SpankyMcFarland

The lake is the best feature, unfortunately bounded by Harbourfront. I just don't find much that is beautiful in Toronto otherwise - too much concrete and not enough hills - and it seems less friendly each time I visit. Value for money-wise, I would put it way behind other cities in Ontario esp. Ottawa. Then again, I am looking at this from a geezer's perspective.

This is not good for the EU's image: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/08/jose-manuel-barroso-to-become-next-head-of-goldman-sachs-international

It's an illustration of how each country has its own interests and your ally's ally may be no friend of yours. India's relationship with Iran and Afghanistan is strongly influenced by the tension with Pakistan and its need to find another way into Central Asia. This is a response to the development of Gwadar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwadar_Port Iran, on the other hand, would prefer good relations with both India and China, if possible. I think the Pakistanis are very short-sighted to throw their lot in with the Chinese. Their main problems are internal, not India.

I saw the headline 'Trudeau sells Canada' and wondered what it meant for a second.

The foreign worker argument breaks down in London which voted Remain.

Looks like May will win.

He was such an easy target for the Brexiteers. Donald Tusk is much harder to mock. They need new blood at the top, people who are responsive to the frustrations of ordinary Europeans.

Ordinary young people in Britain's larger cities would benefit from a big fall in property prices. Houses in London are out of sight for ordinary workers.

There are some other issues with Mr. Juncker: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3625257/EU-chief-Jean-Claude-Juncker-appears-drunk-bizarre-video-hopping-foot-foot-slapping-leaders.html

I imagine roads are more difficult to maintain in Canada than in France, given our climate and population density.

Brexit effects continue: https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2016/jul/05/mark-carney-to-outline-bank-of-englands-brexit-stability-moves-business-live And more troubles in the Eurozone, this time in Italy: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/06/27/italy-eyes-40bn-bank-rescue-as-first-brexit-domino-falls/

The press interests were on the side of Remain? Has Rex read the Mail etc. recently? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/24/mail-sun-uk-brexit-newspapers http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/its-press-wot-won-brexit-nows-time-show-responsibility/1400131# The Telegraph is described as on the fence here but was very much pro-Leave in its coverage.

If May and Eagle win, the following posts will be occupied by women in the UK: 1. Head of state. 2. PM. 3. Labour Party leader. 4. Scottish First Minister. 5. Scottish Labour Party leader. 6. Scottish Conservative Party leader. 7. Northern Ireland First Minister. 8. Plaid Cymru leader (Wales).

Gove is getting it up the Khyber for his treachery to BJ and rightly so. Looks like May is the last horse with a rider.

I never said the pain would be all on one side either. The banks did not support Remain for no reason and those reasons have not gone away. If the UK gets a special BMW-friendly deal, a lot of countries will think of leaving. Influence is about more than guns and bombs. If the EU breaks up, will Russia's influence increase or decrease in Eastern Europe? I strongly suspect the former.

Each of those existing deals come with different disadvantages. Which one should they take?

It's from the Financial Times. Here is a taste: If Britain holds all the good cards in this game, as you say, they should just dictate terms and exit immediately. Will this happen? Imagine a 'spontaneous uprising' of ethnic Russians in the Baltic States a la Ukraine. Do you really think Moscow will get nuked over that? Did you see Farage in the European Parliament this week? Doesn't go down well when a deal has to be made afterwards.

Both stand to lose a lot. Britain's banks need access to the EU: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3a92744-3a52-11e6-9a05-82a9b15a8ee7.html#axzz4DBZ7yfcE Germany may prefer a cosy deal but many countries in Eastern Europe do not want to see the EU break up, given the recent pronouncements of Trump on NATO and behaviour of Putin to his neighbours. The desire for a tough line to be taken will not come from France alone. Farage better tone down his antics and Britain should hope for fewer 'Polish vermin' signs sprouting up. The Brexiteers seem keen to delay things now into an indefinite Brelimbo but many on the other side want a faster break.

I am far better off cutting my spending than trying to outwit the market, especially this close to retirement.

What about Britain's trade deficit? Doesn't that point to an already overvalued currency? I have made a small amount of money from some rapidly declining stocks, e.g. Nortel, Irish banks, by pure luck (a similar strategy came a cropper with Air Canada). In neither case was I aware of the scale of 'creative accounting' going on. My big fear with Brexit is contagion. If the EU begins to break up, we would be in the locale formerly known as Queer Street.

It's dying in the West as well, sliding towards oligarchy and mass surveillance. People have a lot less hope for real change through politics any more.

These are worrying times for London. A lot of banking jobs depend on access to the EU market. Farage and his ilk do not make a sensible compromise easy. You can see how the UK has changed by the way people comment about Scotland or NI. This is not a united country.

Who cares who controls the size of kettles? Somebody will be making such regulations. The control of the 'superstate' has been exaggerated. http://takimag.com/article/a_vote_to_remain_allan_massie/print#axzz4CvXAjfoD I think the main point I get from the article is that, like the US, post-industrial Britain has left a lot of people behind.

It would also be the right thing to do if the Scots wanted to remain in the EU. England outside London, and Wales, have a very different take on this matter from Scotland and NI. There is a widening chasm in the UK. Two things stand in the way - money and Spain. Scotland is in bad shape right now with the oil collapse, and Spain wants to force Catalonia to stay.

Interesting piece from the Guardian which would have been a solidly pro-Remain paper: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/27/liverpool-london-brexit-leave-eu-referendum