Dublin is going to make a strong play for them as well.
You remember that scene in Jerry Mcguire? We need someone to do that as a GIF...
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The UK votes to leave the European Union
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Dublin is going to make a strong play for them as well.
You remember that scene in Jerry Mcguire? We need someone to do that as a GIF...
Pretty much this.
I like Corbyn, however I think he will fail to connect with the Labour voters in the North who feel they have been left behind.
GHG
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I think them being chilled in what led to this result to be honest.
Everything is burning and I'm loving it.
From the Uk
People's lives are being ruined and you're enjoying it? You need to take a moment for some self-reflection, I think.
There is hardly any manufacturing in the UK now and it's not going to come back quickly.
The only way we can effectively manufacture anything in the UK anymore is through EU imports of goods.
We don't have the magical pile of resources we had during the Industrial Revolution, we have nothing to work with.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Your friends can say whatever they want, the banks haven't minced words about leaving if this passes. They lose pretty much all the reason to stay in UK. Maybe they don't have 0 people working there but this forces them to have to open a second office now in Europe unless they wish to completely leave Europe as a whole which I can't see.
Please don't do that, don't let it affect your health. Just wait and see, only time will tell.
R_thanatos
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It works so well in context
That's not strictly true, there is a fair bit of engineering, we export equipment all over the world.
Just had the first personal fall out from the decision. An network infrastructure project for a London based investment bank has been put on hold indefinitely. They'd already put it back twice so it's not exactly a surprise.
From talking to the PM it looks like they and bunch of others in the city are retrenching on 'non essential' spend for a bit.
Still I'll get a bunch of work if they all up and decamp to Frankfurt although chances are I'll be on NZ or Houston by then
From talking to the PM it looks like they and bunch of others in the city are retrenching on 'non essential' spend for a bit.
Still I'll get a bunch of work if they all up and decamp to Frankfurt although chances are I'll be on NZ or Houston by then
Just shows the ignorance of many that voted.
No one really knew the implications the results of their vote would cause.
Either way it will take a while for it to really hit home, and maybe when it hits certain people they won't be so smug.
Short term it's fine to celebrate but the long term effects of this are unknown....
And even if it doesn't effect someone directly, I'm not sure what satisifaction people get out of other peoples misery.
That seems like it would bias the vote towards 'remain', right? Neither side winning would be a 'remain' win.
DerangedHermit
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Wait, didn't Corbyn get 70% of Labour to vote remain?
As much as I wish it were, I think the US election is much too soon for consequences of the Brexit to have an impact. Too little will change until then, it might even reinforce lunatics like Trump in the short term.
As much as I like the guy he was pretty flippant when he said he was 7-7.5/10 in favour of the EU.
MassiveNights
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Cornwall voted 57-43 to leave
geordiemp
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True, thanks to the EU, but now we have a chance.
Well had the issue that he was meant to work with Cameron who could not even be arsed talking to him like a normal person. The joining of parties was half assed and bitter to help the Remain campaign. Kind hard look enthusiastic when you know Dave still not going back you up or help in a statement or debate.
Short term turbulence is irrelevant to the longer economic outlook. Economists predicted a recession which, by definition, requires shrinking of GDP over two quarters. You can no more look at today's market recovery and say 'it's fine' than you can look at it and say 'oh no we're fucked'.
Cornwall voted 57-43 to leave
mental.
You're living a fantasy
darkwing-buck
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Cornwall voted 57-43 to leave
Would really love to know how many of that 57% were even remotely aware of the money Cornwall received. Christ, what a mess.
Err... we're still in austerity measures from the last recession 8 years ago.
There are people who have to go to food banks.
Old people died in the winter due to energy costs.
People really are suffering from the last bank inflicted market volatility.
Cornwall voted 57-43 to leave
Lol the fucking cheek
Cornwall voted 57-43 to leave
Good luck asking for another £60mil
Not after the latest batch of factory closures being paid for by EU grants... Not a helpful fact this past few weeks.
PdotMichael
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lol, thanks to Thatcher and your unions.
EU and Europe was like the only reason at least a little industry is still in the UK
geordiemp
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Oh, I agree, nobody will know if the change is good, band or indifferent until maybe a year or more.
The fact is, the same could be said about a remain vote with the way EU is right now. Its called the future !
No, we were fine until 2012 at 1.1, then pound started getting silly strong up to 1.5 to Euro over last 5 years that has killed allot of things in UK.
http://www.chartoasis.com/forex/1/gbp_eur/5_years.html
Unions, ask France about that lol.
Spiritwalker
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i blame the chavs
Um, no. That's literally the opposite of what happened. Labour made a deliberate and conscious decision to not campaign with Cameron and Remain - because they didn't want a repeat of what happened in Scotland. Cameron *wanted* labours backing - it was labour that decided to not play ball.
I think some people in the UK think that the EU will just bend over backwards to establish deals with them and well, it doesn't seem like that's happening.
Yet 90% of this thread is 'oh no we're fucked'.
jellies_two
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But your currency won't be worth anything by the time it happens.
/s
I will bet Aussie dollars on it, they are going sideways so still good.
I am amazed at how little people outside banking understand just how much self interest there is inside banking. They look after themselves before anyone else gets a cut shareholders included and going to Frankfurt would only be a glacial project when no other options were left.
their kids are in top schools they just finished building out 7 levels below their Chelsea townhouse and they fucking love London and speaking English and the country in summer and their second wife would divorce them. They aren't going anywhere. Nothing is going to change UNLESS a raft of new deals the country makes are clearly inferior, and we won't know that until 2018. Then some might pick up hiring in their eu office and slow it down in London.
We are all going to get sick of discussing this because that's all there is: discussion recrimination and people falling on swords.
veryslowhand
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If this is so bad for everyone, why the fuck did people vote like this?
PastorOfMuppets
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Dude, that's awesome! Congrats to England for solving their housing crisis and their health crisis. To think that all you needed to do was leave the EU.
As much as I want it to happen, this is the fact.
We have a 'mandate' whatever the fuck that means. It's not recognised in any sort of legislation and we already voted no like two years ago.
That said, the mandate is based on unprecedented national solidarity on this EU referendum and the recent local elections and MSP elections which were all staunchly against the UK-grain. So perhaps?
It's been a few hours and my brain is still stuck on the incredibly literate thought of "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" :|
It's a minor saving grace that my area largely voted remain the same way I did, but I'm thoroughly miserable. It's made even worse by the fact my close family are all celebrating talking about making us great again and which repulsive figure they want in government because they believe the masks they've been wearing and the lies they've been spouting while I have to keep biting my tongue because it was joked in a not-entirely-joking way that any remain voters wouldn't be welcome in the house (and I can't afford to move out), so they don't actually know that was how I voted ¬_¬
I guess all I can do now is cross my fingers and hope for the best.
And hope that as we begin the process of replacing our government maybe we can patch it up into something slightly better than the rubbish we have at the moment.
... I just fear that the government we get as a result could be even more unpleasant based on all the hatred and fear they've whipped up that will presumably be the basis for the new one x_x
It's a minor saving grace that my area largely voted remain the same way I did, but I'm thoroughly miserable. It's made even worse by the fact my close family are all celebrating talking about making us great again and which repulsive figure they want in government because they believe the masks they've been wearing and the lies they've been spouting while I have to keep biting my tongue because it was joked in a not-entirely-joking way that any remain voters wouldn't be welcome in the house (and I can't afford to move out), so they don't actually know that was how I voted ¬_¬
I guess all I can do now is cross my fingers and hope for the best.
And hope that as we begin the process of replacing our government maybe we can patch it up into something slightly better than the rubbish we have at the moment.
... I just fear that the government we get as a result could be even more unpleasant based on all the hatred and fear they've whipped up that will presumably be the basis for the new one x_x
probably not many. i bet my pounds
Corbyn had the most reasonable, realistic view of the EU going, and campaigned on that sensible position.
He's no fanatic, he accepts the pros and cons of the EU but felt on balance we we were better in.
The PLP will look for any excuse to oust him, but the members wont have it.
He's no fanatic, he accepts the pros and cons of the EU but felt on balance we we were better in.
The PLP will look for any excuse to oust him, but the members wont have it.
Not really, they are going to have a harder time now
But that's not really true, is it, otherwise you wouldn't have 9 out of 10 economists in agreement that Brexit will be bad for the UK's future economic prospects.
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