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When I started working in financial services in 2000, what shocked me was just how diverse the traders were. There were some people from rich families, some working class (I partic…

Gotta love the EU and how well it sticks up for workers' rights and economic stability.

And I bet H2O was found in 100% of colon cancers.

That's what happens. Almost all transactions are Straight Through Processed. It's only when things go wrong (or very exceptional cases) that a human gets involved. The banks can't …

Because with transactions things have to match and sometimes data errors happen. Take something really simple like a bank cash transfer. Do you really think that no one ever accide…

I once lived and worked in the US. To my surprise (as a Brit), each year we had a public holiday from work but where my kids still went to school and many other places were still o…

Interesting that you immediately just assumed it's Raichik lying rather than Anthony, who is a politician after all.

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Your ignorance is clear from near the start of your rant. "Ever since the first referendum to join the EU in 1975" The referendum in 1975 asked "Do you think that the United Kingdo…

As is common with EU rules, this rule had serious side effects. All that happened is that total pay stayed about the same, just that a greater fraction was salary. Before, if times…

It's called "ever closer union" and a founding principle of the EU. Whether you voted for it or not - or in many cases never even asked - you will have your rights taken by the EU.…

The European Commission has veto power over the European Parliament, so I'm afraid it can just force it through. Doesn't normally come to that - there's enough corruption and alter…

Northern Ireland is recognised as being part of the UK as per the Good Friday agreement. There is no agreement at all that there would be no border between NI and the ROI. Even whe…

A lot of the comments here ignore the fact that Horizon membership was agreed as part of the original Brexit negotiations. The EU have been reneging on this agreement based on the …

Came across a similar idea a few years ago: emotions are our perceptions of our bodies internal state. Our subconscious responds to external events, releasing hormones and making o…

Germany is in recession and so is the Netherlands. Yet the UK hasn't even had one quarter of negative GDP growth recently. France is in political turmoil. Across the EU, far-right …

This applies to the real world as well. I've had a couple of times when I've been closely involved in an event that was covered in the national newspapers. Both times the stories w…