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You seem to be convinced that Brexit has happened. Why? We haven't even agreed on how to trigger article 50 yet.

Probably because we know more about living in other countries than you do and can compare Daily Express, Mail etc. with other news outlets in Europe. We can also understand other EU news outlets because we can speak the language and don't need the media filter in the UK to translate what is...

Really? You do know a lot about me - more than I do. I am very worried about what is about to be forced on you because of a referendum decided by a small minority and opinions based on some of the biggest lies ever in U.K. Politics - Blair's war being a possible exception.

No. Not if there is co-ordinated fiscal control of the common currency.

I will come back to you- in about 10 years, if CCFC and this forum still exist. We can have this arrangement as a bit of fun, but unfortunately if Brexit causes the break up of the UK, we can never reverse it and it probably won't be fun.

How does the USA survive then? Some states are very rich and others very poor, but they all use dollars. I think Farage's mate Trump thinks that a federal system with a common currency can work well. Funny that Farage doesn't.

I missed that. I thought Brexit hadn't started yet.

You wouldn't like German tax inspectors who concentrate on small businesses and rip them apart with fictive tax assessments ( you could have pocketed some black money, so we assume you did and we will tax you on a figure we thought up ). Big businesses have "compliance departments" so nothing to...

Because I have a daughter and 3 small businesses here - not to mention the missus. They enhance my life, and the EU is enhancing my life here anyway.

Confirming the need for a second chamber is another way of looking at it. It should be reformed, but that is a separate point.

I think you had better look at the election results in Northern Ireland and the deadlock in the powersharing talks. The EU land border would run through Ireland. Could become a tricky problem. You seem to miss the point that NI is part of the U.K.

Exactly.

The economic meltdown is more likely to be in the U.K. whilst the negotiations over article 50 continue. We don't have an EU superstate at the moment- unless you read the Express or the Mail. Ireland was a comparatively poor country in the early 70s and needed Britain. It still does, but it has...

I am not leaving. I am staying in Germany and taking holidays in England as long as the pound is weak. Advantage for me.

Ireland is EU. EU citizens can work there. It would be easy to sneak into the U.K. over the NI border. So there will have to be a hard border. That plus the recent scandals and subsequent drubbing of the DUP could bring about a united Ireland. When Ireland was booming you needed these EU...

I thought the million was the annual lease payment in advance - 250 years.

Was the 1000000 the ground rent on the lease paid in advance for 250 years? The lease was paid for and the ground rent in advance making it as good as a freehold - almost.

I see that coming. We spent millions preparing for id cards under Labour. Scrapped everything and now by closing borders with people here and not registered or staying on after holidays illegally we will have to have some form of ID cards.

Everyone who lives in Germany has to be registered. It is normal and sensible. You cannot do a lot of things ( e.g. open a bank account) without your id and proof of registration. If you get stopped without I'd you could end up in the cells until you find some id. ( seen that happen to someone...

I was all for British ID cards. Essential nowadays and natural in many countries. Makes life easier having a check card size id in your wallet when you need to identify yourself. But no, the conservatives stopped that and now their supporters criticize Merkel for not identifying people. More...