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[robemcdonald]

B'stard Child said:

Disastrous said:

Still, you have to hand it to the English. Brexiting twice in one week takes some doing...

Obvious but raised a chuckle from me

This also made me laugh

The man is an idiot. Surely everyone knows that winter is already here.

[turbobloke]

AJL308 said:

Agreed. Unfortunately this is SOP for the EU which is why we are best off out of it.

If I'd read that twitting without knowing the source it would have been more attributable to a teenager who didn't vote. So, in figurative terms, not far off.

[Puggit]

Pound up small amounts on EUR and USD, FTSE100 and 250 up a few percentage points so far today.

[FredClogs]

Mike_Mac said:

AJL308 said:

230TE said:

B'stard Child said:

Obvious but raised a chuckle from me

This also made me laugh

Laugh, or just marvel at the vindictive childishness of one of the people the EU gave the job of trying to maintain stability in Europe? It will be interesting to see if this makes the news headlines tomorrow. It should. Talk about pouring petrol on a bonfire...

Agreed. Unfortunately this is SOP for the EU which is why we are best off out of it.

I thought that was a fake feed - apparently not!

At best - misjudged, at worst - unbelievably arrogant! Especially as by 'Winter' I presume he means a downturn that will affect the poorest in society most.

Charming man!

It's a "Game Of Thrones" reference, it means we're going to be over run by white walkers, which is more than metaphorically astute, but probably not the sort of commentary supposed world leaders should be providing.

[WEHGuy]

Brother D said:

vonuber said:

Eric Mc said:

Interesting demographic -

University Educated - 70% remain

GCSE or lower - 30% remain

Wealth creators in then?

That's kind of interesting point. All the actual wealth creators I know that run large businesses are not university educated. Would be interesting statistic to delve into

Formal education will make you a good living, self education will make you a fortune!

[fatboy18]

Just wondering if Roy Hodgson resigned as Englands Manager to take up the role of new PM?

Either that or Corbin's asked him to help him build a new team

[Axionknight]

WEHGuy said:

Brother D said:

vonuber said:

Eric Mc said:

Interesting demographic -

University Educated - 70% remain

GCSE or lower - 30% remain

Wealth creators in then?

That's kind of interesting point. All the actual wealth creators I know that run large businesses are not university educated. Would be interesting statistic to delve into

Formal education will make you a good living, self education will make you a fortune!

The biggest problem with that statistic is that it ignores what appears to be a far greater factor in terms of voting preference - age.

Younger people, like myself (I am 28) were far more likely than my Dad (aged 58) to undertake higher education and my grandads generation (aged 84) where the working classes like him almost certainly did not go to university. That doesn't mean they are less intelligent in general or somehow less able to make a reasoned judgement one way or the other, rather that oportunities for education are far more numerous for my generation than theirs.

Essentially it's just a paper thin, cherry picked attempt to make leave voters look dim witted, one that doesn't take into account other overbearing factors.

[chris watton]

I would have loved to have gone to uni. Hell, even a college course or two. But my parents insisted I get a job in order to start paying keep. This was my reality, and I am sure I wasn't the only one.

EricMC, I am surprised at you, I really am. Trying to suggest that those who voted leave are not as bright as those who voted stay. I really thought you were better than that. I was wrong, obviously.

Edited by chris watton on Tuesday 28th June 09:26

[Disastrous]

chris watton said:

even a collage course or two

Little bit of this, little bit of that?

[chris watton]

Disastrous said:

Little bit of this, little bit of that?

Oops...

[Disastrous]

chris watton said:

Disastrous said:

Little bit of this, little bit of that?

Oops...

[turbobloke]

Eric Mc said:

Interesting demographic -

University Educated - 70% remain

GCSE or lower - 30% remain

Presumably that includes students or grads on courses such as Beckhamology.

These days between 30% and 40% of students go on to higher education with around 170 institutions housing over 1 million late sleepers.

Post-war through the 60s and 70s the number of HE institutions was closer to 30 and the proportion of 18-year olds going to uni climbed slowly from 2% pre-war through 5% post-war to the current state where you can get a degree in Flower Arranging (Professional Floristry and Floral Design) which makes you highly educated...in flower arranging naturally.

To make the same sweeping false generalisation as the above stat, we have Beckham fans and flower arrangers voting Ramain.

[CrutyRammers]

Axionknight said:

WEHGuy said:

Brother D said:

vonuber said:

Eric Mc said:

Interesting demographic -

University Educated - 70% remain

GCSE or lower - 30% remain

Wealth creators in then?

That's kind of interesting point. All the actual wealth creators I know that run large businesses are not university educated. Would be interesting statistic to delve into

Formal education will make you a good living, self education will make you a fortune!

The biggest problem with that statistic is that it ignores what appears to be a far greater factor in terms of voting preference - age.

Younger people, like myself (I am 28) were far more likely than my Dad (aged 58) to undertake higher education and my grandads generation (aged 84) where the working classes like him almost certainly did not go to university. That doesn't mean they are less intelligent in general or somehow less able to make a reasoned judgement one way or the other, rather that oportunities for education are far more numerous for my generation than theirs.

Essentially it's just a paper thin, cherry picked attempt to make leave voters look dim witted, one that doesn't take into account other overbearing factors.

Exactly, it's using "university educated" as a direct proxy for "intelligence", which, given the other factors you state, is unlikely to be the case.
Of course, the intelligent ones will understand that.

[Halb]

B'stard Child said:

Obvious but raised a chuckle from me

This also made me laugh

Winter is here, the white raven have flown.

[Axionknight]

I didn't know the UK had a football team currently playing in an international tournament.

Is that legit? If it is he is as thick as mince, perhaps you should stick to your crackdowns on press freedoms and civil rights, you knobber.

[dandarez]

B'stard Child said:

Disastrous said:

Still, you have to hand it to the English. Brexiting twice in one week takes some doing...

Obvious but raised a chuckle from me

This also made me laugh

Another fking EU tt, no less than the Chief himself!
And he thinks England is the UK. The educated EU bureaucrat, eh?

Love Europe.
fk the EU.

[Halb]

Axionknight said:

I didn't know the UK had a football team currently playing in an international tournament.

Is that legit? If it is he is as thick as mince, perhaps you should stick to your crackdowns on press freedoms and civil rights, you knobber.

Who are you talking to?

[youngsyr]

davepoth said:

///ajd said:

Why is their opinion worthless?

Because on the basis of what happened on the markets today, their opinion is worthless.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6286ad2a-3c3e-11e6-8716-...

On the basis that gilt yields have reached a historic low, the market perceives UK debt to be less risky than it has been at any point in history.

Errr, no.

Guardian said:

If Britain really was considered a safe haven in times of trouble, sterling would be going up on the foreign exchanges rather than falling against the dollar, euro and yen.

The real reason that gilt yields are so low is that the date for an increase in UK interest rates from the Bank of England has receded so far into the distance that it would take the Hubble telescope to pinpoint it. Gilt yields tend to go up when rising inflationary pressure leads to investors becoming fearful of the Bank of England pushing up interest rates.

[youngsyr]

CrutyRammers said:

Axionknight said:

WEHGuy said:

Brother D said:

vonuber said:

Eric Mc said:

Interesting demographic -

University Educated - 70% remain

GCSE or lower - 30% remain

Wealth creators in then?

That's kind of interesting point. All the actual wealth creators I know that run large businesses are not university educated. Would be interesting statistic to delve into

Formal education will make you a good living, self education will make you a fortune!

The biggest problem with that statistic is that it ignores what appears to be a far greater factor in terms of voting preference - age.

Younger people, like myself (I am 28) were far more likely than my Dad (aged 58) to undertake higher education and my grandads generation (aged 84) where the working classes like him almost certainly did not go to university. That doesn't mean they are less intelligent in general or somehow less able to make a reasoned judgement one way or the other, rather that oportunities for education are far more numerous for my generation than theirs.

Essentially it's just a paper thin, cherry picked attempt to make leave voters look dim witted, one that doesn't take into account other overbearing factors.

Exactly, it's using "university educated" as a direct proxy for "intelligence", which, given the other factors you state, is unlikely to be the case.
Of course, the intelligent ones will understand that.

I suspect most graduates are aware that being a graduate doesn't make you more intelligent. It does tend to make you better able to do your own research, analysis and critical thinking, since this is essentially what you do for the 3 or 4 years you're at university, being trained by people who've made a career out of it.

[FiF]

turbobloke said:

Presumably that includes students or grads on courses such as Beckhamology.

These days between 30% and 40% of students go on to higher education with around 170 institutions housing over 1 million late sleepers.

Post-war through the 60s and 70s the number of HE institutions was closer to 30 and the proportion of 18-year olds going to uni climbed slowly from 2% pre-war through 5% post-war to the current state where you can get a degree in Flower Arranging (Professional Floristry and Floral Design) which makes you highly educated...in flower arranging naturally.

To make the same sweeping false generalisation as the above stat, we have Beckham fans and flower arrangers voting Ramain.

Is that the subset who having lost try and Ram their disrespect for democracy on others via social madia. <<not a typo.