EU Referendum Results Thread | Leave have won, Cameron resigns

How did you vote to this: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the EU or leave the EU?

  • Remain a member of the European Union

    Votes: 321 75.5%

  • Leave the European Union

    Votes: 80 18.8%

  • Spoiled ballot

    Votes: 24 5.6%
  • Total voters
    425
  • Poll closed .
Frosty said:
Leave have won Nick. Relax. I genuinely hope the concerns about leaving the EU are wrong, for the sakes of all of us.
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Well, naturally i hope so.

It's funny, if Labour weren't called Labour (bit of a hang-up there personally), and had a slightly different policy in a few areas, i could feel comfortable voting for a centre-left party. The opinion of the Left toward the modern EU was always a rather big fly in the ointment.
 
ThierryHenry said:
Short term we're in serious trouble, hopefully in the medium to long run we look back on this with regrets about all the fuss we made.
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That's incredibly hopeful. It is true the huge moves today are exacerbated by uncertainty but in reality there is real damage to our economy which is also driving this, not just uncertainty.

Consider it like this. If the GBP had dropped half of what it has, or if the FTSE had dropped half of what it has, then it would still be a monumental decline. That's how bad this is.
 
I am absolutely stunned. I am genuinly terrified of the future right now, a Trump led United states and now this.
 
Cheesy said:
But the UK already has this, mate. I understand the EU has some major problems, and even considered leaving (leaned towards it what seems like a long, long time ago), but the fact is that the UK is still an independent, sovereign nation.
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We are an independent nation, but the fundamental issue with the EU is the law on free movement within the EU. We are a great nation, and perfectly understandable people would want to move here. However, the level of immigration we are seeing is simply not sustainable. I am all for controlled immigration (and I include skilled and non skilled), but not complete free movement that put certain things we think make Britain great on breaking point.

I'll make two simple examples
- my son needs speech therapy. Not a big issue as a lot of kids have it. We have been on the waiting list for over a year, you know why...after challenging why it's taking so long, i quote...the number of non-English speaking children in the system are a priority at the moment. I've paid taxes since I was 19 and can't have been told to pay private because the NHS can'take support him.
- my team of 8 analysts. 2 Polish, 1 Slovak, 1 Greek, 1 German, 1 Chinese, 1 Chilean, 1 Pakistani. All have arrived within the last 3 years. All amazing and great people who would get in on the point system for sure. my point is simply this level is not sustainable as 5 arrived without a job first.
 
rpitroda said:
That's incredibly hopeful. It is true the huge moves today are exacerbated by uncertainty but in reality there is real damage to our economy which is also driving this, not just uncertainty.

Consider it like this. If the GBP had dropped half of what it has, or if the FTSE had dropped half of what it has, then it would still be a monumental decline. That's how bad this is.
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Most definitely. Wishful thinking completely.
 
We need an rvn said:
We are an independent nation, but the fundamental issue with the EU is the law on free movement within the EU. We are a great nation, and perfectly understandable people would want to move here. However, the level of immigration we are seeing is simply not sustainable. I am all for controlled immigration (and I include skilled and non skilled), but not complete free movement that put certain things we think make Britain great on breaking point.

I'll make two simple examples
- my son needs speech therapy. Not a big issue as a lot of kids have it. We have been on the waiting list for over a year, you know why...after challenging why it's taking so long, i quote...the number of non-English speaking children in the system are a priority at the moment. I've paid taxes since I was 19 and can't have been told to pay private because the NHS can'take support him.
- my team of 8 analysts. 2 Polish, 1 Slovak, 1 Greek, 1 German, 1 Chinese, 1 Chilean, 1 Pakistani. All have arrived within the last 3 years. All amazing and great people who would get in on the point system for sure. my point is simply this level is not sustainable as 5 arrived without a job first.
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We already have control of non-EU immigration, yet it is still incredibly high. Why is it not being controlled, then? And why the feck will Brexit change that?
 
The pen is mightier than the pencil apparently
 
esmufc07 said:
What are Cameron's chances of surviving?
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Nil

They will just be talking about making the timing appear civilised. Or they do a deal they can go back on at any time (Dave will know this).

Still needs a patsy though, the guy that brings him down is still gonna be a bad guy, so the big hitters have to tread carefully
 
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David Cameron will go down as the man who took Britain out of Europe and Broke up the Union. What a legend.
 
How the hell will this Government and opposition party implement LEAVE when they and all their advisers passionately believe we should REMAIN? Its a complete headfukc.
 
I voted yes in the Scottish referendum, but I might actually campaign for the next one in a years time. I want away from these clowns - the ones in Westminster who commissioned this daft vote.
 
Modern politics is basically Game of Thrones.
 
I know it seems comparatively small, but what happens with Gibraltar? Their remain vote was absurdly high, and surely being out of the EU will be an incredible inconvenience for them.
 
17 Van der Gouw said:
Us leaving the EU was always possible, but surely Trump can't get in.
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I always thought like this but after today I'm genuinely uncertain about anything.

A frighteningly large number of people seem to use their vote in protest rather than rationally. Trump is anti-establishment.

Granted he has alienated far more people relatively and so inherently his chances are lower but I wouldn't put it past the Americans.

Anyway, we have our own problems to deal with evidently.
 
montpelier said:
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They will just be talking about making the timing appear civilised. Or they do a deal they ca go back on at any time (Dave will know this).

Still needs a patsy though, the guy that brings him down is still gonna be a bad guy, so the big hitters have to tread carefully
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who will be delighted to gain his new shiny cabinet seat as a thank you gift from King Boris afterwards
 
Its over, I give up on the United Kingdom, its going to be a disjointed kingdom now.
 
it never sunk in how mad it is that we could do something as massive leave the EU based on such a small difference in vote.
 
sammsky1 said:
How the hell will this Government and opposition party implement LEAVE when they and all their advisers passionately believe we should REMAIN? Its a complete headfukc.
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Is surely the main argument for another election. It's going to be awful, just awful.
 
Minimalist said:
Has to be the worst Prime Minister in modern history now. For this alone.
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An utter, utter embarrassment of a human being tbh. He's spent his entire career making little moves to remain in power and do what benefits him, while never committing to anything particularly concrete. If there's one good coming of this it's that his lizard mate George Osborne will be spending the rest of his political career doing lines on the backbenches.
 
If there is a general election, what are the chances of a UKIP win? Seriously I wouldn't put it past the daft people in this country anymore.
 
The baby boomer generation are a bunch of twats when all is said and done. They had it handed to them on a plate because of their parents hard work and sacrifice and now this is their gift to the generations that follow them. feck them.
 
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