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[Hazzuh]

douglas carswell looks like a cartoon character, it's amazing.

 

[Zakalwe]

Never had a great reputation but (relative) mass immigration has certainly not helped matters. Pretty much everyone i've talked to today has said they voted leave. As expected.

Everyone I know voted stay. What kind of crowd do you know mostly?

My family were mixed, but my friends were 100% remain (we're all left-minded: artists, designers, musicians, academics). Half the people at The British Library today were sporting 'IN' badges.

All the "leave" votes in my family were the older generation and tradespeople (plumbers, electricians, small business owners).

 

[Moosichu]

Totally separate really, but I think for a lot of small business the onerous nature of regulation is not complying but *compliance* - ie being able to prove that they have abided by the regulated rather than merely doing so. It's a legal issue and for small businesses with no actual legal staff it can be a headache.

This is a serious concern. You can't plead ignorance, BUT it is really hard to find out about some of these laws.

 

[Anth1888]

Feel like Burley is doing a Martin Brundle pitwalk around the Remain camp

 

[D4Danger]

The Conservative Party is going to tear itself apart. This is glorious.

these fucking jellyfish will congeal together to survive. you can see the spinning has already started.

 

[Acorn]

You said your friends are UKIP voters too? Maybe you're in the wrong social circle if this is awkward for you ?

Couldn't be friends with a ukip voter.

 

[blastprocessor]

Well going on twitter trends leave wins

 

[SymbiantXenos]

You said your friends are UKIP voters too? Maybe you're in the wrong social circle if this is awkward for you ?

A friend is. My friend and my fiancee are all labour voters.

 

[Bold One]

MI5 poll in

Remain 456%

Leave - Report to the nearest re education center.

I really do hope this MI5 meme goes on for quite a while

 

[SuperSah]

MI5 poll in

Remain 456%

Leave - Report to the nearest re education center.

These MI5 jokes get me every time, lol

Wouldn't banks hedge against the risk though? Could it be that the only people putting money into leave result are just covering their positions? If the win massively from remain it makes sense to make some investments in leave.

It just feels like banks are polling remain because they really feel they have to, and for some reason people are lapping it up to be some significant meaning.

 

[Mastadon]

Dimbles is a proper national treasure

 

[Stumpokapow]

Totally separate really, but I think for a lot of small business the onerous nature of regulation is not complying but *compliance* - ie being able to prove that they have abided by the regulated rather than merely doing so. It's a legal issue and for small businesses with no actual legal staff it can be a headache.

Yeah, just the other day I saw the Flemish Pillow Police turning a Tesco upsidedown. They added an extra fine on their way out because the lad at the front was a ginger and the crisp packet didn't have german calories included. Have you ever seen the movie V for Vendetta? Made me think.

 

[mrklaw]

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[Par Score]

Fuck off Carswell you prat.

"We don't know the results, but let's look at the facts, it's going to be close..." that's not a fact! You just said we don't know the results!

More bollocks about Leave ice skating uphill too.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Dude in the background at the BBC has been tucking food away for ages.

Does he know something we don't?

 

[Carl]

Everyone I know voted stay. What kind of crowd do you know mostly?

To be honest i thought it would just be old people, but it was mixed. Old and retired, middle aged and working, young... Weird really.

 

[Erevador]

Astounding British insincerity right now on the BBC. Ha ha.

 

[Santiako]

 

[kavanf1]

Wouldn't banks hedge against the risk though? Could it be that the only people putting money into leave result are just covering their positions? If the win massively gains from remain it makes sense to make some investments in leave to cover the risk.

All of the major financial institutions have paid big money to have private exit polls done. It is illegal for them to share the results publicly but it is possible to review their trading patterns and as a result determine the way the polls are trending.

 

[Moosichu]

Yeah, just the other day I saw the Flemish Pillow Police turning a Tesco upsidedown. They added an extra fine on their way out because the lad at the front was a ginger and the crisp packet didn't have german calories included. Have you ever seen the movie V for Vendetta? Made me think.

Lol. I know what you are doing. And although I believe its an issue seperate from the EU it is something that could be worth finding a solution for.

 

[jufonuk]

Brussels Chips >>>>>>>>>>> Shitty soggy British Shit

Oh it's on

 

[Broken Joystick]

Great British BANTER

 

[Anth1888]

BBCRichardMoss: Labour sources say sampling in Sunderland suggest 54% Leave, 46% Remain. #EUref”

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

these fucking jellyfish will congeal together to survive. you can see the spinning has already started.

Yup.

 

[HotHamWater]

Dude in the background at the BBC has been tucking food away for ages.

Does he know something we don't?

Storing it in his cheeks in case leave wins.

 

[CCS]

Dimbleby is having so much fun ripping into people right now.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Gonna spend my entire night making more

Voted to remain ✍️

Was on the fence tbh. So a vote for unity & ✌️

Welcome

I really do hope this MI5 meme goes on for quite a while

Well they recruited Mr Bean at one point

Dude in the background at the BBC has been tucking food away for ages.

Does he know something we don't?

And someones phone keeps going off. Listening with headphones on and I hear that vibrating. Or it might be Apple Morse Code for MI5 fixing the votes

 

[milanbaros]

These MI5 jokes get me every time, lol



It just feels like banks are polling remain because they really feel they have to, and for some reason people are lapping it up to be some significant meaning.

So you think banks are buying FTSE companies and the pound because they feel they have to? Even though no more votes can be placed. They are happily losing billions on betting on what they 'should do' and not what they think will actually happen.

Yep, that sounds like the City I know.

 

[avaya]

Wouldn't banks hedge against the risk though? Could it be that the only people putting money into leave result are just covering their positions? If the win massively gains from remain it makes sense to make some investments in leave to cover the risk.

Banks aren't taking positions, well not in any large way, well no one can say for sure about Goldman.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Can the BBC try and get somebody not as cunty in soon please.

 

[Uzzy]

Answer the man.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

I will say this. Some parts of the conservative party have impressed me throughout all of this.

 

[OverBlood 3]

Why do the BBC keep slipping into framing things like they know the result already. As in Remain. Also when asked some UKIP guy not Carswell sounded deflated like he knew too.

 

[Mr Swine]

So if UK leaves EU, can EU pressure them on stuff like trading and such?

 

[7aged]

Every single story, worldwide, that starts with "Regulations are strangling us!" is always debunked. It's always the case that the people who are against them play up the number (or number of pages...) of regulations, ignoring what they actually do. I believe the current Pillow-gate is basically taking a whole bunch of unrelated textile and garment regulations, all of which are totally reasonable (most of which are probably things like "If you say your pillowcase is made of cotton, it has to be made of cotton") and then lumping them together.

I miss the days where I could just get a pint at the pub, watch a bit of footie, and not need to look over my shoulder for secret Belgians regulating away my freedom.



There's no way those overpaid and unelected technocrats wouldn't regulate away the styrofoam jazz cup in that picture. And white bread? Forget about it. Now everything is halal muslim bread.

The English tabloids have spewed so much shit that the EC has found it necessary to maintain a site to debunk their claims: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Answer the man.

Mars Delight in the top right?

Do we get them back if we vote leave? Did the EU take our Mars Delight? What happened to Fox Kids. I NEED ANSWERS

 

[CCS]

Is it just me or is Carswell soft conceding right now?

 

[nature boy]

Ed Conway ‏@EdConwaySky 8m8 minutes ago
Ed Conway Retweeted Darren McCaffrey
The post-match rows are already beginning - Nigel Farage blaming voter registration extension for Remain result

Really?

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Answer the man.

Love it.

 

[SuperSah]

Okay, real talk now.

Does ANYONE here think LEAVE will win?

 

[avaya]

So if UK leaves EU, can EU pressure them on stuff like trading and such?

Yes. We would become bitch boy.

 

[CCS]

Really?

I believe he described it as "constitutionally illegal".

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Okay, real talk now.

Does ANYONE here think LEAVE will win?

I think Remain will win but not as comfortably as I'd like. The biggest issue with the whole thing has been a miscommunication of facts with bias.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Answer the man.

Twirl every time.

 

[Moosichu]

Oh it's on

They don't even give me Mayonnaise here unless I ask most of the time.

There is a page on Wikipedia about Belgian mayonnaise varieties.

Although, tbh, the best chips ever are British.

Fancy Heston Blumenthal Triple cooked chips >> Belgian Chips

Although sadly, you have to go out of your way to get them.

 

[Hazzuh]

Can the BBC try and get somebody not as cunty in soon please.

We're in short supply of tolerable MPs.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

This remain woman is hilarious. "The referendum has brought people together! They loved it!"

 

[Lashley]

got some jaffas and a rolo yoghurt

nom nom nom

 

[kavanf1]

Okay, real talk now.

Does ANYONE here think LEAVE will win?

No. The UK collectively is more sensible than that.

 

[Havik]

So if UK leaves EU, can EU pressure them on stuff like trading and such?

All existing trade deals withing EU and between EU and other countries become invalid and have to be negotiated again. Ive read somewhere that it will take about 2 years before England can actually leave the EU