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We can either stop this madness or accept the results of a democratic referendum.
A democratic referendum can be rigged by the emotions ruling at the moment of said referendum. You'd think if it would be repeated it would get the same outcome?
Which is neither here, not there. Companies are opportunistic and will go wherever makes them more money, has less tax, and laxer laws. That why tons of factories, support, and even development jobs moved out of Europe and US and into third world countries with el cheapo wages and laws accommodating sweatshop practices. In this case, it's because of easier import/export procedures and bureaucracy for selling to the r…
It really depends by what kind of deal they get from EU. Even if UK becomes a tax heaven it won't help Panasonic if it has to pay higher import taxes in EU along with supply chain issues.
Which is neither here, not there. Companies are opportunistic and will go wherever makes them more money, has less tax, and laxer laws. That why tons of factories, support, and even development jobs moved out of Europe and US and into third world countries with el cheapo wages and laws accommodating sweatshop practices. In this case, it's because of easier import/export procedures and bureaucracy for selling to the r…
Ireland is in the EU though.
> Of the 20 to 30 people employed at the London office, the 10 to 20 who handle auditing and financial operations will be moved to the Netherlands, with only investor relations staff staying.
Is the headquarters nominal, or does it pay signicifant tax where it is located?
Brexit, the present that keeps on taking
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You can't stop it. Even if Brexit was reversed - which I doubt even possible - Britain has been shown to be a source of political risk. That isn't going away.
> Britain has been shown to be a source of political risk Compared to e.g. the rest of Europe, which initiated 2 major world wars, 3 dictatorships, and major unrests in the last century, and managed to get into a deep systemic crisis in the last 10 years?
England is lagging behind. They still seem to think they're an empire.
Which is neither here, not there. Companies are opportunistic and will go wherever makes them more money, has less tax, and laxer laws. That why tons of factories, support, and even development jobs moved out of Europe and US and into third world countries with el cheapo wages and laws accommodating sweatshop practices. In this case, it's because of easier import/export procedures and bureaucracy for selling to the r…
Which is neither here, not there. Companies are opportunistic and will go wherever makes them more money, has less tax, and laxer laws. That why tons of factories, support, and even development jobs moved out of Europe and US and into third world countries with el cheapo wages and laws accommodating sweatshop practices. In this case, it's because of easier import/export procedures and bureaucracy for selling to the r…
Not the first, and won't be the last. We have to stop this madness.
We can either stop this madness or accept the results of a democratic referendum.
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I'm going to paraphrase the referendum choices here. 1. The status quo. 2. Imagine how things could be better. Don't constrain your imagination with realism. It's a wonder option 2 only won by 2 percent. The only democratic way forward is to have a referendum on the final "deal".
Well, the other side is also constantly going: "Imagine how things could be worse. Don't constrain your imagination with realism." Let's check back in 1-2 years if the sky has fallen...