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[dalin80]

What threats?, UK voted leave, why would EU want to prolong the process?

Because they are losing one of their biggest bill payers, investors and export markets. Do you think the other contributors to the EU want to suddenly pay the difference? Hell no, the UK even after rebates were a big payer and that extra money needs to be found from somewhere. The various mouthpieces will be knee-jerking all over the press for the next few weeks but the reality is that big business rules all and that big business wants this to be as smooth as butter.

The Germans in particular will want a smooth transition of trade deals considering the insane amount of engineering exports to the UK. The BMW and VAG boards would tear the German government a new one if knee-jerking costs them those billions.

 

[linkboy]

Hope they're happy with themselves.

They don't give two shots about anything (or anyone) but themselves.

Fuck the Baby Boomers, worst generation to ever walk this planet.

I hope everyone this vote impacts wil be OK. I'm stunned and speechless.

 

[Rich!]

https://twitter.com/kathviner/status/746217774851100672

What the fuck?!

What the fuck?!

Anyone could have seen that if they just looked at the figures, but many didn't. I work in the nursing industry and hell we had many colleagues who believed it.

 

[painey]

gotta sleep here in the USA.. If I can. seriously worried what I will wake up to. night everyone..

 

[Omega Kirby]

This is why Remain lost.

Fucking elders. 2am here and I dont even feel sleepy.

 

[antonz]

How is that possible now.

Leave has nothing planned out. So at this point they want to try and stabilize things by going about it all at a crawl. They have repeatedly talked about how it is for the best for stability etc.

The reality is they only wanted to burn down part of the house but succeeded in burning it all down so are totally fucked strategy wise

 

[Easy_D]

lets be real, he never had a chance once she found out he was actually a duck

Only because of the legalities. This would have been a possibility with a unified EU. Now? Not so much.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Racism and bigotry won over facts and common sense.

A sad day.

 

[Tak3n]

Nigel's gone and pissed in your Brexfast

that was not his campaign though, so nothing to do with him

 

[BossDarkseid]

If i had the money i would move. I have no money and now...eugh. fuck life

 

[CrayToes]

I feel sick. I've lost a huge amount of respect for this nation.

 

[Withnail]

Tim Farron with the truth on BBC1 just now. We knew Cameron's incompetence would fuck us all eventually but Corbyn must take his share of the blame for this. Labour has been pathetic.

I might even consider a Lib Dem vote again.

 

[Betty]

This video pretty much sums up all the different reactions

Which reaction summed up yours?

 

[Fritz]

I for one welcome all British refugees. Come to Deutschland. (You should really think about it and it's sad this isn't a joke.)

Well, a good chunk of London will move to Frankfurt. That's for sure.

 

[Lightning Count]

Someone get the whisky I need to drown my sorrows.

 

[daveo42]

Dire Warden ‏@mygoditsraining 17m
What. A. Fucking. Shock. "Oh yeah that? It was a lie. Worked, though."

What even worse is that the UK stands to lose even more money per week setting up trade deals with the EU. Hmm...wonder where all that extra money is going to come from...

 

[oti]

Look, I won't deny saying "NO" to the big guy isn't tempting. Greece did also vote NO in that one referendum after all. But this? This is a disaster.

 

[Uzzy]

Fucking elders

Yeah, if only we could just strip democratic rights from those people we disagree with. Then democracy would work!

 

[CyclopsRock]

Thing is, if you add back in all the pencil votes, how much did remain *really* win by?

 

[ElTorro]

 

[Baleoce]

Nigel's gone and pissed in your Brexfast

The exact reason I'm not having a bowl of Cheerios this morning.

 

[eyeball_kid]

If only Britain had adopted the United States' condition for serious votes: that a 3/4th majority vote is required.

 

[Palculator]

Here's a list of German courses in London. Aus Gründen. https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/m/sta/lon/kur.html

I love you.

 

[sqwarlock]

With the GBP plummeting, what impact will that have on the global economy? What is going to happen when the US Stock Market opens? What are we going to wake up to?

 

[Chinner]

What even worse is that the UK stands to lose even more money per week setting up trade deals with the EU. Hmm...wonder where all that extra money is going to come from...

This is the first definitive step towards the end of the NHS.

 

[gutter_trash]

How is that possible now.

looks like that the Referendum is non-binding

Cameron will probably do nothing for 2 years and pretend that the vote never happened

 

[KingBroly]

Surprised Cameron isn't going to resign.

 

[GordonHalfman]

I assume this is some kind of political awakening for the downtrodden of the UK, and that having put one in the eye of the elites will go on to shape a new era of political engagement for the common man, who surely won't just go back to being apathetic while the tory right takes over and gleefully shafts everyone with a silver spoon.

 

[Never Forever]

I am utterly livid.

 

[BlastProcessing]

How is that possible now.

The problem is, if he stepped down immediately, the markets would destabilize even further. He is going to be stuck in limbo for a while.

 

[Simply Sami]

Farage has already started backtracking on his comments on NHS.

Hahaha how many more things is he going to backtrack on now.

 

[KingSnake]

I feel sorry for English people who didn't want to jump into abyss like that. I'm very sorry for the Scots, but in a way they can blame themselves too for believing that there is a common interest for them in UK. I hope Scotland can stay in or join quickly.

On the other hand, as I said before, UK got so many exceptions and felt like didn't really participate as an actual active member in the EU especially when things got rough that I see this as an opportunity for EU to move forward. I hope no more concessions will be done and the treaties with UK will be fair, but uncompromising.

 

[Lightning Count]

BBC going off the air.

What next is a supervillain going to hijack the broadcast.

Holy shit I just heard something good that sounded like either thunder or a massive explosion.

 

[RedSparrows]

that was not his campaign though, so nothing to do with him

Strange how he didn't point out the issue with the statement before, and I'm sure his band of Leavers rejected the idea utterly.

It doesn't fucking matter which campaign used it, what matters is that it had mindshare which was happily exploited by people like him. To then say it's not quite accurate the next day is, technically fair enough, but politically is a fucking dick move.

 

[dealer-]

Leave has nothing planned out. So at this point they want to try and stabilize things by going about it all at a crawl. They have repeatedly talked about how it is for the best for stability etc.

The reality is they only wanted to burn down part of the house but succeeded in burning it all down so are totally sucked strategy wise

Because the leave campaign have said they are happy for him to stay to try to calm the markets and show solidarity

Thanks, I guess it makes sense in the short term. Feck, this is going to be a mess.

looks like that the Referendum is non-binding

Cameron will probably do nothing for 2 years and pretend that the vote never happened

Please.

 

[Dead Man]

I assume this is some kind of political awakening for the downtrodden of the UK, and that having put one in the eye of the elites will go on to shape a new era of political engagement for the common man, who surely won't just go back to being apathetic while the tory right takes over and gleefully shafts everyone with a silver spoon.

This post made me laugh. Then cry.

 

[Chinner]

With the GBP plummeting, what impact will that have on the global economy? What is going to happen when the US Stock Market opens? What are we going to wake up to?

FTSE opens in less than an hour, some predicted a drop of up to 20%. The FTSE 100 could potentially be in the high 4000s.

 

[phisheep]

What does this actually mean? Someone explain it to me like I'm a dumbass, because I am.

Try this post

 

[SeanTSC]

I'm completely baffled that something this major didn't require a Super Majority vote. It's insane that it only required a 50+% majority.

 

[JoJo UK]

The US would be happy to take London as our 51st state. You guys will like the greenback, I guarantee it.

I've been saying for years Northern Ireland should become the 51st state. I'm game if you guys are!

 

[RedRum]

UK's membership contribution was, nominally, £350m. Farage claimed if we left, that could go towards the NHS. That was a blatant lie, because the UK negotiated special conditions when we originally entered the EU that gave us a rebate, so that the actual amount was about £200m less. Farage has now admitted it was a lie.

Wow. That's fucking crazy.

 

[darkwing]

oh wow wonder how much investments (jobs) will it affect

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

https://twitter.com/kathviner/status/746217774851100672

What the fuck?!

What the fuck?!

Fucking hilarious. Time to watch all that EU funding in the north east and elsewhere be replaced by some good old British "grin and bear it".

 

[cdyhybrid]

Yeah but why do people expect an economic crash doe

 

[Withnail]

With the GBP plummeting, what impact will that have on the global economy? What is going to happen when the US Stock Market opens? What are we going to wake up to?

Don't worry, you'll be able to buy UK products much cheaper soon.

Oh wait, we don't make anything any more.

 

[Persona7]

holy shit

 

[Onemic]

It's the beginning of the end

 

[Lagamorph]

If only Britain had adopted the United States' condition for serious votes: that a 3/4th majority vote is required.

I really wish something like that had been in place. 2/3 or 3/4 majority should've been required for something like this.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Yeah, if only we could just strip democratic rights from those people we disagree with. Then democracy would work!

Sounds good to me, if you voted to leave on racist grounds, then yeah you shouldn't get to vote imo

 

[axisofweevils]

£ to be worth less than the Euro by end of year apparently. https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/746223074983313408