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Old 24th June 2016, 13:03     #1
Ab
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#brexit motherbitches

Early days yet, but right now...

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Leave has 53.1% of votes counted so far
wow.
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Old 24th June 2016, 13:15     #2
blynk
 
Very early days, 39/382.

It started off with remain in the lead
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Old 24th June 2016, 13:17     #3
Lightspeed
 
London will pull the stay side through.
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Old 24th June 2016, 14:37     #4
Ab
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16.5 (million) required to win

currently (rough guess, a third of the way through counting):

Leave 6.95
Remain 6.58
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Old 24th June 2016, 14:41     #5
Heyzoos
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London will pull the stay side through.
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Old 24th June 2016, 15:11     #6
Deadmeat
 
half a million votes ahead, big hill to climb for remain
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Old 24th June 2016, 15:14     #7
Ab
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Over halfway

Leave 10.8
Remain 10.2
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Old 24th June 2016, 15:16     #8
blynk
 
These are one of those referendums when you would think they should have to get 66% of the vote to change status quo.
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Old 24th June 2016, 15:22     #9
crocos
 
It's a non-binding referendum, so even if it was 66%... <shrug>
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Old 24th June 2016, 15:46     #10
Deadmeat
 
media calling brexit
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Old 24th June 2016, 15:53     #11
ZoSo
 
Grats to the poms.
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Old 24th June 2016, 16:04     #12
blynk
 
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It's a non-binding referendum, so even if it was 66%... <shrug>
Oh I see. I didn't realise that.
Well this will be interesting, it's so close. Will they go with it. Obviously I haven't paid that much attention to it, so who has the final decision. Is it parliment, or a panel of people?

Last edited by blynk : 24th June 2016 at 16:07.
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Old 24th June 2016, 16:06     #13
Juju
get to da choppa
 
SNP will be stoked
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Old 24th June 2016, 16:21     #14
Ab
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Leave leading by over a million now. It's going to fucking happen.
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Old 24th June 2016, 16:37     #15
Savage
 
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Leave leading by over a million now. It's going to fucking happen.
Cameron as good as gone.

Value of the Pound dropping through the floor.

Gold price/ounce just shot up through the roof.

I would hate to see what will happen if Cameron and the incumbent govt decide they're not going to go with the referendum results.
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Old 24th June 2016, 16:40     #16
Ab
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Scotland's going to lose its fucking mind.
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Old 24th June 2016, 16:42     #17
BoyWonder
 
I wonder if Scotland would like another crack at their referendum now?
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Old 24th June 2016, 16:42     #18
Savage
 
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Scotland's going to lose its fucking mind.
Fucken oath.

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I wonder if Scotland would like another crack at their referendum now?
Yeah this has been brought up in the office too; it's not entirely unfeasible that they would leave the UK and negotiate to join the EU instead.

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Old 24th June 2016, 17:28     #19
Ab
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And then Wales? Northern Ireland?
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Old 24th June 2016, 17:35     #20
Ab
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Check this shit out:

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Old 24th June 2016, 17:46     #21
Lightspeed
 
Welp.

Just what the world needs, more disconnection.
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Old 24th June 2016, 17:48     #22
Ab
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See this is why democracy sucks.
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Old 24th June 2016, 18:46     #23
fixed_truth
 
Laugh

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The point for me is this though; A university professor of 12 years, what has got an actual PhD, specialising in European constitutional law and the relationship between the EU and its member states, specifically the UK, the single market and the free movement of people has said its a fucking shit idea to leave the EU.

Surely that's enough then? Let's agree with him, surely? He probably knows what's chong and what's not chong.

I mean I know you've got a BTEC in sports science and, yeah... sure, your lass has got her level 1 hairdressing certificate and you both went to Tossa De Mar once for holiday but his points seem to come across better than yours somehow. Like, his arguments are built around solid premises and formulated on numbers and research and shit whereas yours are like "Yeah well The Sun says all black people are wankers, so..."
https://www.facebook.com/BhunaBhuna/...53758422443214
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Old 24th June 2016, 19:35     #24
Ab
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Cameron falls on his sword:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...e_iOSApp_Other
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Old 24th June 2016, 19:42     #25
CCS
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Boris! Boris! Boris!
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Old 24th June 2016, 20:41     #26
Lightspeed
 
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See this is why democracy sucks.
It may be contemporary democratic institutions are out of date. I wonder if some kind of swarm intelligence would be an improvement.
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Old 24th June 2016, 21:03     #27
Ab
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Is that you, Nahaz? And you want me to... drink?
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Old 24th June 2016, 23:22     #28
Delphinus
 
Should be some sort of vote weighting for decisions like this (and climate change etc) based on your age.
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Old 25th June 2016, 09:59     #29
crocos
 
Little bit more than just age; the most telling demographic seems to be education. Here's The Guardian's breakdown:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...s-and-analysis

I suppose it is people's democratic right to be sheep for the xenophobic demagogues.
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Old 25th June 2016, 10:49     #30
sidbo
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lol

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7099906.html

Fucking lol.
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Old 25th June 2016, 10:53     #31
crocos
 
Talks well, but with what he's saying? What a fucking tosser.
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Old 25th June 2016, 11:50     #32
sidbo
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https://twitter.com/Delahuntagram/st...rc=twsrc%5Etfw
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Old 25th June 2016, 16:06     #33
Deadmeat
 
facepalm

Headline seen on NZHerald... "How brexit may affect GoT"
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Old 25th June 2016, 22:39     #34
cyc
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Newsflash: It's just a bunch of uneducated, dumb, retired, out-of-work, and xenophobic white rednecks of babyboomer age and up doing their level best to ruin the world.

.... like it's happening almost everywhere.

Sigh
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Old 26th June 2016, 11:37     #35
spigalau
 
^ Best definition of Labour party ever...
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Old 26th June 2016, 14:09     #36
Ab
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“what has the EU ever done for us?” asks Mensa candidate standing in previously-ruined town rebuilt by EU money

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...eave-ebbw-vale
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Old 26th June 2016, 14:12     #37
Ab
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If you were actually wondering how this happened, here's the answer:

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Percentage of eligible voters who actually turned out to vote, by age group:

18-24: 36%
25-34: 58%
35-44: 72%
45-54: 75%
55-64: 81%
65+: 83%

(source: @SkyData)
In other words, the same as always
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Old 26th June 2016, 18:10     #38
crocos
 
That's partially true, but not the only significant measure:
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Little bit more than just age; the most telling demographic seems to be education. Here's The Guardian's breakdown:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...s-and-analysis
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Old 26th June 2016, 18:16     #39
ZoSo
 
https://dimpost.wordpress.com/2016/0...d-brexit-post/

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I’ve been pretty unimpressed with the state of left-wing ‘analysis’, which mostly consists of a single inchoate sneer of petulant, elitist rage at the stupidity of the ignorant, racist voters for not voting the way their intellectual superiors told them to. There was obvious glee at the panic in the financial markets, which are suddenly an arbiter of left-wing political wisdom, somehow. Countless claims that the moronic Leave voters didn’t understand what they were voting for, and now regretted it, which is not borne out post-referendum opinion polls which indicate strong sustained support for their decision. Anti-democratic arguments that because the young voted Remain, the Leave votes of older voters were somehow invalid, even though turnout among young voters was abysmal.
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One thing I do know about politics is that when you lose you need to figure out why, and figure out where and how you went wrong; not just throw a sustained tantrum and change nothing.
Danyl for leadership of the hapless left.
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Old 26th June 2016, 23:06     #40
crocos
 
Glenn Greenwald weighing in on Brexit and Trumpism
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/25/...-institutions/
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