I would imagine there are certain EU based benefits involved.
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The UK votes to leave the European Union
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I would imagine there are certain EU based benefits involved.
wild wild rice
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I have a feeling that Leavers would consider this good news, no? "Get the banks outta here!"
HazySaiyan
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UK giving into xenophobia and fear and then tanking the economy. Glorious indeed!
Hang and quarter(figuratively) this piece of shit.
The white Brits who are all themselves immigrants anyway
Dirtyshubb
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Yeah im sure we are, i mean its just a blip and we will end up stronger when we can no longer get the same trade deals with Europe, lose a tonne of jobs, have our currency lose value, our markets getting tanked etc...
Its like leave voters just stick their fingers in their ears when you show them EVIDENCE that it will be/is a bad idea and just shout "It will be fine, we will be stronger, we now have control of our own country lalalalal"
Freeman
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Having different stances on immigration policies isn't necessarily racist. This kind of polarization of just assuming the worst from the other side that is opposed to yours works against you most of the time. It gets to the point where one side just sees the other as pure evil, when in reality they probably agree on most things.
I don't know the specifics, just sharing my uniformed opinion since I was following the thread.
AHA-Lambda
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Yep, total knee jerk reaction.
If UK manages to get access to single market (which they most likely can't without Free movement, which will essentially make the Brexit vote all for naught), then London will recover to remain the financial hub of Europe, and if London recovers then the Uk recovers.
Source said the plans had been made weeks ahead and were waiting on the result.
Yep. Damage that will affect the UK for years to come. As long as Article 50 isn't triggered MP's can choose to ignore the vote. Obviously it would go against what the public has decided but fuck it. Ignore them and remain in the EU.
The difference is that they know what will happen if they relocate, as opposed to dealing with years of uncertainty otherwise. When you primarily deal in investment and fianancial services, that certainty is kind of a big deal. The costs in relocation are nothing compared to the risk mitigation involved.
Why wait and see when you can relocate now and save yourself the hassle?
There's a very real chance that your house is in the path of a tornado. Do you wait until it's three feet away before you move to the shelter, just in case it misses?
Those non white people not put on the boat yet. Sure the poor will get dragged out for another beating again.
You think that there is a huge amount of latent racism in the UK towards slavic people? It's about the economy.
Euro clearing houses etc will still move oit
The city can't influence jack no more.
mcz117chief
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Winston Churchill and Plato knew that direct democracy is the biggest bullshit ever, not everyone has the necessary information to make the right choice, especially when it comes to such huge changes.
And honestly, any smart enough person knows that letting the uneducated rule is not a good idea.
And honestly, any smart enough person knows that letting the uneducated rule is not a good idea.
Their defence will be "they were probably doing it anyway" guaranteed.
I saw a lot of liberals questioning democracy today.
17 million votes isn't small no matter which way you cut it. I think the vote would of been similar if compulsory.
You can't have it both ways, you can't cry democracy when it doesn't suit your view. No matter the margin.
The EU overplayed their hand and thought they were untouchable, lesson learnt.
Hopefully a less corrupt and globalist union comes to fruition in a couple of decades after a mass exodus.
17 million votes isn't small no matter which way you cut it. I think the vote would of been similar if compulsory.
You can't have it both ways, you can't cry democracy when it doesn't suit your view. No matter the margin.
The EU overplayed their hand and thought they were untouchable, lesson learnt.
Hopefully a less corrupt and globalist union comes to fruition in a couple of decades after a mass exodus.
Instead of drive-by's like this how about you try and explain away how your glorious Boris Johnson is going to get us out of this mess?
Right, but that's the fault of the austerity measures by the government in the last 5 years. It has nothing to do with the EU, but with the financial policies by the government that the UK re-elected last year. Like Stump wrote:
The problem is economic disparity. Racism is used as an weapon by UKIP and the rest of the racist fucks to have people vote against their self-interest.
QuantumZebra
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but... that's not name calling... its literally true
I'm not surprised banks are relocating. It's not just about the EU, it's about the breakup of the UK. Not sure why the Remain campaign didn't point out more that leaving meant the end of the union and the all the accompanying chaos.
I agree with two caveats. Firstly that this has been an issue for more than 5 years, especially in the north. Labour have left people there to rot as much as the Tories. Secondly, I think EU migration has made the issues of austerity more dangerous than they may have otherwise been.
I agree with two caveats. Firstly that this has been an issue for more than 5 years, especially in the north. Labour have left people there to rot as much as the Tories. Secondly, I think EU migration has made the issues of austerity more dangerous than they may have otherwise been.
There will be years of uncertainty - and banks don't work well in an uncertain environment.
They will blame each other and the UK will plunge into a Civil War...nah they will blame the government not realising that they're doing what they voted them to do.
All the non Eu based investment banks will move at least some of their operations, that's simply due to the regulatory necessity of having eec access in order to provide services to eu members, It looks like London will no longer be able to provide that access so the operations e dependent on that access will go hopefully they'll offer the staff the chance to move with the job
They are too busy moving into their new affordable homes and settling in at the cushy new high salary jobs they all got this morning to have enough time to post on GAF.
I'm sorry but i'm sick of people making excuses for these people; 48.1% of people didn't vote for that scaremongering bs. People need to learn some responsibility.
How? Everything you hear on the news about Muslims turning extreme etc, Polish people taking cheap labour, in turn taking jobs away etc. That isn't racist it's pure fear and something that they've been taught to think.
Of course that's what governments do. Throw the marginalized under the bus or start a war to distract people's attention from the real problems.
MassiveNights
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You have misread the meaning of my post.
after a minimum of 25 years: yeah
OK this is the first thing that has made me smile today
-duskdoll-
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Kind of shity to go aganist the majority, even if it is 1.2 million people more.
The 'fear' stems from labelling immigrants in the pejorative.
Labelling as in 'reducing them to a non-human entity'. Reducing them to a label.
De-humanising people is a key aspect of racism and prejudice
Red Arremer
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It's quite unlikely that if the UK does leave, the EU would be receptive to "j/k guys, was just a prank brahs" referendums any time soon.
Freeman
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What do you suggest to take its place?
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