We're out out - The Brexit Thread
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At the moment no one can say for sure if voting out was a mistake or not and will take many years to come to find out.
As it is the currency has taken a beating but that was to be expected and it will take a while for it to settle down.
What doesn't help is companies sacking people and moving parts of there companies abroad or rumours of it. However based of the Independent it's not happening but this will not help the markets and not help people to determine what the decision will have on the populous.
All I have seen this morning is "The elderly have screwed the younger generation" and "Boris the buffoon" etc and that is not helping because all that is happening is finger pointing by people who chose one option, against those who chose the other option.
Which ever way people voted doesn't matter now because the decision has been made, and we now have to live with it.
As it is the currency has taken a beating but that was to be expected and it will take a while for it to settle down.
What doesn't help is companies sacking people and moving parts of there companies abroad or rumours of it. However based of the Independent it's not happening but this will not help the markets and not help people to determine what the decision will have on the populous.
All I have seen this morning is "The elderly have screwed the younger generation" and "Boris the buffoon" etc and that is not helping because all that is happening is finger pointing by people who chose one option, against those who chose the other option.
Which ever way people voted doesn't matter now because the decision has been made, and we now have to live with it.
WYP
News Guru
NI won't try to get independence or unify with the republic of Ireland because of this.
Right now NI doesn't want it, staying in the EU and joining the Republic are totally different things/arguments.
On the other hand, if Scotland were to leave it would really undermine the Ulster-scots identity of a lot of Northern Irish people, which would over time push things further in that direction.
The Northern Irish people don't want to lose the NHS, that is one major thing that will prevent anyone's plans for a United Ireland.
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
Oh, I don't think that the GB is going to pull off a Tripras, where a NO turns to a YES...
Anyway, lads, at least you are still in the EU until October so you should be able to move between the EU countries -tourism hint hint-
And don't worry about the stock exchange rates, they should go back up soon the British economy is one of the largest and most stable in the world.
On a sidenote, our goverment who favoured a NO vote against the EU say that britain leaving the EU is BAD. -While GREXIT was something positive for them-.
Others say that the UK leaving the EU is the end result of the struggle to fight neoliberal EU policies. What the actual heck :rollinglaugh::rollinglaugh:
It's too early to say anything though, give it time...
SPS
Moderator
We won't leave in October, that's just when they invoke the article. Could be up to 2 years after that or even longer.
Davva2004
Active member
I voted out. I have many reasons, and key amongst them is that the current system is kinda like going to the pub with all your mates, shelling out for all the beers which everyone drinks, and no other bugger gets a round in. In 2015 we paid £13bn into the EU and got £4.5bn back. They didn't even buy a packet of scratchings, the tight gits.
Immigration is also an issue, and not because I want to see "Jonny Foreigner" rounded up and gassed in the streets. We have a major problem in the UK of overstayers, people who came here on temporary visas and have outstayed, people who just should not be here at all. And I do not mean legitimate immigrants or asylum seekers who DO have the right to be here. Our immigration service have been trying to tackle the problem but it's been like trying to empty a filling bath with a teaspoon. At least now we may be able to turn the damn tap off for a bit.
Plus, I'm chaotic neutral. I quite like the idea of throwing the whole mess up in the air and seeing what shape it's in when it lands again.
Also, everyone on my Facebook friends list has suddenly turned into an economics financial expert overnight. That was something neither side put in their manifesto.
Immigration is also an issue, and not because I want to see "Jonny Foreigner" rounded up and gassed in the streets. We have a major problem in the UK of overstayers, people who came here on temporary visas and have outstayed, people who just should not be here at all. And I do not mean legitimate immigrants or asylum seekers who DO have the right to be here. Our immigration service have been trying to tackle the problem but it's been like trying to empty a filling bath with a teaspoon. At least now we may be able to turn the damn tap off for a bit.
Plus, I'm chaotic neutral. I quite like the idea of throwing the whole mess up in the air and seeing what shape it's in when it lands again.
Also, everyone on my Facebook friends list has suddenly turned into an economics financial expert overnight. That was something neither side put in their manifesto.
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WillSK
Active member
I find the whole thing frustrating.. What's happened has happened but a lot of the key arguments are already being backtracked by the leave leaders and I don't see even a beacon of hope in the form of even a loose plan by any of these leave campaigners.
It scares me that just over half of the voting population are so fired up about immigration and anger towards the conservative government that they felt leaving the EU (not changing the government) was the solution.
It also worries me as others have already said that that the age of leave voters was considerably skewed towards the older generation who enjoyed a time when perhaps being outside of the EU worked but let's be realistic people the world is a MUCH smaller place than it was before we joined.
I'm just gutted really.
Whether it works or not, I don't understand why people were so against being part of a collective of countries that can help shape eachothers future for the better even if every law passed wasn't ALWAYS in our favour.
It scares me that just over half of the voting population are so fired up about immigration and anger towards the conservative government that they felt leaving the EU (not changing the government) was the solution.
It also worries me as others have already said that that the age of leave voters was considerably skewed towards the older generation who enjoyed a time when perhaps being outside of the EU worked but let's be realistic people the world is a MUCH smaller place than it was before we joined.
I'm just gutted really.
Whether it works or not, I don't understand why people were so against being part of a collective of countries that can help shape eachothers future for the better even if every law passed wasn't ALWAYS in our favour.
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That concept applies in a country as well. Strong parts of the country support weaker parts, the only difference is that the people you are supporting in the EU aren't brits.
You are also not the only contributor to the EU and definitely not the biggest contributor. Germany is by far the largest contributor, followed by france, then the UK, closely followed by italy.
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
Well of course some of the older people voted to leave the EU, maybe influeced by Margaret Thatcher's views on the EU and not because of people like Farage..
Sadly I don't think that there is a serious and talented politician in the Conservative party -or any party really- to steer the ship outside the EU.
A couple acquatances of mine believe that Boris Johnson is the today's equivalent of Thatcher... Laughable
Sadly I don't think that there is a serious and talented politician in the Conservative party -or any party really- to steer the ship outside the EU.
A couple acquatances of mine believe that Boris Johnson is the today's equivalent of Thatcher... Laughable
SPS
Moderator
Yeah I think anyone with access to a calculator was able to debunk this.
Greenback
Active member
When you have a large part of a population that feels like third class citizens in their own country expect a back lash when they are given an opportunity to do so, look at the amount of politicians who admitted that they had lost touch with the people during the referendum count
Yep nobody thought about the important things. They feared the "immigration" word.
They feel like third class citizens, hence they lash out at something which isn't responsible for their misery. Fantastic.
I agree. I think its ridiculous that people would vote leave based purely on immigration and the claims that we would be better off financially. Can't people see the amount of risk and uncertainty in leaving a union that we have been a part of since '75?
