Brexit

Evidently there's a petition already for a second referendum that has had a huge number of people signing, but I don't think it's at all likely.

The differences between Scots and English culture do exist but they're not insurmountable. I actually know a couple of people who have moved there over the years and they seem to like it.

 

What about Wales? What's the situation there? And what kind of reaction do you expect from the UK part of Ireland?

 

Can't Barrage the Farage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aZi1RXe9kY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeFfiYgcro

 

That's what I'd like to know too.

 

[SIZE=12pt]I’m getting drunk and it’s never a good thing to post on the internet been so – but the people reaction here in Hackney is – fuck –I can’t fucking believe it – we’re fucked and if only I was in the US I’d have a gun to shoot myself, if only in the foot. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Ok not the last one – but…fuck…fuck…double fuck…fucky mcfuck face…oh fuck…I’m drunk…oh fuck[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt][edit] sorry but my kid will have to live with this fuck up[/SIZE]

 

England has given so many gifts to the world, I'm disappointed not everyone here appreciates them:

democracy
capitalism
the industrial revolution
rule of law

and above all

helping stop the psychopaths who took over Germany from taking over the entire planet.

God save the fucking Queen!

 

Jesus christ that is funny.

 

Nobody in the UK will ever have a better reason to get drunk as shit.

Chuck Todd (NBC) is saying based on exit poll demographic data, the UK vote was an urban / rural split, just like the Donald Trump phenomenon in the US. Urban people want to move forward, rural people want to return to the past.

France, Italy, Holland, and Denmark are all talking about exit votes of their own, according to the BBC.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36615879

 

Don't forget the famous English philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

 

Soon there will be a Frexit, Grexit, and a Swexit

 

I can't believe the result today, not just from Britain, but from Wales! I've gone from feeling so proud of my country to finally play in the UEFA to utter shame in how some of the people have decided to vote. People here are obviously feeling desperate or vulnerable, I feel this was a decision for people informed properly of what the consequences were, and the one person who (even though I had not elected) should have made this decision, but chose instead to coward away, our prime minister.

 

Followed by a Spexit, a Czexit, a Polexit, an Italeave, an Ireleave, and more

 

I think the most disheartening part of this all is that the vote was pretty much exactly down the middle . . . it's not like 80% of the country united for the motion . . . rather the country is completely split in two on this most fundamental point. Reminds me of the democrat/republican split in the USA . . . such a disharmonious population can never know real unity.

 

I just heard somebody bring up the fact that the border between the nation of Ireland and Northern Ireland, UK is soon to become a border between an EU country and a non-EU country. Due to UK concerns about immigration and imports, they will have to set up checkpoints with border guards, and you will have to show a passport. This could set back decades of progress in improving the overall political situation in Ireland, and could renew strong sentiment for reunification of the island.

Was anybody talking about this before the vote?

Like us, it's also somewhat regional; north vs. south, England vs. Scotland.

 

Luxembail? Portu-go?

 

So many things to think about.

Will the banking capital of Europe shift from London to Frankfurt?

Will David Cameron be remembered by historians as having made the worst judgment call by any UK PM since the retirement of Neville Chamberlain?

Would this vote have gone the same direction (or even taken place) if Obama had come up with a more effective Syria strategy?

Will all the militant separatists in Northern Ireland pick up where they left off before the cease fire so many years ago?

What will an independent Scotland's foreign policy be like?

How will Putin react to a weakened EU?

Are any UK voters upset over recent statements that future funds may not actually be diverted from EU dues to social programs? Do they fully understand that their votes were partially influenced by lies from politicians?

In the next round of UK elections, who will be the big winners and losers?

We've got a lot to think about over the next few months. :dizzy2:

 

I think it was Thomas Jefferson who warned of making big changes based on slim majorities...

 

Now you're talking!

 

The brits will have to think about a lot of things. The Lisbon Treaty has an interesting clause that says that the UK will have no say whatsoever when it comes to deciding what it's future relationship with and the arrangement for withdrawal from the EU. The remaining member states will make that decision.

Boris Johnson just said that "This does not mean that the United Kingdom will be any less European". Well, Boris the EU - of which you are no longer part - will now make that decision for you.