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UK to leave EU
RE: UK to leave EU
I'd be interested to hear if there is anyone at all on here who voted leave who would now change their mind.

Or anyone who voted remain but now thinks this is a good idea.

Surely these events must have changed someone's opinion, somewhere.
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RE: UK to leave EU
(June 25, 2016 at 4:51 am)robvalue Wrote: How about another referendum. I bet it would be different now people see what has happened, before we've even split.

Someone give me Cameron's number.

What's happened Rob?

The pound at it's lowest value since....February?

Stocks plummet then have stabilised somewhat?

Credit rating lowered...again?

In other news, Donald Trump is a cunt.
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RE: UK to leave EU
(June 25, 2016 at 4:53 am)robvalue Wrote: I'd be interested to hear if there is anyone at all on here who voted leave who would now change their mind.

Or anyone who voted remain but now thinks this is a good idea.

Surely these events must have changed someone's opinion, somewhere.

It's a good question, I have to be honest, I woke up yesterday morning and was in shock at the news as I never believed it would happen.

Would I change my vote?  Absolutely not, my reasons for leaving have not changed in 24 hours.
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RE: UK to leave EU
(June 24, 2016 at 10:17 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:
(June 24, 2016 at 9:05 pm)Tiberius Wrote: It wasn't even half the country. It was half of the 72% who turned out to vote.

I have a suspicion that if the turnout was 100% the result would have been a win for remain.

Will we see voters/non voters regret and have another vote?

I understand that leaving the EU is a 2 year process.

According to the Huff post there are at least some Brexiters who used it as a protest and never expected that we would leave.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/br...5711498bb5

But if that's what they voted for then they should get it nonetheless.
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RE: UK to leave EU
Fair enough. I wasn't expecting anyone to, just interested. I'm not telling you to.

I'm mostly concerned with the effect on the rest of the world. I think it's really unfair.

Imagine if our country got fucked over because of some poll in Greece.
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(June 25, 2016 at 4:17 am)LastPoet Wrote: All because a bunch of nationalistic pricks sheeped a bunch of racists together with drunkards, baby boomer old farts, immature kids and plain dumbfucks with the lamest demagogery and made them feel special. Its sad but its true. I had a bigger consideration of brits in general and I thought the percentage of education was bigger there.

Go and fuck yourself you sanctimonious prick.
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RE: UK to leave EU
(June 25, 2016 at 4:51 am)robvalue Wrote: How about another referendum. I bet it would be different now people see what has happened, before we've even split.

Someone give me Cameron's number.

As far as I, considering myself to be European before national citizen, hate this 50/50 chance of sceptics ruining it for the rest of us, you can't repeat until you get the desired result. As Tiberius said, most people don't really understand economics and consequences of any given political decisions. Not because they are stupid, but because they have very different strengths and weaknesses, very different levels of education and very different fields of expertise. That's what representative democracies are for. We elect people to do the job of political and economical decision making and they surround themselves with a staff of experts. Of course they are the ones that should have made this decision and not the people.
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Totally. This referendum was irresponsible.
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RE: UK to leave EU
(June 25, 2016 at 5:00 am)robvalue Wrote: Totally. This referendum was irresponsible.

They always are to the people who don't get what they want.
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RE: UK to leave EU
(June 25, 2016 at 3:57 am)robvalue Wrote: PS just saw Thump's comment. Yes, I can't believe it wasn't 2/3 required for action here. 1/2 is plain bullshit. Overconfidence by Cameron, he didn't think this through clearly.

Westminster could always fuck over the Leavers like they did Scotland in 1979 when 51.6% voted for devolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_d...ndum,_1979

Quote:An amendment to the Act stipulated that it would be repealed if fewer than 40% of the total electorate voted Yes in the referendum. The result was that 51.6% supported the proposal, but with a turnout of 64%, this represented only 32.9% of the registered electorate. The Act was subsequently repealed.

The Brexit vote certainly hasn't managed 40% of the total electorate.
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