Cont: Brexit: Now What? Part 5

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Archie Gemmill Goal said:
Do you think the government expected them to though? Or do you think it was just an oversight on their behalf of that of the developer? Or else someone telling them porkies?

I doubt anyone in government pays enough attention to these things to even know what the question is let alone the answer.
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IMO the developer knew about the problem and didn't want to touch it so they probably escalated it up the chain and then washed their hands of it. They probably knew Apple wouldn't agree but they'd still be paid.
 
ceptimus said:
Remember, it's innocent until proven guilty: not the other way round.
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Well, the commission has already fined Vote.Leave quite a bit for their dodgy accounting, so forgive us if we find the likelihood of one of the other leave groups is also not quite on the up and up to be reasonably high.

We are, after all, not a court of law here.
 
Tolls said:
Well, the commission has already fined Vote.Leave quite a bit for their dodgy accounting, so forgive us if we find the likelihood of one of the other leave groups is also not quite on the up and up to be reasonably high.

We are, after all, not a court of law here.
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Banks was Vote.leave.

Interesting reasons for the investigation. Apparently Banks has established all his companies, who as far as I can tell make most of their supplies to Uk customers, in tax havens so the transparency concerning the source of his donations is missing. An investigation by the NCA looking at the source of funds is yet to be concluded and there is the presumption of innocence.

However moving all his companies offshore to avoid paying UK tax is something he is guilty of. It shows his true colours and self interest. The EU has recently done a lot to stop corporate tax avoidance. He is mentioned in the Panama papers they are investigating. This appears to be the driver for him wanting to leave the EU as opposed to what is best for the UK.
 
Lothian said:
Banks was Vote.leave.
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Oh, for some reason I thought he was the other one, (Leave.EU?).

Of course he has the presumption of innocence legally, but I'm still going to consider him a dodgy sod. Wouldn't lend him a fiver and expect to see it back.
 
GnaGnaMan said:
Germany had an app for its ID cards for some time now. They don't get to use the NFC feature of the iPhone either. No problem on my android phone.

Kind of your own fault if you buy Apple.
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Or an Android phone without NFC.

Or, according to the article, a Microsoft phone or a Blackberry.

I guess the NFC chip reading shortcut just wasn't intended for everyone.
 
quadraginta said:
Or an Android phone without NFC.

Or, according to the article, a Microsoft phone or a Blackberry.

I guess the NFC chip reading shortcut just wasn't intended for everyone.
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German ID cards have the chip since 2010. At the time you needed a dedicated card reader to use it. The option of using a phone as a card reader came later.
 
Courage of my convictions.... today I have made the decision to leave the UK and hoping to be out before Brexit comes into effect. Next question is where I am going and whether I can get all my affairs in order over the next 4 months or so.

I will come back when Scotland becomes independent. Until then I'm out.
 
Archie Gemmill Goal said:
Courage of my convictions.... today I have made the decision to leave the UK and hoping to be out before Brexit comes into effect. Next question is where I am going and whether I can get all my affairs in order over the next 4 months or so.

I will come back when Scotland becomes independent. Until then I'm out.
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Good luck, Archie Gemmill Goal!

But it sounds like you'll be plumping for a non-EU country? A large part of the Brexit issue for we expats in the EU is that we might lose our rights of residence and reciprocal healthcare, post Brexit. And if you go out of the EU how will you fare in those respects?

Anyway, keep us posted :)
 
GlennB said:
Good luck, Archie Gemmill Goal!

But it sounds like you'll be plumping for a non-EU country? A large part of the Brexit issue for we expats in the EU is that we might lose our rights of residence and reciprocal healthcare, post Brexit. And if you go out of the EU how will you fare in those respects?

Anyway, keep us posted :)
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I've lived overseas before and just had to go through all the visa rigmarole etc. So wherever I end up will just have to do the same.

Plumping for an EU country has some appeal but it would probably be Southern or Eastern Europe. Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic maybe. Not sure what the potential would be in Portugal or Greece economically.
 
Archie Gemmill Goal said:
I've lived overseas before and just had to go through all the visa rigmarole etc. So wherever I end up will just have to do the same.

Plumping for an EU country has some appeal but it would probably be Southern or Eastern Europe. Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic maybe. Not sure what the potential would be in Portugal or Greece economically.
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You're very brave. I wish I could do it, but I have a house and a job here, and I like Devon. If we do leave the EU, I might see if I can move to Eire and work from home. Failing that, I'll wait until Scotland leaves the UK and rejoins the EU, and move north.
 
Ian Osborne said:
You're very brave..
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Or stupid. Or just at the end of my tether.

I also have a house and a business but unlike you I don't like living here and things are only going to get worse. I've been travelling for a while and had to make a decision to come back and stick it out here permanently or move on to something new.

Spent most of my 20s overseas but whether I can crack it in my early 40s remains to be seen but I have got to give it a go otherwise I'd never forgive myself.
 
Czech Republic is nice. Slovenia and Croatia are even nicer, in my opinion, and unlike the landlocked Czech Republic also have some pretty coastline. All are in the EU, of course.
 
Archie Gemmill Goal said:
Or stupid. Or just at the end of my tether.

I also have a house and a business but unlike you I don't like living here and things are only going to get worse. I've been travelling for a while and had to make a decision to come back and stick it out here permanently or move on to something new.

Spent most of my 20s overseas but whether I can crack it in my early 40s remains to be seen but I have got to give it a go otherwise I'd never forgive myself.
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There's also places like India, Brasil and China that you could consider. A lot depends on your own skill set, line of business your in... etc.

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