let's not sugarcoat it, Leave won the public over by feeding their xenophobia. (and imo, that 'breaking point' poster was disgusting and just plain unethical.) oh well, that's democracy for ya.
Apparently some in the Kingdom of the Netherlands are now pushing for a similar referendum for their kingdom.
There are rumblings of the following -: Holexit FREExit SweExit All I guess seeing how the UK manage before doing the same . Republic of Ireland from people I deal with want a exit also. In general it's wrong to just think the motives behind a exit vote is racist or xenophobic. Both campaigns used scare tactics but the country has had its say. Having a say is our choice of life whom resides in the UK.
In Tesco earlier, the cashier asked the Foreign couple in front of me if they wanted help packing their bags. I said to the cashier, bloody hell love we only voted out yesterday, give them a chance!!!
Interesting thread A few points for discussion - What is left of the EU is stuffed. After the vote was announced the markets moved more against the EU than the UK. For those that use Germany as the benchmark of economic success... they have an econonomy based on selling stuff to other euro nations that can't afford it, and end up bailing them out. Bit of a false economy there. As for the break-up of the UK, we see nationlistic surges across the EU, a number of countries have general elections over the next few years - is it really to scotland's advantage to join a union that may see its biggest members leaving? And would they genuinely vote to adopt the euro? You only need to look at spain/greece/italy to see it doesn't work for all. To me, sterling dropping didn't mean a lot. No legal change has actually happened yet (it was technically a non-binding advisory referendum) so all market moves based on it are speculative rather than indicative of a genuine change in economic output. As for immigration - i think the central point of the leave campaign wasn't that migration in itself was bad. Just that having no criteria or control on who you get to let in was a less desirable position to be in than if you can be a bit more picky. I don't think much will change anyway. This was mainly a political exercise with some short term market volatility