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[CheDominik]

Are the results binding if Leave carries the day?

Tecbnically they aren't. But they will honor the referendum.

 

[RefigeKru]

so what happens when the people who voted leave are like, 'where's the £350 million extra funding you promised us!!' and the government are like, 'well, it doesn't actually exist, you were lied to'

I almost want us to leave just so I can find out.

 

[Hasney]

Nothing is shaking my confidence for remain yet, just got home and nothing in the results is worrying me yet.

Nothing should worry me, my bets are hedged. I have some savings in USD, I've got some in GBP in case and I have job offers in Iceland.... But even if I can escape, it would feel horrible leaving how fucked up this place is.

I wish I could sleep, but I can't.

 

[RK9039]

Leave lead by 18k+.

London will be interesting to see.

 

[Ravensmash]

Not legally

I'd worry about what would happen if it was overturned though.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Ketterout

 

[Broken Joystick]

Kettering results in..
vote in favour of LEAVE #EUref

 

[CorrisD]

Remain is losing?!

At the moment, but we've got millions upon millions of votes to go, we've only had like 1.5% of the votes so far.

 

[SuperSah]

Kettering is out

 

[Lashley]

We all thought MI5 were fixated on our pencils, but the geniuses used a weather machine instead to screw us over!

ITS A GOD DAMN CONSPIRACY

 

[Zakalwe]

I'm not. I'm genuinely impressed with the British public. They have been very directly threatened many many times during this campaign, but I guess it's that bulldog spirit shining through.

The leave campaign's tactics scrapped through the gutter far too often for you to not know this.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Nothing is shaking my confidence for remain yet, just got home and nothing in the results is worrying me yet.

Nothing should worry me, my bets are hedged. I have some savings in USD, I've got some in GBP in case and I have job offers in Iceland.... But even if I can escape, it would feel horrible leaving how fucked up this place is.

I wish I could sleep, but I can't.

I've spoken to Iceland, they said your money is no good either way. You must pay the Ice Price.

 

[jellies_two]

Nope, it's just advisory.

it's where people find out if voting for what the establishment doesn't want actually is worth anything.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

It's easy to call people racist or xenophobic, but your opinion might change if you lived in an area that over the past couple of decades has gone from just mixed working class to seeing women every day in the full veil and hearing any language but English spoken in your local supermarket.

I've seen this and I'm not voting leave. I'm not stupid enough to assume they are hiding bombs under their veils and plotting my downfall in foreign tongues while grabbing some apples from the fruit isle in tesco. Those who are are likely motivated by xenophobic or racist beliefs

 

[fizzelopeguss]

http://s1.webmshare.com/xgOK3.webm

 

[FATALITY]

so what happen to emigrants living in uk if the result is leave?

 

[RetroDLC]

Calling it now. Leave have won and we're now fucked.

2.36% of the country (9 out of 382 regions) have given their votes so far. Go to bed, sleep until 6am, then wake up to whatever awaits us.

 

[Moosichu]

Looks like it could be the 'shy' effect again.

I don't think our political and media 'elites' realise just how much the UK outside London has been left to rot. Whichever way it goes. I hope tonight wakes them the fuck up.

Why would it wake them up. They've managed to successfully take all that anger and funnel it at immigration. It's validating what they've done even more.

 

[Hazzuh]

Amazing seeing so many voters rejecting the political establishment in these results and then watching these talking heads on the BBC whipping out the same talking points they've been using for as long as I can remember.

 

[Syder]

I'm finding some of the panicked reactions in this thread quite amusing to read. Could it be this is the first time a slice of the young, University-educated GAFers in decent white collar jobs are seeing what the lower class really thinks?

It's easy to call people racist or xenophobic, but your opinion might change if you lived in an area that over the past couple of decades has gone from just mixed working class to seeing women every day in the full veil and hearing any language but English spoken in your local supermarket, plus jobs decimated and local community areas reduced to a string of betting shops. I think these people have real concerns, confusion and fears that aren't being addressed - they're making connections between what's happening on the news and to the economy and what they see in their daily lives. It's shit-heads like Farage, the Daily Mail etc who swoop in and exploit those concerns for their own agendas.

Do you blame the "plebs" for voting leave, or do you blame the government for willfully neglecting the people at the ever-growing bottom of society and the tabloid rags for taking advantage of their insecurities.

Thank you for this post.

 

[Stallion Dan]

A mixture of racism, ignorance, and spite

Why should we sugar coat it? There were no good reasons to vote Leave.

I would vote Leave for statements like this alone

 

[pashmilla]

I'm so glad I have a French passport so I can skedaddle if we fuck this up. Which we inevitably will, because we suck.

 

[Cromwell]

Have you considered that rhetoric like yours may be a large part of the reason why so many people voted leave?

No it isn't. They were going to vote leave anyway. They can take accountability for their own actions when the U.K. economy craters instead of blaming it on people using mean words. The leave campaign used even more disgusting tactics to instill fear.

 

[ferrasvansen]

I'd worry about what would happen if it was overturned though.

Thing is its very messy, between Northern Irelands assembly and Scotlands parliament this is going to drag on for many years.

 

[MrS]

A mixture of racism, ignorance, and spite

Why should we sugar coat it? There were no good reasons to vote Leave.

Toys out of the pram already, BOL? I thought better of you than that.

 

[iammeiam]

What I'm taking from this BBC stream is that this whole mess could have been avoided if the politicians had just gone to some of these areas and let people kick them.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

No sleep tonight. I'm a carer and my GF is disabled.....this is going to fuck us hard isnt it?

 

[Aranath]

Leave leading by 20k again.

 

[Cob32]

so what happen to emigrants living in uk if the result is leave?

Anyone already here is safe I think.

 

[Hasney]

I've spoken to Iceland, they said your money is no good either way. You must pay the Ice Price.

Have you spoken to Kerry Katona herself, or is this just through the grapevine?!

 

[TheRealTalker]

I wonder if Britain does leave if EU will reform itself to be more understanding of other non country nationalist and spreading of wealth

indeed unity is good for progress but also some elephants in the room of not spreading the wealth or recognizing equal nationality in favour of stability is not the whole picture


I mean they'd have to look into Catalonia, etc...

 

[kaizoku]

Dear UK.

You know how you feel about us maybe electing Donald Trump? That's how we feel about you maybe leaving the EU.

Regards,
America

Its not that bad! Its like voting to be like Canada or Austrailia, fending for ourselves is possible. But the people leading the campaign and the people voting for it are despicable.

Thats why its so close, all the morons vote Leave and a bunch of intelligent people vote for some of the valid arguments.

People voting for Trump is just demonstrating how many morons there are!

 

[Ravensmash]

so what happen to emigrants living in uk if the result is leave?

Likely get a right to remain.

 

[Acorn]

Angela Eagle doing well.

 

[Hazzuh]

Corbyn's disastrous leadership is one of the main reasons Leave is doing so well. He's an utter failure and this is the consequence.

 

[Lashley]

No sleep tonight. I'm a carer and my GF is disabled.....this is going to fuck us hard isnt it?

yep I'm a carer too, hoping we don't leave

 

[jstripes]

Wow, so this is actually (possibly) happening? I really thought the remain side would pull ahead.

My dad is Dutch, and is still a citizen of the Netherlands despite living here in Canada for like 45 years, but hearing him talk about the EU is like "The EU was a mistake. It's nothing but trash."

 

[And_Gignac]

I don't blame leavers tbh. I blame Margaret Thatcher.

 

[Vimes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPz179E7rhA

I'm pleasantly, genuinely surprised. Love Top Gear but I think of these guys as total hooligans.

John Cleese should be ashamed.

 

[AntChum]

Is it wrong to hope that MI5 really does have some harebrained scheme to skew the vote in favour of Remain?

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Corbyn's disastrous leadership is one of the main reasons Leave is doing so well. He's an utter failure and this is the consequence.

Just further proof that the far left is just as bad and dangerous as the far right.

 

[*Splinter]

Have you considered that rhetoric like yours may be a large part of the reason why so many people voted leave?

Yes, which is why I toned it down until voting closed. As did the remain campaigners.

It was only Boris and co. screaming "PROJECT FEAR! PROJECT FEAR! They're just trying to scare you! They're calling you stupid!" and half the country ate that shit up.

 

[Par Score]

Alright, Swindon actually better than expected for Remain, not all doom and gloom.

"Swindon Leave 10pts ahead, expected to be 15pts ahead if nation 50-50"

 

[Cromwell]

No sleep tonight. I'm a carer and my GF is disabled.....this is going to fuck us hard isnt it?

Your story is just another of many the leavers have decided to ignore. Sad state of affairs.

 

[SuperSah]

BBC late on Kettering

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

so what happen to emigrants living in uk if the result is leave?

"Camps," probably.

 

[Liberty4all]

Nope, it's just advisory.

I wonder if it's super close (like 49/50) if the Remain establishment will ignore the results of the referendum.

I remember the Quebec/Canada referendum (to separate from Canada) in 1995. It came down to

Yes 2,308,360 49.42%
No 2,362,648 50.58%

And yes it was intense as fuck.

 

[Audioboxer]

I'm finding some of the panicked reactions in this thread quite amusing to read. Could it be this is the first time a slice of the young, University-educated GAFers in decent white collar jobs are seeing what the lower class really thinks?

It's easy to call people racist or xenophobic, but your opinion might change if you lived in an area that over the past couple of decades has gone from just mixed working class to seeing women every day in the full veil and hearing any language but English spoken in your local supermarket, plus jobs decimated and local community areas reduced to a string of betting shops. I think these people have real concerns, confusion and fears that aren't being addressed - they're making connections between what's happening on the news and to the economy and what they see in their daily lives. It's shit-heads like Farage, the Daily Mail etc who swoop in and exploit those concerns for their own agendas.

Do you blame the "plebs" for voting leave, or do you blame the government for willfully neglecting the people at the ever-growing bottom of society and the tabloid rags for taking advantage of their insecurities.

That should be about voting the conservatives out, not blaming the EU lol.

England's problem is you guys keep voting majority Conservative.

Not the fucking EU. Cameron and the conservatives run this country because of how England vote.

 

[pigeon]

Us leaving the EU would be idiotic, yes.

But you lot making Donald Trump the most powerful man on the earth is much worse.

Man, we're really trying not to elect him, but unfortunately somebody decided to choose this year to blow up the world economy, and their name rhymes with "Bunited Bingdom of Beat Bitain and Borthern Bireland."

 

[Covfan]

Lindsey Lohan is live tweeting tonight's festivities.

Yeah I don't know why either.