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Brexit Referendum Superthread

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    #1562
    BlaasForRafa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    smjm wrote: »
    You really are quite a nasty person you know! :)

    Thanks!


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    #1563
    Enzokk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,702 ✭✭✭Enzokk


    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    Godwin's Law strikes again.


    I could have invoked the ANC elections in South Africa (since 2008) but it just doesn't have the same impact. There you have people protesting, looting, burning their townships down due to service delivery protests. This is in protest for the party they voted for. The next election, "they promised this time it would be different."


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    #1564
    laugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭laugh


    corny wrote: »
    The EU is basically Germany in this matter. Their interests are harmed by a trade with Britain. There will be no appetite for that. Both sides will make concessions and hammer out a deal. Britain will move forward largely unscathed economically. I'll repeat..this is a political issue. The stories of economic woe are unfounded and wildly exaggerated. Short term market volatility has little bearing and proves nothing.

    So none of the success of the city and other aspects of the services industry in the UK is because of or strengthened by it being in the EU? Were there voices in those business communities supporting the UK leaving the EU?


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    #1565
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    I wonder will this lead to further austerity in the UK. With the pressure on the currency the markets could force them to sort out their debts.
    Something the Remain campaign failed on.

    I'm glad they have voted Out. Too many people are struggling in the UK. Who can afford to buy a house in the London area. The areas that are struggling most in the UK voted Leave. Immigration driving down wages and conditions and changing the fabric of their country.

    Serious questions for the Labour party. They seem to be completely out of touch with their voter base.


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    #1566
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,749 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    So have most of us got no sleep?


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    #1567
    AllGunsBlazing
    Registered Users Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭AllGunsBlazing


    Lads, we witnessed history. For better or worse we saw it unfold with our own eyes - and I don't mind saying that I feel a little humbled by that.

    Time for bed.;)


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    #1568
    Enzokk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,702 ✭✭✭Enzokk


    corny wrote: »
    The EU is basically Germany in this matter. Their interests are harmed by a trade with Britain. There will be no appetite for that. Both sides will make concessions and hammer out a deal. Britain will move forward largely unscathed economically. I'll repeat..this is a political issue. The stories of economic woe are unfounded and wildly exaggerated. Short term market volatility has little bearing and proves nothing.


    There will be politics now as well from within the EU. If Mrs Merkel and Mr Holland feel that the EU project is under threat if the UK is seen to get a sweet deal for leaving, you can bet they will go hard on the UK. We keep hearing the EU is fragile and on the verge of breaking up, they will not want to encourage The Netherlands or the nationalists in France by being weak with the UK.


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    #1569
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Farage: it was a mistake for Vote Leave to say it could save £350m/week by leaving the EU and give the £ to the NHS

    Didn't take them long...


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    #1570
    BlaasForRafa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    AllGunsBlazing wrote: »
    Lads, we witnessed history. For better or worse we saw it unfold with our own eyes - and I don't mind saying that I feel a little humbled by that.

    Time for bed.;)

    Eh...it's not exactly as noble or uplifting as the Berlin Wall falling but I suppose you're right.


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    #1571
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,749 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    I wonder will this lead to further austerity in the UK. With the pressure on the currency the markets could force them to sort out their debts.
    Something the Remain campaign failed on.

    I'm glad they have voted Out. Too many people are struggling in the UK. Who can afford to buy a house in the London area. The areas that are struggling most in the UK voted Leave. Immigration driving down wages and conditions and changing the fabric of their country.

    Serious questions for the Labour party. They seem to be completely out of touch with their voter base.


    CNBC say London property is even cheaper now for foreign investors with the fall in value of Sterling.


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    #1572
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    RobertKK wrote: »
    So have most of us got no sleep?

    None


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    #1573
    purplecow1977
    Registered Users Posts: 2,877 ✭✭✭purplecow1977


    I'm in shock. I really didn't think it would happen.


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    #1574
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    The young wanted to remain, the educated wanted to remain and the big cities, London, Manchester and Liverpool along with Scotland wanted to remain. The worst English stereotype has prevailed here, the knuckle dragging, uneducated, xenophobic UKIP voting little englander


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    #1575
    gladrags
    Registered Users Posts: 6,028 ✭✭✭gladrags


    The irony here is that although the UK voted to leave,both NI and Scotland voted to stay.

    So will we see a break up of the UK,or the EU,or both?

    It would be interesting to see the result of a similar vote in all other EU states,particularly Ireland.


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    #1576
    Enzokk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,702 ✭✭✭Enzokk


    mansize wrote: »
    Farage: it was a mistake for Vote Leave to say it could save £350m/week by leaving the EU and give the £ to the NHS

    Didn't take them long...


    I doubt anybody/services that really needs the money will see part of that £350m/week.


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    #1577
    NikoTopps
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭NikoTopps


    RobertKK wrote: »
    So have most of us got no sleep?

    Not a wink. Work tomorrow(today:() will be painful!


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    #1578
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    RobertKK wrote: »
    CNBC say London property is even cheaper now for foreign investors with the fall in value of Sterling.

    In the short term maybe. But in the long term it may be reduce them. Watching the City boys cry about the result can only be good for the ordinary working person. If their currency weakens it will strengthen their manufacturing base.


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    #1579
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    RobertKK wrote: »
    So have most of us got no sleep?

    Yeah, forget it now. Going to make some tea.


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    #1580
    corny
    Registered Users Posts: 7,806 ✭✭✭corny


    Enzokk wrote: »
    There will be politics now as well from within the EU. If Mrs Merkel and Mr Holland feel that the EU project is under threat if the UK is seen to get a sweet deal for leaving, you can bet they will go hard on the UK. We keep hearing the EU is fragile and on the verge of breaking up, they will not want to encourage The Netherlands or the nationalists in France by being weak with the UK.

    They can easily play it off as typical Brits. Sure they were always more trouble their worth. They don't have to resort to outright trade war to convince the masses. Anyway, engaging with electorate isn't the done thing in the European Union.


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    #1581
    BlaasForRafa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    Watching the City boys cry about the result can only be good for the ordinary working person.

    The city subsidizes the "ordinary working person(s)" through the wealth it generates so any gloating of that nature will be purely cutting off their noses to spite their faces.


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    #1582
    Akrasia
    Registered Users Posts: 22,423 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I just woke up.



    HOLY SH1T!!!!


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    #1583
    AllGunsBlazing
    Registered Users Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭AllGunsBlazing


    BlaasForRafa wrote: »
    Eh...it's not exactly as noble or uplifting as the Berlin Wall falling but I suppose you're right.

    Did you ever spare a thought for that bloke who turned up for guard duty the next day only to find he was unemployed?:p


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    #1584
    BlaasForRafa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    AllGunsBlazing wrote: »
    Did you ever spare a thought for that bloke who turned up for guard duty the next day only to find he was unemployed?:p

    Poor old Gunther!

    :P


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    #1585
    corny
    Registered Users Posts: 7,806 ✭✭✭corny


    BlaasForRafa wrote: »
    The city subsidizes the "ordinary working person(s)" through the wealth it generates so any gloating of that nature will be purely cutting off their noses to spite their faces.

    You've been great fun so far on this thread but I think that's your best so far. The City enriching the common folk. Priceless.


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    #1586
    AllGunsBlazing
    Registered Users Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭AllGunsBlazing


    Akrasia wrote: »
    I just woke up.



    HOLY SH1T!!!!

    David Cameron's probably saying the same thing right about now.


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    #1587
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users Posts: 17,201 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    The lunatics are running the asylum with this vote :(


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    #1588
    Vivian Little Cheddar
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Vivian Little Cheddar


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    The lunatics are running the asylum with this vote :(

    With the backing of over half the country.

    Scary stuff.


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    #1589
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,749 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Ireland will now be the largest English speaking nation in the EU.


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    #1590
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    BlaasForRafa wrote: »
    The city subsidizes the "ordinary working person(s)" through the wealth it generates so any gloating of that nature will be purely cutting off their noses to spite their faces.

    Wealth it generates? Not for ordinary working folk. Most of them are pissed because they had hedged their bets on a Remain result.

    We were probably heading for a European super state.

    Be interesting to see what happens to Germany and its bonds. Will they no longer be seen as a safe haven. Still huge debt all around Europe.


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    #1591
    gladrags
    Registered Users Posts: 6,028 ✭✭✭gladrags


    LiamoSail wrote: »
    The young wanted to remain, the educated wanted to remain and the big cities, London, Manchester and Liverpool along with Scotland wanted to remain. The worst English stereotype has prevailed here, the knuckle dragging, uneducated, xenophobic UKIP voting little englander

    Your joking

    Right?

    The vote was close enough,and tbe logical educated conclusion,is that there are many rational arguements,for leaving or dramatically changing the EU beaurocratic monster.


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