Cameron expounds a scenario of "steadying the ship" and effecting a hand off to new leadership:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36615028
Cameron expounds a scenario of "steadying the ship" and effecting a hand off to new leadership:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36615028
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We expected there would be losses. FTSE 100 dropped hugely at 8:00, then it climbed back up to reclaim half what it lost, now it's leveling out.
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/indices/summary/summary-indices-chart.html?index=UKX
May we live in interesting times.
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It's a plebiscite, same as this. This doesn't have legal force either, but no one will disregard the result. Same with a second Scottish independence referendum.
All highly predictable even before this result, but ignored. We've made our bed, now we'll have to lie in it.
The closeness of the vote is disturbing.
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lol for hilarity watch the end of the press-conference of Juncker and the handpicked cheermonkeys they call journalists
YOU SHALL NOT PASS (out)
what a circus
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They'll have to pay for a lot of things on their own now.
Ah, but wait! They save 350 million pounds per week now, so all is fine ...
As a member of the academic community, I feel terribly sorry for my british colleagues. They are now excluded from a pool of over 70 billion euros of research funding - and Britain has always been a strong player in that field.
The positive side: less competition for the rest of us. But science and scholarship as a whole will suffer and that makes me sad.
The first of many more to come.
I love it when smug leftists lose and election. Ignore the north and Wales for 30 years and then wonder why they tell you to "jog on" (is that the correct term?).
hopefully this is the first of many. I suspect Germany will try to break the UKs balls on the exit deal, maybe that will be the end of it all.
also, lol at Scotland thinking they are going to just jump back in.
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Our political fabulists are suggesting that the UK devolves into:
England
Scotland
Ireland (all 32!!!!!!!!)
Spain (taking back The Rock by plebescite)
They further suggest that England will not be the only exiting group.
What say you lot over there?
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
The thing is, not having it clearcut leaves a bad taste in every ones mouth. Similar with like the Scottish Indepedence which was a similar result. If it was 60/40 or 70/30 people would be like "yup, we lost, we have to accept it", but when it is 52/48 people are like "just a couple more votes would have meant we won!" which leaves them feeling angry and frustrated, and they start to blame people. "if you did a little bit more, we would have won!" etc.
Being honest though, David Cameron was a poor choice for "In", and the whole "Tories for In" and "Tories for Out" was farcical. Labour virtually did nothing, and I understand Coryn wanted leave, he should have at least stood up and said it, instead of half-heartedly not doing anything.
Libdems actually did a decent "In" campaign which didn't resort to things like "Leave would trigger WW3", but no one cares about them since the collapse under Cleggers.
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"Men of Quality do not fear Equality." | "Belief doesn't change facts. Facts, if you are reasonable, should change your beliefs."
Corbyn lost probably his bet chance to gain popularity. Labour's traditional supporters were the same ones voting leave and the arent going to let it go unremarked.
They're idiots, have irish blood/sympathies, or both. Scotland is the only one with a chance of leaving, Northern Ireland voted largely along the Protestant/Catholic line and while the protestants might have had some choosing to remain in the EU they sure as smeg arent going to go against the grain for a reunion vote while the IRA members are still kicking around. Gibraltar voted on a referendum in 2002 that gave remain with Britain 98%, I dont think this pissed them off that much.
Scotland... it will be sad to see them go, I hope they dont but if they feel they must the least I can do its bid them adeu, though they most certainly arent going to get back into the EU now.
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Cities dont get independance votes and not all of london voted remain.
Scotland would have to be a major contributor as the EU arent likely in the mood for taking any more defecits right now. Aside from that; Spain wont allow it, cant be seen to support secessionists while catalonia is still waiting thier turn.
Last edited by Greyblades; 06-24-2016 at 16:03.
Presenter: "The £350m a week we send to the EU, which we will no longer send to the EU. Can you guarantee that's going to go to the NHS?"
Farage: "No I can't, and I would have never made that claim. That was one of the mistakes that the Leave campaign made."
Presenter: "Hang on a moment. That was one of your adverts."
https://twitter.com/jrhopkin/status/746225648306294784
‘We send the EU £350 million a week
let’s fund our NHS instead. Vote Leave.’
http://leftfootforward.org/2016/05/b...u-350m-a-week/
...Why are they asking farage? Of course he cant guarentee, he's not in power.
Last edited by Greyblades; 06-24-2016 at 16:13.
Excuse me it was Boris's campaign (Vote Leave) that may or may not have said that, Farage was part of Grassroots Out, not Vote Leave and plus like greyblades said Farage isn't part of the Conservative Party.
Depends on how well the conservatives hold up after this blow, right now they are slated to split.Let's see what Boris Johnson does then. He was the one on that bus, and he's going to be the next PM.
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