EU Referendum Results Thread | Leave have won, Cameron resigns

How did you vote to this: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the EU or leave the EU?

  • Remain a member of the European Union

    Votes: 321 75.5%
  • Leave the European Union

    Votes: 80 18.8%
  • Spoiled ballot

    Votes: 24 5.6%

  • Total voters
    425
  • Poll closed .
Which part of leaving and causing a recession seemed like a good idea? Cause I looked in to both sides and found it absolutely impossible to rightfully justify a leave vote. Nothing suggests we'll be better off out, it's all blind hope and wishful thinking combined with a dash of nostalgia for the good old days.
This isn't even definite.
 
Typical haves rhetoric again. Just blame the individual for the fact there aren't enough jobs, like the problem of unemployment would be solved if every unemployed would get off his backside. I'm not buying that.

Why can't you just admit that mass immigration from countries with much lower living costst tends to lower the price of labour and lower the availability of jobs? It's just very basic economics of supplie and demand, wishful thinking and putting the blame on individuals won't change that.

There is no mass immigration. 333000 (some of whom will be Brits returing home), is less than 0.5% of the total population
 
It's crap because there are more people between 18-50 than above 50 in this country, so if the younger people had actually voted then they would have gotten their way. Young people should be pissed off at other young people who don't vote, not old people who vote against their personal wishes.

This is precisely it, a lot of people on the Caf don't understand percentages and ratios, it's kind of like the "more City fans in Manchester" 'fact' that gets talked about, there aren't more City fans but they do have a higher percentage of their fan base living there. It goes over many a caftard head yet they love to talk about how low the average leave voter's IQ is.
 
You will have to contend with the magic roundabout though.

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Should have been part of the exam for potential voters ahead of the referendum.

I nearly crashed on that roundabout as I went to see the house. Never come across something so stupid before!
 
Good luck to people going on holiday, have to take more money now, the exchange rate will be fecked. Nice to see anyone who voted out wasn't looking at the bigger picture
...So more people will be coming here as tourists to spend their dollars/euros then???
 
The unemployment in Britain was until yesterday very low,
No, it isn't. Where did you get the idea that 5% is very low?

but let's blame the immigrants anyway!
Why should I blame the immigrants for EU immigration policy? They didn't even have any democratic control over the EU immigration policy, nor did the people of the country that hosts them. There's just no denying that immigration from countries with considerable lower cost of living is making wages lower and increases unemployment.

Why don't you just admit that you don't care about your fellow countrymen for whom there is no job and you find it more important that labour is cheap and that is why you support the EU?
 
On behalf of the rest of the world: WHAT DID YOU DO?!!!

Seriously though, if nothing else this should prompt a real discussion about the disenfranchised majority. It's easy to sit from a position of education and pass judgement on folks who don't want to listen to experts or facts, but a more constructive thing to do would be to try and understand why they're so disillusioned as to go that far. I'm genuinely curious, why Leave?

I do agree with this but at the same time we had a General Election recently and they voted the same Government in that has been causing them to be disenfranchised in the first place. Why did these people not vote in the General Election given that the Turnout for this vote was higher than the GE.
 
Did anyone here at least make some money out of this?

I have a couple of bitcoins that are worth about £100 more each than they were yesterday from the looks of things. Will have to check properly when I get home. Been a good month for bitcoins all in all.
 
Europe was just coming out of recession and will know whom to blame if they go back to it. I wouldn't want to be in English trumps boots at the moment as he will be the one negotiating this crap
 
If only the EU had stayed as the original conception. Just free trade, free movement etc . None of the laws interference. It will be strange if we have to apply for VISAs now each time we want a holiday abroad!

Free trade needs a lot of laws
 
This is day 1. Uncertainty and shock creates panic and pessimism. However ultimately the fundamentals bring a return to normality. However, the UK fundamentals have taken a hit. That's when you'll see. Can mark this post, and we'll come back to it in 6 months.
i will mark it, i dont think your right, i think what yoyr saying is as closed minded as people sayong we can do without the EU.
the EU is about to lose it's second largest ecconmy, its biggest customer, you think that isnt going to hurt its fundimentals.... not a chance.
 
Which part of leaving and causing a recession seemed like a good idea? Cause I looked in to both sides and found it absolutely impossible to rightfully justify a leave vote. Nothing suggests we'll be better off out, it's all blind hope and wishful thinking combined with a dash of nostalgia for the good old days.
the problem is for a lot of voters saying it will cause a recession is meaning less as for millions of people in the country we havn't even started to recover from the last recession.
 
the problem is for a lot of voters saying it will cause a recession is meaning less as for millions of people in the country we havn't even started to recover from the last recession.

Anyone who thinks like that is genuinely a complete idiot.
 
There is no mass immigration. 333000 (some of whom will be Brits returing home), is less than 0.5% of the total population
330,000 is the population of wigan..... that isnt a small number, think about the amount of houses, schoolls, dr's, roads, water sewage pipes, electricity....... 0.5 % of the poulation in one year is massive!
 
i will mark it, i dont think your right, i think what yoyr saying is as closed minded as people sayong we can do without the EU.
the EU is about to lose it's second largest ecconmy, its biggest customer, you think that isnt going to hurt its fundimentals.... not a chance.

No it isn't. The EU won't lose out here because it damn well knows that we are desparate to replace our 45% exports and so will agree to a trade deal. If anything they're probably rubbing their hands together at the concessions they can get out of us.
 
It's the first time I have driven in Hemel Hempstead. The only thing it's missing is an Odeon/Cineworld so I will have to get rid of my unlimited card..

There used to be an Odeon in the town centre (Marlowes) and there was a big cinema multiplex built in Jarman's Fields but haven't been there for years so don't know if they're still there
 
330,000 is the population of wigan..... that isnt a small number, think about the amount of houses, schoolls, dr's, roads, water sewage pipes, electricity....... 0.5 % of the poulation in one year is massive!

They are not going to one city. They spread around to depending on where they are working. Its an additional 1 person in 200, its tiny
 
There used to be an Odeon in the town centre (Marlowes) and there was a big cinema multiplex built in Jarman's Fields but haven't been there for years so don't know if they're still there
There's an Empire cinema there now. I read it has good schools so that will be useful for us. Actually can't wait to move in. Sick and tired of London. Just gonna rent that one out!
 
No it isn't. The EU won't lose out here because it damn well knows that we are desparate to replace our 45% exports. If anything they're probably rubbing their hands together at the concessions they can get out of us.
thats just as close minded as the people arguing we can do with out europe. we import far more from europe then we export, 23.8 billion more at last count, you think Europe suddenly can do with out that in the state most of europe is in?

you seem to have missed the point as much as the people who have voted out, you think people in brussels are so scared for no reason....... you missed the whole point of the whole better togther message, if things go sour it will effect both sides.

politicians on both sides have to put thier ego's aside and figure out what the feck to do.....
 
thats just as close minded as the people arguing we can do with out europe. we import far more from europe then we export, 23.8 billion more at last count, you think Europe suddenly can do with out that in the state most of europe is in?

you seem to have missed the point as much as the people who have voted out, you think people in brussels are so scared for no reason....... you missed the whole point of the whole better togther message, if things go sour it will effect both sides.

politicians on both sides have to put thier ego's aside and figure out what the feck to do.....

No it's really not as closed minded. It's how trade agreements work. Go and read one. How much we import is irrelevant, we do not import from the EU. We import from some of the countries within the EU. There is a massive difference. We also conduct no business whatsoever with a lot of EU countries, they must have an incentive to sign a trade deal. Seriously, just go and read one. Read Switzerlands, read the NAFTA. It does not work like you say.

You're also the one missing the point, I do not think people in Brussels are scared. It's you who thinks that. It's you who thinks they will give us what we want because we're such a mighty country. The reality is much different.
 
330,000 is the population of wigan..... that isnt a small number, think about the amount of houses, schoolls, dr's, roads, water sewage pipes, electricity....... 0.5 % of the poulation in one year is massive!
But research has shown time and time again that they pay more in taxes than any social cost.
 
They are not going to one city. They spread around to depending on where they are working. Its an additional 1 person in 200, its tiny
its tiny for one year, but add a simlar number to that next year, and the year after..... it adds up, just thinking ow it wil be fine is just as naive as the people who have voted out saying ow it will be fine.....

you can't just add people and add people o a population and not expect thier ever to be consquences
 
No it's really not as closed minded. It's how trade agreements work. Go and read one. How much we import is irrelevant, we do not import from the EU. We import from some of the countries within the EU. There is a massive difference. We also conduct no business whatsoever with a lot of EU countries, they must have an incentive to sign a trade deal. Seriously, just go and read one. Read Switzerlands, read the NAFTA.

You're the one missing the point, I do not think people in Brussels are scared. It's you who thinks that. It's you who thinks they will give us what we want because we're such a mighty country. The reality is much different.
the incentive is if they let go of thier biggest company by wacking on big tarrifs then thier gonna be fecked..... surely you see that?
switzland was no way near the size of our ecconmy, and the Eu was not is such a mess......

point is both sides are fairly buggered by this we shouldn't se closed minded to think this just affects us!
 
The only fair way to have done this vote is to have had a mini exam alongside your vote, with only votes counting for those who do well in said exam. That way, at least they could disregard the completely uneducated votes.
You might have something there. Maybe rather than one person, one vote, it could be based on performance in a simple little test of 10 relevant questions with definite right answers. A better performance, reflecting a better understanding of the issue, would result in one person having more influence over the outcome. This would have been impractible or impossible a few years ago but would be fairly easy with today's technology.
 
the incentive is if they let go of thier biggest company by wacking on big tarrifs then thier gonna be fecked..... surely you see that?
switzland was no way near the size of our ecconmy, and the Eu was not is such a mess......

point is both sides are fairly buggered by this we shouldn't se closed minded to think this just affects us!

You still don't understand how it works.

Switzerland was the number one ranked economy in the entire world in terms of stability and competitiveness. It was a much better economy than ours. They have a trade surplus, we have a trade deficit. They accomplish more with lower taxes.

The UK is only the size it is because of the EU. Take that away and our economy is no longer the size that you think it is.

Your use of the word closed minded is terrible. This argument is looking at evidence and previous experience. Yours is looking at an opinion based on nothing but twisted truths and an inflated ego regarding our power.

It is a fact that all 27 member states need to agree on our trade deal. What the EU wants is irrelevant. The countries that we do not do business with still need to agree to our deal. I would like for you to tell me the incentives of these countries to agree to a trade deal that allows us to trade with some EU countries.
 
Tired of the experts yet when the economy goes tits up who will they blame? the experts.
 
But research has shown time and time again that they pay more in taxes than any social cost.
but you have to have enough jobs to support that.... right now we just don't.

in an ideal world more workers means more tax money which mean better ecconmy..... but you have to have them working in high enough paid jobs, a lot of immigrants are filling in the low paid jobs, which thier is very little tax on, plus an over saturated work force keeps wages low, it also mean you have to hand out more in beifits to those who cant find work........

and even if you by that ecconic model that immigrants mean more tax(whcih is debatable and has been debated all round the world by people smarter then me) we have to be building to provide for them, and the amount of infrustrue it would take to keep building to provide for that amount of people....... no goverment will ever ever do it!