You do realise you are talking dump. 1.5 to 2 years ago the £ was at this level

It's nothing new. The pound was overvalued for the last couple of years as there was massive uncertainty over Europe and Greece.

Posted By: Boris on January 17th 2017 at 18:42:26

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Decent speech that by May (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 13:54:18
- Pound surges, FTSE falls (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 17, 14:23:04
  - Surge? (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 14:24:38
    - Unless it's just BBC propaganda of course (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 17, 14:27:08
      - 2.4% isn't really a surge (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:59:41
      - is Norway a leftie, I tend to forget who's what at my age. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:30:54
        
        Haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 18:18:14
        
        Not really, Libdem? (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 17, 14:32:19
        
        oh OK, I was a libdem up till this point, not really sure anymore. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:44:21
- You think?! soft brexit hidden in a hard Brexit wrapper. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 17, 14:17:08
  - I just read that somewhere else too (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 17, 14:29:03
- To be fair, a 40pt drop is bugger all really (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:16:33
  - true, is bugger all. FTSE Xmas rally was big this year. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:45:19
- Sounds similar (General Chat) - hoolahan, Jan 17, 14:03:07
- Oh well (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Jan 17, 13:59:00
  - That's the spirit. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 13:59:37
- Means nothing and was inevitable. (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 13:57:34
  - Words are lovely but the reality of your statement is a lot of people will suffer... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 17, 14:00:47
    - Idiot. The speech is exactly what the referendum was about (n/m) (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 18:19:21
    - And a lot of people will benefit as well. Swings and roundabouts as with (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 14:07:58
      - Significantly more people will suffer given that the value of their money has depreciated (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:20:35
        
        You do realise you are talking dump. 1.5 to 2 years ago the £ was at this level (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 18:42:26
        
        I don't plan on entering into a debate with a pisspoor tory troll (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 19:28:01
        
        Although its gone up a fair bit today. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 14:22:15
        
        is not particularly remarkable in any sense (even if some people try and make it look so (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:24:27
        
        who really cares, doubt it will make more than 5% difference to most on here. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:32:53
        
        Apple have put their prices up by between 20% and 25% already (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:46:04
        
        I have zero sympathy for people having to pay more for a luxury item (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 17, 16:22:21
        
        tbh anybody who pays over the odds for a smartphone by getting an apple (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 16:55:28
        
        It'll result in heavy job losses that will affect large sections of the public (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:40:13
        
        It'll result in heavy job gains that will affect large sections of the public (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 19:56:53
        
        Good god man. Tourism will increase which the U.K. Is good at (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 18:44:35
        
        foolish. there will be positives, but the negatives will heavily outweigh them (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 19:23:58
        
        Ps you have bigger all evidence that the negatives will outweigh the positives (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 19:50:40
        
        Hahahaha. Comparing Venezuela to U.K. Now whose piss poor (General Chat) - Boris, Jan 17, 19:49:34
        
        What will FTSE dropping by 40 points or the £ up against the dollar? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 14:41:59
        
        a slight upward blip in the pound means nothing given the huge downward trend (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 14:56:17
      - It was about leaving the European Union not the single market (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 17, 14:09:48
  - I don;t expect everyone to agree with the content, was merely commenting that (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 17, 13:59:40
    - Well *delivered*??? Hahahaha. Ok Jim :) (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 14:00:18
      - now, now. Reading aloud is a much under-valued quality in a leader... (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:06:09
        
        haha indeed (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 15:03:39
        
        leftie Ralf? (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:46:26
        
        i think you'll find it's all a little bit more complicated than that... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:51:25
        
        VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 15:08:34
  - Pound at lowest level against the dollar since 1986 (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 13:59:24
    - its only money, and as you know.... (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:47:34
- To be expected (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jan 17, 13:57:13
- tbf the pound went up when she admitted parliament will get a vote (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 13:56:24
  - While remaining on its general 'off a cliff edge' trajectory (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jan 17, 13:58:25
    - with the FTSE on its corresponding mountain-scaling trajectory? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 17, 14:04:20
      - watch what happens when oil and commodity prices start rising (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 17, 15:20:21
      - oh woe is me. is this like the ncfc blub? (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 17, 14:48:29

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