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Scotland won't be independent, because they would have to take the Euro.

They won't be allowed to use the Pound.

So, they will end up like Greece.

I really why people don't see this.

It's the BRITISH parliment in WESTMINISTER who will decide who uses the pound. NOT YOU, Mr/Mrs Commentator.

And they will decide to not allow scotland to use it.

Please don't bring that garbage here.

It's not a funny meme.

It wasn't funny when it first aired and it's not funny now.

The UK needs the EU more than the EU needs the UK.

I beg to differ.

The Eurocrats in Brussels who are unelected. Wanted Britian out immediately after the result.

Merkel, on the other hand. Had the Car manufacturers on the phone screaming at her about the result. For them, the UK is 25% of their export market. I am sure other German manufacturers are not too happy with the result either.

The UK is simply in a better position than the EU. Now more than ever.

Think about all those directives the EU placed on the UK. Now they can be all changed.

Think about agriculture, fishing, energy, etc. Everything that HAD to be negotiated as an EU entity. That only things could have been pushed through the EU parliment is if all EU states agreed. That no other country had been penalised!

Now, British interests come first. If the UK wants to do something and France or another country doesn't like it. Now it's tough luck.

Now many times has France Veto'd something that Britian wanted before, because her interests were marginalised or a sector under threat?

This is what people simply just don't understand.

Once all the smoke clears. Britian has a real chance to be more competitive than France or Germany and that scares the hell out of them!

It can eye the tech talent all it wants.

I've lived in Frankfurt and in Berlin. I've lived in Paris. I've lived in Barcelona.

I've spoken with many stock brokers.

The one common denominator that I have found. Is that you can't just beat the feel of London.

I know if I had the choice, to live in Europe or live in London. It certainly would not be Europe.

We all knew that a Brexit vote would unleash forces we didn’t understand – a series of rolling crises in high finance, macro-economics, politics and diplomacy

I find things like this shocking. That most of these articles are just shooting from the hip.

When Cameron first floated the idea of the Brexit. He did so, consulting all the civil servants in the country. You know, the ones who actually run the country and know exactly what needs to done should a leave vote happen.

There is no scrambling around, there is no forces we don't understand, there is no crises in high finance, politics or diplomacy.

This is a country that had it's own empire and had 200 civil servants to run India.

I constantly laugh at postings here that Germany is going to take Finance and the Tech center from London and that the UK Economy is going to collapse.

The UK did just fine outside of the europe before the EU turned into the EU. It will do FINE just outside of the EU.

What a lot of people need to remember. Is what Germany is going to do now. How will it AFFORD the monies that the UK was paying. The German people are the ones who are going to foot that bill.

Also, Hollande is on shaky ground. Le Penn may win and therefore will most certainly want her own Frexit vote.

Merkle, is on shaky ground, she's up for re-election next year? What if she loses?

Yeah, interesting times ahead. But in some respects. The UK may actually be doing better.

Watch this space.

That list looks to me mostly like a list of things that are either scams

That's easy to say right? Oh it's a scam.

I can't use Stripe because my business falls into the "Scam" area. Am I a scammer? No because otherwise my business would have failed years ago.

I happily use another competitor. I haven't had any issues with them and since I am not a scammer, I don't foresee any either!

Remember. One mans ITS A SCAM, HE'S A SCAMMER is another mans very successful business which people don't have a problem with.

All this doom and gloom for the UK is laughable.

Lets say the UK government did this.

1) Lowest business taxes in Europe.

2) Least amount of red tape for businesses in Europe.

3) High Priority Visas for tech people and other sectors like bio, engineering, etc.

4) Investment for setting up businesses.

Pretty much, things that a conservative government which is pro business does.

In one fell swoop they can keep the current businesses here and make the UK attractive for foreign investment and also, with a strong economy. Once again make it a safe bet and keep that AAA rating.

I really wouldn't bet on the UK imploding. Those who say it will, don't know what they are talking about

No. Sturgeon is just playing up to her base.

Scotland is effectively a one party system, which is quite dangerous, never mind that the common man/woman do not see this.

The consequences for leaving the UK are well known. Companies aren't going to stay in because of Europe. They are going to move over the border.

Also. The UK rescued the Scottish banks. Scotland will have to take on half this debt. Will the EU bail out Scotland? Will there be Greece style terms?

So with the debt, companies leaving, not getting much tax receipts. How will Scotland pay for the FREE tuition, FREE healthcare, FREE this and FREE that, they like to promise? Is the EU going to be sending them FREE monies?

Finally and this is where I tend to laugh the most. Once Scotland joins Europe and the Euro. How is Scotland an independent state in Europe? How have Scottish people not realised this? Go look at Greece!

Scotland won't be able to control her economy. The EU bureaucrats will not do what's in her best interests. They'll do what's in THEIR best interests!

So what happens when Scotland no longer has control of her finances, can't pay for the FREE stuff. Oh and then slips into recession and the UK is doing better off? Yeah, that's the joke.

Oh and the UK won't let Scotland use the pound. I can tell you that now!

I don't know why a lot of people are saying this.

N. Ireland just isn't going anywhere.

Scotland, most likely yes. But there will be a huge exodus of business from there to England. Not the other way around.

Also wales, again not going anywhere.

What you and many other commenters need to understand is that the populous/economies of the other countries in the UK are tiny compared to England.

If they were to leave, they would almost certainly get bullied in the EU.

The Scots who think they will be independent whilst being in the EU? I don't think so. They would get slapped down harder than a Red Headed Step Child!

I'm afraid to say, that your impressions are incorrect.

Northern Ireland will not be joining Southern Ireland. They still see themselves as British first. Go over there, like I have and you'll see British Flags everywhere.

Also, have you see the situation in Spain lately? Gibraltar is staying put.

I do love hearing these fantasists hoping that the UK crumbles because it left the UK.

You do realise there are whispers within the STRONGER countries in the EU who are now thinking of having their own referendums?

The EU better be be careful as otherwise it's just France, Germany and a whole lot of smaller poorer southern countries and Germany goes bankrupt trying to bail them out!

Lets see what happens when Greece finally explodes!

I read this post coming from a German, since you promoted Frankfurt and Berlin.

As an Englishman, let me tell you somethings from an opposing view.

- International companies won't be moving to ireland/continent. The UK at one point wasn't as integrated and was doing quite well. It will do again.

The financial industry will not leave London. It's not going to happen. There are many reasons why. Keep dreaming.

London is the best startup in Europe currently.

- Sure the EU can be hard as possible, but then so can the UK. There are many EU countries which export to the UK. It's not just a one way thing.

- The British economy will not collapse. How you can think that I have no idea. Yes the pound did go down, it's gone down many times in history. But it will recover again. The Bank of England, already accounted for this. There is no panic.

- The US said the UK is not that important? Says Obama because his dad is from Kenya hates the UK. But in reality it actually is. Germany, Spain, all other countries of EU are not as important as the UK.

- Scotland will most likely want to exit. They are 4 million people after all. But when they do exit. All the British companies currently there, will leave to go to London. They'll join as another country like Estonia or worse off. I don't know if Europe will have them lol.

- N. Ireland won't exit. They are deeply patriotic people and see themselves as British.

Sorry. But I really don't think you know what you are talking about!

I'll deal with anyone except stripe.

Shopify is promoting drop shipping. They even push their shopify payments powered by stripe: https://www.shopify.com/payment-gateways

Only one problem. Their terms and conditions strictly prohibit drop shopping. https://stripe.com/us/prohibited-businesses

It's there number - 45. Shipping or forwarding brokers.

When emailed, they say of course it's not allowed you must choose another payment processor. But having quizzed my local circle, I know of many drop shippers who are using shopify payments.

I even emailed stripe and they said, sadly drop shipping is not accepted. But they did not say why.

Drop shipping with Shopify is being heavily promoted right now in Internet Marketing circles. Here is one such product that was launched recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnp4TnFaVJM

It's all about Shopify and Drop shipping and he's using their own payment processor. You guessed it, powered by stripe.

So what's going on here then?

Are stripe allowing drop shipping when they turn a blind eye to it?

I really wanted to use them, now using a competitor.