Dyson vacuum cleaners are rubbish - I wonder if could I claim damages from Dyson for selling me such an inferior vacuum cleaner.
I put up with it for a few years but when I ditched it and bought a proper vacuum cleaner, the difference was amazing.
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Would be the Dyson that decided that they needed to move production out of the UK? And yet still make the most expensive vacuum cleaners / hair dryers / air filters. That James D is such a big supporter of ordinary people in the UK.
I thought one Brexit benefit was being able to allow GMO in the UK…? What exactly is the Brexiteer line on this?
I suppose it’s all a matter of taste. And just be grateful we’ve got a choice. I’ve had Dyson for years and have always been really happy with them. I love the long hose which stretches all the way up the stairs.
Both my kids have Dyson’s too and love them.
That we’re not involved in the row, as you quite rightly say, now we’re out we can make our own choice unlike the member states.
I’m glad he’s helping other countries that’s one of the reasons I voted for Brexit, rather than sending them money help them out in other ways. If we had high unemployment rates I’d say you might have a point, but we don’t. And nobody is making people buy Dyson if they prefer something cheaper then they have the choices to buy cheaper, really can’t understand the point you’re making. And he’s helping the UK:
Oh how I envy You British people!
I wish that one of my bigger problems was my vacuum cleaner 
Vacuum cleaners and signs of pint glasses, I wished that I had problems like that.
Guys, thank you very much for that entertainment since 2016 
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We got seduced into buying one.No suck and easily blocked.The hole through which the dirt was sucked was oblong not round,easier for things to get stuck.Innovative design? very.We are back with Miele.
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You seem to have gained the famous Brit sarcasm anyway. 
the premium was voluntary. The legislation you posted was only in place if you wanted the premium. Nobody was “forced”. I think here you are quite clearly conflating two different topics (poorly structured uncompetitive UK businesses vs EU legislation). If you want your points to be taken seriously you have to admit faults on both sides not just the EU side. We all know that the EU was high maintenance bureaucracy, but we also know that the UK had totally inefficient business practices. You can’t blame the latter on the EU. You’re probably part of the problem yourself but easier to shift the burden of your own inefficiency and say life isn’t fair.
I’m sure you can demonstrate how the financial flows were not via EU money?
I guess that this is meant as a compliment. Thank you “P”. You know what, I am really only a guest, whatching you British people throught this free and open “looking glass” that is the OVER50FORUM; Thank you O50F for giving me as a German guest to have enjoyed the chance to (be welcome and) whitness (first hand) your genuine thoughts about Europe, the EU, being part of something “non British” and so on, I must admit that only one of this forums members knows that I have spent literally only nearly one day of my life in England so far. And this was not even voluntaryly as I missed a flight to Bangkok (thanx to British Airways, really),
Guys ih the UK, this is really a genuine Hello from the continent. I (apart from other EU-ropeans) I wish you good luck again for achieving the bright - world beating - future that lies ahead of Yo.I honestly wish you well for the future!
All the best, wish you well and greetings from your (sentimental) friend Frank 
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I can’t believe you are supporting someone who was pro Brexit then deserted the UK at the first opportunity. Accused of exploitation of labour in foreign operations and squalid conditions for workers. He’s so last decade. I’ve never owned one of their products.
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I prefer Hetty lighter than Henry and both models still have manufacturing based in the UK.
Hi Anni, it is not only you who cannot believe that. Must be something special
Some pro Brexit voters see the label of “he was pro Brexit” and all logic falls away after that. They totally forget this
My vacuum was made in Turkey, the best one I have had since my Toshiba. It’s a Beko, the first machine where I have had to use the speed control or the release in the tube because it stuck itself to the carpet or the floor.
Cost a quarter of the price of a Dyson too.
Do you really investigate every product you purchase. As I’ve previously stated I’ve had Dyson for years now and have been very pleased with them and my kids have followed suit. I used to buy Hoover washing machines, they lasted for years, now I’ve got a Beko and find Hoover rubbish. I’ve also got Beko Fridge Freezer. Last year I bought a new boiler and that’s a Viessman. Maybe I’m not as picky as you, I just go by what I actually like.
I think you miss the point. Dyson is not pro- anything other than pro-Dyson. Twenty odd years ago he wanted the UK to join the euro to aid his exporting to Europe. A few years on, when the EU introduced power limits on vacuum cleaners, Dyson was suddenly all anti-EU. Well not really, he just didn’t like anything that inhibited his product in any way. Pro-Dyson and pro-profit for Dyson only.
I guess he is kind of a role model for the bosses of water companies. They don’t care about consumers or the environment or investment in their infrastructure. They were pro-profit because that was pro-directors’ pay and pro-shareholder payouts. And as soon as they noted that EU rules on waste did not apply anymore - pro-poo in the rivers.
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I live near to the Dyson works in Malmesbury
James Dyson did a lot for the people people of Malmesbury . He provided 500 jobs for a start and ran buses to the outlying villages to collect his workers .it’s a country area where the buses are sketchy Most ordinary local people were sorry when he moved his production operation to Malaysia .
He still has research engineers working there and plans a design university nearby at Hullavington .
I think that entrepreneurs like Dyson should be encouraged .
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The biggest trading country the UK has is the USA which isn’t signed up to the ECHR, neither is China, Australia or New Zealand. All major trading partners with the UK and the EU. Stop talking complete nonsense.
The EU can’t sign up to the ECHR anyway. There is a good reason for it - it simply cannot comply with it. Other member states break the ECHR rules all the time, such as Italy with the ruling on apartment floor space per person living there etc.