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Jan 26 10:19:25 <Varti> munchausen: hi
Jan 26 17:22:20 <davedoom> The UK is in the midst of a legitimacy crisis. Reader David summed it up well:
Jan 26 17:22:20 <davedoom>     …. can I suggest that non-UK (and non-European) readers pay attention over the next week or so, at least? You’re about to see the unfolding of a political crisis the like of which happens in the Western world once a generation, if that. The combination of an essentially insoluble problem, an incompetent government, an enfeebled civil service, a bitterly divided political system, and government by convention and precedent rather t
Jan 26 17:22:20 <davedoom> situation in which almost any outcome, including the most extreme, is possible. The effects on the British political system (and whether, indeed, it survives at all) are the real issue here, not Brexit, no matter how important that objectively is. Whilst I think the “sleepwalking” idea from the Grauniad is overstated, a more dangerous, related, worry is that Britain has had hundreds of years of political stability, and people assume 
Jan 26 17:22:20 <davedoom> by violence and revolution) will just go on forever. It may, but it also might not. And whereas in France, Spain or Germany, say, violent changes of political system are understood and lived with, that’s not the case in Britain.
Jan 26 17:22:27 <davedoom> https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/01/brexit-chaos-2.html
Jan 26 17:25:34 <davedoom> My fear is that Planet has left this too late to make a move.  You cannot setup a satellite office in Germany ( Why Germany?  Look around your office.  How many people speak German?) in the next six or eight weeks.  Moreover what good would that do?  They need work papers and business documents.  If you think this is easy, try it some time.
Jan 26 18:46:12 <Kero> biggest risk for a small company that acts internationally is in the exchange rate and when money changes hands.
Jan 26 18:46:40 <Kero> A german office/account may actually reduce that risk
Jan 26 18:47:37 <Kero> other than that, I would guess connections in Germany but not in other countries.
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