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[wishdom]

I haven't followed the referendum closely since I don't live in the UK but can someone tell me what they think about this comment:

Vote Leave : to regain our sovereignty and democratic control over those who govern us; to untether ourselves from the failing Eurozone; to regain control of our borders; to enable us to end to the housing crisis; to reduce pressure on schools, the NHS and transport; to say no to concreting over our green belts; to raise wages ; to save 136m/week in net EU fees; to deport criminals; and to deny freedom of movement to (unknown) terrorists.

Vote Remain : to drive up rents and property prices for BTL landlords; to ensure a steady supply of cheap labour for big business; to enable politicians to spin the illusion of prosperity by quoting rising GDP figures... due to the increasing population; to bolster egos by creating a bigger Britain with more clout on the world stage; to keep paying fat salaries to 10,000s of EU bureaucrats; and, as a thank-you if you like breathing diesel pollution.

 

[Jarmel]

I voted to leave because I believe it is inevitable that the UK will leave the EU. The UK should never have joined the EU we are a completely different mindset to our European counterparts. There would have come a crunch point in the future when the UK would have had to commit fully to being in the EU (euro and all that crap) or GTFO.

My reason for voting to leave now rather than later is that I believe leaving now is the UK's best chance to survive outside a United States of Europe. It is going to fucking hurt bad now, there is going to be a lot of pain now. But it will be nothing compared to the pain we would suffer if we stayed in for another 15-20 years and then left.

Plus there is a nice lil bonus that it was a big "fuck you" to Cameron. But that didn't factor into my decision it is just a nice lil perk.

Alright, thanks.

 

[Yamauchi]

Wow, Nottingham voted Leave. This isn't even going to be that close.

 

[Agent_Carnage]

Leave up 500K yea I dont think Remain can catch up...

 

[mulac]

V for Vendetta could happen now.

Holy shit.

 

[Kyari]

I'm going to bed, disheartened that a campaign of fear mongering, racism and general lies will cause us to leave the EU.

 

[Alienous]

The combination of the tiredness setting in and these results are worrying me regarding the future, now.

 

[Vanillalite]

See, there's a slight problem with telling people in perpetual economic insecurity that they'll face perpetual economic insecurity by voting for Brexit.

Bingo

 

[Zapages]

As a Scottish born.... Glasgow here, but part of US-Gaf. I will have to say what if GB leaves, will that leave the door open for Scotland to leave?

 

[G-Unit]

UK go fuck yourself. HAHAHA I laugh at this.

 

[Nielm]

Here in the US when we're unhappy about something we move to Canada.

What's the UK's version of Canada?

Australia.

 

[Best]

Here in the US when we're unhappy about something we move to Canada.

What's the UK's version of Canada?

It was the EU

 

[Tak3n]

Congrats UK, you will wake up tomorrow 7% poorer. And that's just the first night.

You forgot the sky is about to fall in, and we are about to go in to a new world war

 

[BadHand]

ITV say there's a 80% probability that we will leave.

betting markets are at 85% Leave win now.

 

[Meadows]

Manchester to be big Remain IMO. I'd expect 78%+

 

[Geminosity]

Thank you Edinburgh. Happy to see my neck of the woods not let the side down.

Not for lack of trying on my part, I apparently converted two friends to 'leave'

 

[bounchfx]

on that reddit twitter thing someone linked it said edinburgh voted 70% to leave. I was like, what the fuck? glad to see it was wrong

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Well that was a big bump...

 

[gerg]

There's a 500,000 lead for Leave now. There's no way Remain can win.

What will be interesting is to see how the remaining Tory party can manage to run London and the rest of England simultaneously with the same set of laws.

 

[haxamin]

bruh..

 

[GoldenEye 007]

All of you americans need to stop pretending you understand British politics. Every american in here is just projecting domestic american politics on to the UK.

And people from outside of the US do the same in American threads. Comes with the territory. Calm down.

 

[RK9039]

Here in the US when we're unhappy about something we move to Canada.

What's the UK's version of Canada?

Croydon.

 

[fenners]

Sorry, we tried. We aren't that big of a country

This. Scotland's just not big enough to counter-balance the rest of England + Wales.

 

[Psychotext]

Half a million lead now. Get fucked UK.

 

[mulac]

So does this mark the beginning of the end for the European Union as we've known it?

As far as I understand the UK is one of the founding countries and the largest next to Germany right? So...

 

[Mr Cola]

How easy is it to get an dual Irish passport if my Mum has dual citizenship and my grandparents are Irish?

 

[freeofgreed]

The Leave lead is now at 500k+ and growing. It'll narrow of course but the votes are just not there for Remain.

Ah ok, I thought the spreadsheet was up to date. guess not.... damn

 

[Moosichu]

One thing I've been a bit confused about – could Wales or Ireland leave while the rest of Britain remains? Or is it a winner-take-all situation?

Ireland isn't part of the UK.

This is a referendum on the UK's EU membership. That is Northern Irelandz Wales, England, Scotland, Gibraltar, etc.

This will probably lead to Scotland having another referendum on being part of the UK.

 

[skypunch]

I say this as a Remain guy but judging by my family it was simple patriotism. They want their country back.

Shrug, it may not be a logical motivation but is not a racist one either. Just simple love of country.

"I want my country back", what the fuck does that even mean? It basically translates to "I want everyone in Britian to be British!"

It's just racism.

 

[Fergie]

The Tories are going to fuck Wales over so badly if we leave

Brought it upon themselves in the end though.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Wow, Nottingham voted Leave. This isn't even going to be that close.

Where's Robin Hood when you need him.

 

[Iksenpets]

UK-GAF please don't fuck up Game of Thrones' budget

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/21/the-brexit-could-be-bad-news-for-game-of-thrones/

The choice of which characters represent each side in the header image for this article is hilarious.

 

[Black Republican]

any south londoners in the house?

Lewisham represent!

 

[Timbuktu]

I think I'm gonna be sick.

 

[Carl]

Leave is rocketing right now. I can't see Remain making these back

 

[Rebel Leader]

500k now

Its over

 

[Tak3n]

600,000 now...

 

[SpideySenses]

Really hope Scotland can get out and join the EU, after tonight's result we're beneath you in more ways than one.

 

[Aureon]

And we've done this to ourselves.

Gonna get worse.
Consider your PS4s about 10% pricier, roughly. Or anything imported at all, really.
Lower currency isn't all bad, though. Should mean more jobs.
City is gonna get wrecked, though. EU's gonna move everything it can to Frankfurt, probably.

Also, GBP 1.39, officially as low as the charts i can find go.
Nasdaq, S&P, Nikkei down 3%.
Oil down 4%, Gold up 3%

 

[VendettaRed07]

V for Vendetta could happen now.

Holy shit.

If only

 

[SaviourMK2]

V for Vendetta could happen now.

Holy shit.

I love that movie but you kinda just made me nervous. And I live in the US

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

I say this as a Remain guy but judging by my family it was simple patriotism. They want their country back.

Shrug, it may not be a logical motivation but is not a racist one either. Just simple love of country.

Oh, it's plenty racist and xenophobic. What exactly do they mean by "wanting their country back" and what exactly that does that entail?

 

[Alienous]

any south londoners in the house?

Lewisham represent!

Brap brap.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Here in the US when we're unhappy about something we move to Canada.

What's the UK's version of Canada?

It's still Canada.

 

[AGoodODST]

Can we just skip Indy ref 2 and fucking leave?

What a shit show.

 

[Audioboxer]

This. Scotland's just not big enough to counter-balance the rest of England + Wales.

Nope. Watch Labour blame us and the SNP though.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Ireland isn't part of the UK.

This is a referendum on the UK's EU membership. That is Northern Irelandz Wales, England, Scotland, Gibraltar, etc.

This will probably lead to Scotland having another referendum on being part of the UK.

Right, sorry. I always forget about the Ireland distinction. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[RK9039]

any south londoners in the house?

Lewisham represent!

east end fam

Still waiting though.

 

[bounchfx]

"I want my country back", what the fuck does that even mean? It basically translate to "I want everyone in Britian to be British!"

I'm genuinely curious how many people that voted 'leave' only did so out of fear of immigrants vs economic reasons

 

[chromatic9]

Manchester to be big Remain IMO. I'd expect 78%+

Tameside voted leave

If you know Manchester, Tameside is East Greater Manchester and has a lot mixed race communities as well. Liverpool was a very narrow win.