but why didn't they buy dollars or euros?  It's because Brexit may lead to a banking crisis with bail-ins.

I don't understand your post. We "oldies" voted for Brexit because we can see the way the world is going. We are aware that there is more to life than Facebook.

There is no sign of any tearing apart that I have seen. But I'm not in Westminster.

Will Britain become great again? Well the structure of society has changed, so it will never rebuild past glories. It is quite a complex society, and many people don't really understand it. There is a lot of history as well. For example, our top schools are called "public schools" in other countries those are the lowest schools. However it is quite capable of adapting to the modern world and become prosperous again. We just need to get rid of the banking leeches now that we have dumped the EU.

and a baby will live even longer. So lets teach all babies to write an "X", and give them the vote.

I hope Scotland does stay in the UK. The Scots contribute a lot to our economy.

Now how about this one - I think Sothern Ireland should leave the EU, and join the UK. We wouldn't rip them off the way the EU has/is.

http://www.standard.co.uk/business/france-sticks-knife-into-london-stock-exchangedeutsche-b-rse-merger-a3279391.html

It seems France is trying to block the merger of the London Stock Exchange and the German one because it will impact the EU stock exchange. They are asking the EU to intervene.

Haven't they heard of blockchain technology?

with all this politicking, I should have been a sig whore.

I see from the slogan under your post count that you don't believe in your country. I think that's really sad. Everybody should believe in their country, and give thanks for theiir upbringing. I believe in my country, and the people here. It's the government that is crap, and we're getting rid of them.

So once again Britain has helped everybody. Well maybe not the frackers.

I've just been talking to a friend - he's a TIG welder at a small local manufacturing company. They've just increased his working hours from 7am to 7pm to cope with current orders. Now I can understand that, buyers are taking advantage of the low pound. I just hope Cameron doesn't punish us by pushing it up.

I'm concerned that he will allow another spate of QE to push up house prices, and he will try to prop up the pound.

The French aren't dumb, they told the US to poke their sanctions against Russia, and they are already looking at leaving I understand.

I think the whole referendum was a sham. I gather 7% of UKIP members were reported as voting for remain. If Cameron can't even win a manipulated referendum, do we really want him negotiating anything on our behalf.

Actually the 48% also includes thousand of immigrants who were sent papers by mistake - I wonder how they voted. This shows the lengths the current government will go to to get their way. Brexit wasn't just a vote to leave, it was a vote ogf no confidence in the current venal government.

I've got over 50 years of computer experience. I started on an IBM 421

I've driven from San Francisco to Tallahassee (amongst other jouneys)

How long have you been in computers, and how much have you travelled?

and I'm not a fag - either a cigarette end or a homosexual

If the EU was a trading block, then we wouldn't be leaving. It's because it's the precursor to TTIP that we need to get out fast.

It's heavier now that we have sent so much hardware up there.

The problem with NATO is that it keeps maintaining proxy wars for America. Now that Russian weapons are surpassing those of the US, maybe they will rethink their policy. US sanctions strengthened Russia, and they are now growing some of the healthiest food in the world. US meat is banned in many countries because of the drugs pumped into the poor animals.

Many so-called students arriving here are terrorists or benefits fraudsters, and don't even bother to attend colleges.
Research? We don't need their research based on UK researchers, we can do it at home.
Tourism - We get loads of tourists from countries that want to see our culture and our heritage. We don't need whingers who complain because our sausages aren't fat and lumpy.
International regulation - We are leaving to get away from that.

Brexit won't break the financial institutions. They are doing that on their own ( with a bit of help from Bitcoin).

We need to be protected from the terrible Russians. It was an act of war for them to place their country so close to the US military bases.

I noticed a strange thing the other day. Some peculiar people were exchanging Bitcoin for goods.