United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership

[jaichind]

It is impressive what Farage accomplished.  Totally unexpected.

[Green Line]

Now lets all go see Independence Day: Resurgence!  How appropriate.

[2952-0-0]

What does Alexis Tsipras have to say about this?

[ChrisDR68]

Nigel is On!!!

Looked like he'd been crying before he made his speech!

[Green Line]

Everyone cheering for economic destruction is hilarious.

Pound is the lowest it's been since 1985.

It will be great for tourism.

[Ljube]

This result is a reason to rejoice for all freedom loving people.

Yeah, 4 years of continued austerity, a stagnant economy at best, continued cuts to social services, and a weakened currency are really something to rejoice about as long as you get to say f_ck you to immigrants.


I wonder who the Leave voters will blame in several years when things don't get much better.

A small amount of economic pain is a small price to pay for the freedom of a nation.  I guess you would have been arguing for King George III in 1776.

Britain will basically be subject to the rules of the EU, as no small part of their economy is tied to the EU, and just took its own voice away with regards to writing those rules.

That's the complete opposite of freedom. That's stupidity in the name of feelings.

You are on the wrong side of history, Clarko. After tonight, the EU will no longer exist.

[ag]

The margin is 422K. No way it closes.

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In all seriousness though

this is really, really terrible.

[JerryArkansas]

Just a not to the people celebrating this win for Leave.  The pound has now fallen to a 31 year low on this news, and it continues to go down.  Stock exchanges are all falling at least 3 percent, much more in Europe.  Real world consequences right there.

Edit, it's fallen 10%, it officially a crash.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Harrogate, in Yorkshire, voted to remain. That was rather surprising (to me at least). I figured that it would have left by a 60-40 split.

[Ljube]

Just a not to the people celebrating this win for Leave.  The pound has now fallen to a 31 year low on this news, and it continues to go down.  Stock exchanges are all falling at least 3 percent, much more in Europe.  Real world consequences right there.

Temporary panic. Unjustified.

[Green Line]

The EU will go into the same trash heap as the League of Nations.  Total failure!

[Omega21]

Greece has been in an economic depression for years now, and they stuck with the EU.

When will they recover, 50-100 years?

15 000 Euros lands you a flat in Thessaloniki, think about that and how much mama Merkel helped them.

[Ljube]

The EU will go into the same trash heap as the League of Nations.  Total failure!

[Suburbia]

In all seriousness though

this is really, really terrible.

Eh, it depends. You can't have a mass influx of refugees and undocumented immigrants. It's not good.

[Illiniwek]

Everyone cheering for economic destruction is hilarious utterly depressing.

Pound is the lowest it's been since 1985.

It will be great for tourism.

You realize they will not be able to afford to buy our stuff anymore right?

[jaichind]

Just a not to the people celebrating this win for Leave.  The pound has now fallen to a 31 year low on this news, and it continues to go down.  Stock exchanges are all falling at least 3 percent, much more in Europe.  Real world consequences right there.

Temporary panic. Unjustified.

I generally agree with this.   A lot of asset prices will normalize over the next few days.  It will for sure be down but not as dramatic.

[Gass3268]

Just a not to the people celebrating this win for Leave.  The pound has now fallen to a 31 year low on this news, and it continues to go down.  Stock exchanges are all falling at least 3 percent, much more in Europe.  Real world consequences right there.

Edit, it's fallen 10%, it officially a crash.

Yup, hope everyone is excited for the NYSE tomorrow.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Rutland - 50.6 OUT (expected a higher OUT vote here, given how rural it is)

[Ljube]

This result is a reason to rejoice for all freedom loving people.

Yeah, 4 years of continued austerity, a stagnant economy at best, continued cuts to social services, and a weakened currency are really something to rejoice about as long as you get to say f_ck you to immigrants.


I wonder who the Leave voters will blame in several years when things don't get much better.

A small amount of economic pain is a small price to pay for the freedom of a nation.  I guess you would have been arguing for King George III in 1776.

Britain will basically be subject to the rules of the EU, as no small part of their economy is tied to the EU, and just took its own voice away with regards to writing those rules.

That's the complete opposite of freedom. That's stupidity in the name of feelings.

You are on the wrong side of history, Clarko. After tonight, the EU will no longer exist.

Vladimir Putin smiles at what useful idiots like you have done.

Fearmongering hasn't worked before the referendum and most certainly will not work after the fact.

[Green Line]

Everyone cheering for economic destruction is hilarious utterly depressing.

Pound is the lowest it's been since 1985.

It will be great for tourism.

You realize they will not be able to afford to buy our stuff anymore right?

You do realize that the Pound is still stronger than the Dollar, right?  They'll be ok.

[BuckeyeNut]

Is this a good time to mention that Parliament has the final say, this will take years, and with no clear mandate, the can can always be kicked.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It is impressive what Farage accomplished.  Totally unexpected.

Farage may have failed to win an MP seat half-a-dozen times, but he won the one vote that mattered, it seems.

Hmm?

Farage didn't lead the Leave campaign (they actually tried to keep him off the airwaves as much as possible as he's not popular) and didn't trigger this vote.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Everyone cheering for economic destruction is hilarious utterly depressing.

Pound is the lowest it's been since 1985.

It will be great for tourism.

You realize they will not be able to afford to buy our stuff anymore right?

You do realize that the Pound is still stronger than the Dollar, right?  They'll be ok.

You literally have no grasp of macroeconomics or finance.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Just a not to the people celebrating this win for Leave.  The pound has now fallen to a 31 year low on this news, and it continues to go down.  Stock exchanges are all falling at least 3 percent, much more in Europe.  Real world consequences right there.

Edit, it's fallen 10%, it officially a crash.

Yup, hope everyone is excited for the NYSE tomorrow.

S&P 500 futures down 3.5% right now.