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The UK votes to leave the European Union
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I'm fully expecting some form of violence before the year ends. Just hoping that it's "only" a riot or two, I don't think I or the country could handle much more.
Valkerionseven
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Dang they were interviewing foreigners here in Japan what they thought about this. I side stepped them, but they caught a few of my friends lol. (I'm American)
Yes partly Wales (although small number of votes).
I think it's mostly that Leave did far better than expected, the percentages were so close in many areas, and it's all about the number of votes, rather than winning areas.
Act like nothing is different, over all it is likely that UK will be better off in the long run, new trade deals will be made, London will still be a financial hub etc.
People are freaking out,the world isn't burning yet. If anything stocks and equity were overpriced and debt was way to high. Anything was going to set off a panic in the markets...
Oh man sorry to hear that yea any undergraduate starting now would be in a tough spot because the separation I'll happen right when you graduate.
My advice? Apply to a German university now. It's totally free to study there so you won't have a huge debt to pay and Frankfurt will likely be the new financial hub of Europe now.
The_Hitcher89
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I am happy for the scots who will go their own way. Don't tie yourself to the little england
Obama chose to contain the syrian crisis rather than solving it not realising syria is not afghanistan. It's a mediteranean country. Eventually 5 years of civil war would eventually catch up with rest of the world.
Obama chose to contain the syrian crisis rather than solving it not realising syria is not afghanistan. It's a mediteranean country. Eventually 5 years of civil war would eventually catch up with rest of the world.
RedSparrows
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I suspect it was more 'lower' England than 'middle'. One suspects that the working class, broadly, has said 'fuck you' to the elite that's ignored them for too long. Trouble is, they'll suffer for it.
jesus no
Ardenyal
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London should go independent like Scotland and NI lol
Starwolf_UK
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Depends on what the PhD is in but EU funding might be a lot harder to come by now (and research is really a field where the UK gets back a lot more than it puts in) which in turn affects postdocs (you might be doing a grand to get a few million to pay for equipment and staff basically) which is already a worldwide problem of not enough professors retiring, too many people getting PhDs leading to increased competition for post doctoral positions.
Ask people in your department if they have a coffee break or something about it as they'll be a bit better qualified than someone like me (who is working on their thesis corrections and wants to leave academia...not sure what I'll be leaving it to but I don't see myself as postdoc material).
This is weirdest insult response I've ever seen. While that has nothing to do with the mandatory voting suggestion (which given over 27% of people didn't turn up to this important once a lifetime decision does say something has to be done to engage people) you do know games such as the Last of Us get censored Europe-wide and still will be outside of the EU so I'm not sure what exactly your point was.ロックマン;208204606 said:
That aside the ACB in Australia did some time ago allow video games to have the R18 rating which has helped somewhat alleviate the issues at hand. In short your response is dated as Viva Pinata is.
Are you suggesting under brexit we drop PEGI and go back to the BBFC...oh boy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunt_2#BBFC
I could bring up the anime censorship too like that 1 second of Code Geass R2 and a few minutes of Paranoia agent
I think it was the suicide scene so kind of breaks that episode
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I hope England fails somewhat. Giving the other countries no reason to leave themself. The EU needs to function. It's not about some petty shit and regulations. It's about stopping countries having war with each other and protect one another.
Myoclonic Jerk
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I'm happy that the vote went this way for the simple fact of knowing who was against UK leaving.. the list could easily be named as "The League of World's Villains"
Funky Papa
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Do you know who likes this news the most?
Putin.
Europe just lost his biggest opponent, got out of it badly damaged and is more pliable than ever to his whims, while the UK stands on its own.
Good job.
Putin.
Europe just lost his biggest opponent, got out of it badly damaged and is more pliable than ever to his whims, while the UK stands on its own.
Good job.
Brown didn't fuck over the poor at all. He wanted to do the opposite of what Cameron ended up doing. He just couldn't do that in one term.
It's Thatcher's legacy that fucked shit up for the poor, then Tony's, then Cameron's. Tony's first two terms were where he really sewed the damage
geordiemp
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Bye.
Eu will tank more than UK - FTSE down 6 %, most EU markets 8 %. It will calm down. The world will not crash just because of UK leaving.
Eventually we will have free trade and nobody left in State of EU and back to normal.
Bullshit. There were plenty of arguments provided by experts in a large variety of fields which were backed up by facts and evidence. All the major figures and supporters of Remain argued for the economic & social benefits of the EU constantly. The immigration scaremongering which lead to stuff like the UKIP poster deserved to be called out as xenophobic & racist because it was. Just because it hurts people's feelings to say that a leave vote was enabling a xenophobic atmosphere in this country doesn't make it any less true.
So i'm not going to blame remain voters for a bunch of people voting leave because of this "will someone think of the poor leave voter, woe is me." narrative. Contrary to popular belief, I don't need to show any respect for people who are passively making my life in this country even worse. This attempt to portray leave voters as being held down for their beliefs is pathetic.
TheLegendOfMart
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What is your problem?
You hope 64m people have hardship just to teach the rest of the EU a lesson?
Bots are better than you
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Might even add Erdogan to that "list".
So you're on the side of Farage, Putin and Trump? It's best to not make this vote a personality based one as both sides lose.
Always-honest
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Great. Let's see where all the panic of scared people will lead to THIS time.
yeah, thats just not going to happen. UK will not get all the privileges of being in the EU.
We've lived in that climate for a while. You can thank the squalid state of the British media for that.
Chû Totoro
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Just a question for people who may know better here.
Northern Ireland and Scotland wanted to be in EU. So... Ireland to be united again and to quit Great Britain?
Northern Ireland and Scotland wanted to be in EU. So... Ireland to be united again and to quit Great Britain?
Blair is a cunt but he is talking sense on Sky News. Labour have not engaged with their traditional base outside of London, they have moved more and more to the left without any real appetite for that movement from the public. 5 years ago it would have been inconceivable that so many Labour biters would vote to Leave the EU.
That's what I've been saying.
The Naked Priest
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Trump as the next POTUS and Farage the new PM of England, there is still some hope for this world.
NoPiece
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Chinese
and citizens of other EU countries.
geordiemp
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wFKNy0MZQ
Oh wow, Uk market recovers in 1 hour, only - 4% now, EU markets - 6 %....
By lunch time the traders will have sorted out their shorts and the world will not end. Might even take a day or 2 then they will buy buy buy....
...Hilarious.
Yes. They brought this shit on themselves
Let's lighten the burden of this knowledge with pictures of beautiful men
Wait, shit.... I did it wrong.
That is nice to say but my entire future rides on this. Now Cameron's out of negotiations I'm not optimistic about any favourable trade deals being made, and if they are it won't get us back to before.
If it takes 2 years it'll happen before the start of my 3rd year. And for the advice, I don't know German and I'm just not sure I can do that kind of change, especially since I've already applied and made plans. Thankfully the whole "don't pay back until you earn over x amount" clause of student loans in Britain means that student loans won't be a massive problem for me.
The BBC actually published an article about this possibility:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36526298
I know, however this really cements it.
"Free trade"...I don't think it means what you think it means...
What are some good UK news sources that I can check regularly to stay up to date on what is going on in the coming months and years? I know a lot of British papers have a reputation for being tabloids so I want to be sure to read legitimate sources. If a source is biased either right or left wing please let me know so I have an idea of what to expect.
I don't imagine we'll hear much out of US news sources after the next few days so I appreciate any suggestions.
I don't imagine we'll hear much out of US news sources after the next few days so I appreciate any suggestions.
blu
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I was referring to tourism to the UK, sorry about not being clearer.
"They" as in "those few percent of a few percent"? Have some basic human empathy.
ferrasvansen
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Sorry but I respectfully disagree, Gordon Brown was chancellor and it was his decisions in the end as regards the banks which fucked us over. Besides he introduced the ESA and PiP which brutalised the sick and poor.
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