, the fall would have been 9.3%, 8% and 7.5% respectively.

Markham, who is chairman of the International Consortium of British Pensioners, says many expat Brits “are still trying to absorb what the impact of it all is,” and whether sterling will continue downwards or recover its losses. There are more than 1.2 million people living abroad who receive a UK state pension, which is either paid into a UK bank or into an overseas account in the local currency, usually monthly. Those opting for the latter are used to the amount they get varying because of exchange rates. Markham says that during the past couple of years the amount he has received has ranged from about C$800 to just over C$1,000.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/ ... rexit-vote
Join the Cambodia Expats Online Telegram Channel: https://t.me/CambodiaExpatsOnline

Cambodia Expats Online: Bringing you breaking news from Cambodia before you read it anywhere else!

Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US

Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY

Follow CEO on social media:

Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
Post Reply Previous topicNext topic
  • Similar Topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Amazon [Bot], Big Daikon, Clutch Cargo, Felgerkarb, Freightdog, IraHayes, Majestic-12 [Bot], Spigzy, xandreu and 571 guests