AHA-Lambda
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Hearing word that Osborne is leaving on Monday
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The UK votes to leave the European Union
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Ravensmash
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Whatever happens in their leadership battle, I strongly believe there needs to be a general election for a mandate to be given.
Too much has changed in the past year.
Too much, outside of party political lines.
By the time they are even able to get 20 seats in the parliament UK would've already been out of EU for 20 years.
At least "we got our country back" tho...
Sounds about right. Next budget will be interesting and even with someone new running that show, I'm expecting the poor to take a kicking for more austerity.
Yeah, it's so fucked of a priority. I'm sure all that sovereignty will feed the hungry and poor.
Views on climate change is a good litmus test for any politician whether you agree with their other views or not. These opinions are not a good indicator that UK is in good hands.
Absolutely terrifying.
Tens of thousands of people die in the UK each year from air pollution. It's not as exciting as the occasional terrorist attack so no-one gives a shit.
Soon even bicycle infrastructure and public transport will be seen as 'too European' to be worth investing in.
nature boy
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I'm sure businesses will all wait for an outcome just because the Tories and Labour are FUBAR.
Views on climate change is a good litmus test for any politician whether you agree with their other views or not. These opinions are not a good indicator that UK is in good hands.
Nigel is so far off that litmus test that he took up smoking again as he feels the doctors are wrong on the health issues.
Exactly it is a joke statement. Designed to get them in the press after being ignored totally in the campaign
I don't like her on a gut instinct level. But Home Sec is a pretty tough gig and to have lasted as long as she has speaks of her resilience.
The world is in danger of being overrun by very right wing politics. We shouldn't be surprised that at the rate right wingers are making waves we get another major war within the next 20yrs, one which will be so bad, we will make it a crime for anyone to even suggest a notion of far right wingness
Interesting read here.
More of the same on why this may not happen, but written in a more understandable way and a way which makes it all click together:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl1QW67WAAE8p8P.jpg:large
More of the same on why this may not happen, but written in a more understandable way and a way which makes it all click together:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl1QW67WAAE8p8P.jpg:large
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basically
"We voted to remove immigrants, but they're still here!"
"So now, I'm voting for real change. ".
*Ticks the box that says "Destroy the NHS"*
They may not be in power, but Friday damn well taught us they have power.
Now there are tough jobs to be done, I think they'll have a tough time finding people to fill them - Brexiter's don't seem to be too fond of work or opportunities.
So tumblr, then.
She's not exactly popular with immigrants but I suppose that is what the leave voters want, someone who has complete ruthless stance on immigration. With her as the face of the party, she can definitely push for many of the wishes that's gotten the citizen in a pickle, however she's also a remain voter though so that may be a bit complex
AHA-Lambda
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phisheep
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Not that incredible. There's massive unemployment in Ebbw Vale - 40%-ish, ever since the steelworks closed. And they've had wave after wave of wholly inappropriate investment poured in. Giant Garden Festival! Sure - but did it make any jobs? Nope. Loads of EU funding! Sure, roads, railways, a shiny new college - still no jobs.
Same sort of thing happens round my neck of the woods. Some very deprived areas here, EU funding available so what do we do? Put up a massive unsightly illuminated public sculpture that is no use at all. Council response "It's EU money so it doesn't matter".
This sort of thing has worked very well in, say, Liverpool - which has done good work with EU cash and bounced the city up. But it's not done a lot for Ebbw Vale.
Miles Quaritch
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Barely any immigration and yet immigration was one of the main reasons why they voted to leave.
Idiots. The only one with any amount of common sense is the chip shop owner.
DasPenguin
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Yes but it doesn't mean anything. What it shows that there are a ton of clueless people living in Finland. If you go look at the comment section of the evening papers like Iltasanomat, you really start to wonder how our education system can be so highly regarded. You can scroll through a hundred comments under a brexit news story and struggle to find 5 reasonable messages. But yes, even we have our "we want our country back" people here. Very loud, very stupid and hopefully a minority.
SlipperyFishes
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Views on climate change is a good litmus test for any politician whether you agree with their other views or not. These opinions are not a good indicator that UK is in good hands.
We're stuck in Westeros.
Scotland is clearly the North and Winterfell.
Northern Ireland is beyond the wall.
Wales is the Iron Islands.
Europe is Braavos where the money men are.
Oh, and Boris Johnston is a dumb piece of shit to Farage's Joffrey Fucking Baratheon. I can only imagine that this mother fucker wouldn't think that dragons pollute either.
That's the retail side. That's unaffected. This (allegedly) is on the brokerage side.
The only reason she appears ruthless is because she always primarily attacks the least dependent, most profitable but also the most vulnerable immigrant class i.e. non EU students, to reduce the immigration numbers.
That is a terrible way of dealing with immigration.
iNvid02
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of course, they see it as a preventative measure so their community doesnt get overrun with brown people
fear won
I agree.
May is the one I actually fear most tbh.
Deborah Basini says that she voted Remain. All my family did. Im very worried about whats going to happen to inward investment. Im 60 this isnt going to affect me. Itll be my grandchildren who are not yet born.
What's that? Showing concern for a generation that isn't your own? Wow, what a novel concept, maybe our elderly could learn something from it?
FS moves likely in my opinion
Banks - Frankfurt, Paris, Dublin
Hedge Funds - Paris, Switzerland, Milan, NY
Private Equity - Switzerland, NY
Asset Managers - Paris, Frankfurt, Switzerland
The secondary effect of this is that law, accounting and other services firms that were dependent on these firms and the banks will also end up moving their bases.
Back and middle office jobs for these companies will probably have their ops entirely closed in the UK with very few staff being offered positions in the new office move, they are jobs which are more readily replaceable.
All of this is why the UK will bend over backwards for the passport because this level of job loss would crater London.
Banks - Frankfurt, Paris, Dublin
Hedge Funds - Paris, Switzerland, Milan, NY
Private Equity - Switzerland, NY
Asset Managers - Paris, Frankfurt, Switzerland
The secondary effect of this is that law, accounting and other services firms that were dependent on these firms and the banks will also end up moving their bases.
Back and middle office jobs for these companies will probably have their ops entirely closed in the UK with very few staff being offered positions in the new office move, they are jobs which are more readily replaceable.
All of this is why the UK will bend over backwards for the passport because this level of job loss would crater London.
I once met a 50 something woman a few weeks ago who was talking about the referendum, she mentioned that their generation wants to leave but she has to think of her children's future too.
Sorry, if there's even a hint of politicians backing out of this then UKIP will have a massive boost for the next general election and the tories will be split to smithereens.
Didn't the current Conservative majority government get in on something like 24% of the vote? With First-Past-the-Post, UKIP will dominate unless a single strong opposition party emerges, and neither Labour nor the Lib Dems are likely to rise to the challenge.
UKIP already has a lot of votes and it translates into 1 MP under FPTP
LoveCake
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Turns out those so worried about their future couldn't be bothered to vote on it
36%, bravo
This is what I have always said to every single person I ever meet and voting/politics comes up USE YOUR FUCKING RIGHT TO VOTE!
This was on a show here in the UK called The Last Leg and I found this part interesting, Listen to what Alex (the guy with the beard) says from 2:07 and especially from 2:40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVHlhqqZf3c EU Referendum Brexit Rants and Reactions - The Last Leg
I hope the video works for everyone.
BossDarkseid
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EdwardTeach
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They deserve to get royally fucked by the tories now.
Does she give you nightmares of a Thatcher?
SporeCrawler
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The question though is, why should EU care? UK is not a member anymore. Why should EU allow a offshore financial centre that gets all the money of the european union but that they cannot regulate so that a third country does not go into recession?
The more this vote is associated with Trump the worse. It connects him with a win and without the onus of dealing with the dire consequences of that victory. You're just putting wind on his sails.
Heard Citigroup might be moving wholesale as in pretty much everything but it could just be rumours Lord knows there's enough of that
Of course I usually work for bankers I don't work in banking, it is usually a bit behind strategic stuff
You'd think the non Eu parented orgs will be the first to move especially the yanks they've always seemed a bit touchy about regulatory complicance at least on my side of things half my business is security audits for us firms
phisheep
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Views on climate change is a good litmus test for any politician whether you agree with their other views or not. These opinions are not a good indicator that UK is in good hands.
Hmmm.
The second one at least is taken very severely out of context. In context, it is part of an article that gently ribs Piers Corbyn and a bunch of anonymous politicians for confusing global warming with immediate weather - which is not wrong.
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