Meg: I think we have to ask ourselves why someone who says they are from Gascony (and failed to fill in their profile so may not even be over 50 and eligible to post at all) would be concerned with no deal exit which will “will cause bumps on the road”
Have you asked me? That'd be more simple and less offensive. I worked in England for over 30 years - paying lots of tax (happily, its how a country needs to work) and drawing very, very little by way of demands on the state. Be assured I'm over 50. I now live in France but still have assets in the UK. I still have friends and family in the UK. I still mostly like the UK and wish it well. Is that enough reason to care about the well being & success of the UK and its people?
Meg: These people would be better employed lobbying their own Parliaments to give us a fair deal…
Thanks for the "these people" comment. Who else is included in the 'these people' group that you are imagining? Johnny foreigners no doubt. If so that does not include me. Even as a tax paying immigrant I have no voting rights here in France. I'd need citizenship for that. I could lobby 'my parliament' in Westminster but (a) they already have a fair deal in front of them and (b) they are definitely not inclined to listen to people who have left the UK for the EU.
PS seeing as you are so interested and seem to care, you wouldn't mind bringing forward your belt tightening? I'm a quite a bit out of pocket from the exchange rate collapse brought on by the Brexit vote, and that is most likely to get worse soon. So if you could tighten your belt and sent me a few thousand that would be fair.

I see you expect good manners when you are the target of a comment
Perhaps an apology to Meg would have been your best option, if you don't like people saying things that offend you.

Didn't the exchange rate and pound going down start in 2008 ? All Brexit vote did was slow it's downward roll.

I'm not bothered by the offensive tone. I took no offense. I simply pointed out that the accusation and the use of the term "these people" is quite offensive. So thanks for your concern but please do not worry about me.
Actually, the post that triggered this was also quite offensive. Just presented as "it'll be fine, I can tighten my belt" casual comment. So I'm not sure what I am meant to apologise for (confused face - aren't these smilies truly dreadful?). Perhaps you can explain your smilie 'angry red face'. Is it anything to do with gammon?

Meg: I think we have to ask ourselves why someone who says they are from Gascony (and failed to fill in their profile so may not even be over 50 and eligible to post at all) would be concerned with no deal exit which will “will cause bumps on the road”
Have you asked me?

Don't ask inane questions. Simply look up the exchange rate on the internet and look for a 20 year history of the exchange rate. Then post back and say "sorry, the Brexit vote did hammer the value of the pound by 25%". I await with anticipation.

Don't ask inane questions. Simply look up the exchange rate on the internet and look for a 20 year history of the exchange rate. Then post back and say "sorry, the Brexit vote did hammer the value of the pound by 25%". I await with anticipation.

Didn't the exchange rate and pound going down start in 2008 ? All Brexit vote did was slow it's downward roll.

The pound has been lowered anyway because it was way too high in the first place.

You cant do that with your dreadful euro ... :all you can do is "add austerity".

The pound is falling also because the markets know we are leaving.. it will bounce back soon enough it always does.

Besides in the last 3 years we have had the largest foreign investment in the world (except china) and the lowest unemployment in the EU.

You can't claim those statistics in the awful 27.

Dam shame eh