UK to leave EU

[Pat Mustard]

I was surprised the Leave campaign won, and I suppose like the EU, underestimated the amount of people who wanted to split. Though to be fair the polls were pretty cut down the middle with only a small percentage tipped in the Leave campaign's favor, and now it seem many of them are learning they voted under false pretenses as the Leave campaign lies start to be revealed.

I'm worried for what this means with my girlfriend and friends overseas. Especially with talks of Scotland and Northern Ireland leaving the UK to rejoin the EU and tear the UK even further apart while more countries with the EU wanting to call their own referendum. This sets a bad and dangerous precedent for government bodies similar to the EU.

With the division of my own country being as big as it ever was I'm heart broken to see the same thing happening to Europe.

I wouldn't be suprised if 20% of the no vote wasn't an actual Brexit vote but a protest vote against either the Tory government or Cameron, judging that even if no came in, they wouldn't push the nuclear button. While the EU is generally not that popular in the UK outside the Kipper BNP wing of politics it is also largely the least important issue among voters. The vote is too tight to say that anything other than the "fuck you, Dave" vote won it.