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Tredegar Boy:
Great idea Jimbo. So how would this monopoly board look?

What would replace the 4 stations.................supermarkets perhaps or the 4 biggest places that do live music. I assume the taverna's would replace the streets. San stef travel could replace one of the utilities I guess with the harbour as the other. The church could be a community chest.......

Jimbo:
Don't suggest putting any tavernas on, or arguments will rage here about which they should be and their board value. Put Romanza on The Old Kent Road spot and you'd be in for a lynching!

As you rightly suggest, San Stefano Travel should have a unique spot reserved for women of exceptional beauty and intelligence - beyond value. Instead of "Go to jail..." I suggest Go to Sidari.

Tredegar Boy:
"Go to Sidari"......brilliant. ;D

Jimbo:
In case you haven't noticed, the £€ rate is dire. TravelFX is currently 1.1167 and most airports are at about 0.9!!! This follows Mark Carney's statement that Brexit is a disaster for the economy, which is already in a bad way. Total chaos in Theresa May's attempt to forge an alliance with the DUP isn't helping (seems they want over £2 billion).

It appears we're stuck with this for the long-term unless we (a) cancel Brexit (b) remain part of the Free Trade Area. As the Chancellor said, nobody [intentionally] voted to be poor - but unwittingly, they did.

My personal view, which many may disagree with, is that we accept leaving the EU (which was all the referendum asked) and remain in the Free Trade Area. That way Brexiteers get exactly what they voted for and Remainers get zero tariffs and the economically vital free movement of people. That would also solve the Irish border problem. Such a deal would see the pound strengthen enormously.

Jimbo:
It's a bit boring, really. The base rate is around 1.13 and TravelFX wavering about 1.12. It's hard to think of anything that's going to change it radically in the foreseeable future, apart from a major re-think on Brexit. With the Conservative higher echelons now clearly divided, uncertainty prevails.

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