Britain Leaves the EU

[Bible_Belt]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/world/europe/britain-brexit-european-union-referendum.html?_r=0

Britain Votes to Leave E.U., Stunning the World

 

[playa99]

I voted to remain. To many people voted based on false premises!

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

Anybody back in THIS THREAD make any money?

 

[playa99]

I don't do betting so I wouldn't have betted in the bookmakers.

If I was more liquid at present I would have bought a helluva lot of Euros to earn a few £££ today

 

[LiveFreeX]

I voted Leave, goodbye u leftist cvnts! Britain for the British!!!

 

[Von]

It was a typical British reaction.... they were never really part of the EuroZone anyway..... You talk about those who invented the modern concept of Commonwealth and Multiculturalism (cultural ghettos)... Never seen more racist than a ''white british'': You can come here, make commerce, but you'll never mix with us or be one of us but thanks for the money.

So obviously, they joined the EuroZone without taking the Euro, keep their money etc.....

Also, you see the generation divide... the ''leave'' was a majority in the 45+ age group

Bonus: I am making money on the market fall and pounds (Canadian dollars look good now to take Euro shares)

Long term issue: Scotland and Ireland will push to seced from Great Britain and join the Euro, English elites will be happy in their castle and writing new laws, Germany/France duo will do everything to alienate Great Britain, Russia will start selling gaz cheaper.

Who will benefit from the change? Tourists, Right-Wing politicians, Russia

 

[BeTheChange]

Anybody back in THIS THREAD make any money?

Made a £3k loss on a straight naked bet but shorted the FTSE 250 (via an ETF), as it was obvious that the market had already priced in a Remain and I didn't see significant upside going long and leaving myself doubly exposed.

At one point on Thursday a LEAVE victory was going at 8/1 - that's how unlikely the market thought it was. Somebody would have made a killing on those odds.

Unrealised profit isn't quite yet covering the loss on the bet but I think the FTSE 250 has further to fall given its made up of more British/European centric companies.

Money aside, I for one am pretty shocked. It's the ignorant working class masses that have won this one, despite being the group who will be the most worse off in the medium and probably long term. On the facts there was never any doubt that the UK was better off in the EU. No point complaining. Most of us with skills and mobility will be looking elsewhere. What's Australia like these days?

 

[Bible_Belt]

Notice the US never has national referendums. We have them at the state level, usually for stupid sh!t. Legalizing weed has been the most substantial state-level policy changes to come out of referendums.

Imagine a US referendum to repeal NAFTA. It would carry 90% of the vote....which is why it's never going to happen.

 

[BeTheChange]

Notice the US never has national referendums. We have them at the state level, usually for stupid sh!t. Legalizing weed has been the most substantial state-level policy changes to come out of referendums.

Imagine a US referendum to repeal NAFTA. It would carry 90% of the vote....which is why it's never going to happen.

Yep. Large consensus that Cameron gambled with with the country's future just to win the general election, since he promised the referendum as part of his manifesto. Madness.

 

[Bible_Belt]

The Memes.....they are coming.

 

[Bible_Belt]

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a46143/why-brexit-bad-for-britain/

Why Brexit Is Much, Much Scarier Than You Think
This is what economic suicide looks like.

 

[YawataNoKami]

 

[Bokanovsky]

The Brits made the right choice. A European superstate has always been a utopian idea. The last time Europe was united under one government was under the Roman Empire and we all know how that ended. I expect that Britain is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of nations leaving the EU. I would be surprised if the union was still around in 2030.

The EU has three main problems:

1.An ever- growing, corrupt, unelected and largely unaccountable bureaucracy.

2. Economic disparity between rich and poor countries, and economic policies that effectively compel the former to subsidize the latter (i.e. Greece).

3. Open borders Schengen Agreement that holds the entire bloc hostage to insane immigration policies of one or two of its member states (i.e. Germany and Sweden). Germany almost singlehandedly created the current migrant crisis by stating that they would accept all migrants able to reach their borders.

The EU should have never evolved past being a free trade economic bloc that it started out as.

 

[YawataNoKami]

Hmmmmm ...............an influx of SJW in sosuave .

 

[Von]

Oh well all the Pro-Brexit leaders are gone and left the ship. The UK is now lead by a woman... like all the time the **** hits the fan

Man its a hilarious situation from outside and for once France is not to blame

However, its the poor and the agricultural regions who voted the Brexit... funny Ireland and Scotland are seeking to stay in the Euro although they seek independance from the UK entirely

Personnally I am not surprised it happened. United-Kingdom had rejected a common currency, so they were always on the fence with the ''Euro-zone''.

Too bad but Euro-zone style and citystates are the future. Countries mean nothing now.

The future will probably be a North American Federation - Euro Zone - Asia Block - African Union kind of stuff

 

[YawataNoKami]

Oh well all the Pro-Brexit leaders are gone and left the ship. The UK is now lead by a woman... like all the time the **** hits the fan

Man its a hilarious situation from outside and for once France is not to blame

However, its the poor and the agricultural regions who voted the Brexit... funny Ireland and Scotland are seeking to stay in the Euro although they seek independance from the UK entirely

Personnally I am not surprised it happened. United-Kingdom had rejected a common currency, so they were always on the fence with the ''Euro-zone''.

Too bad but Euro-zone style and citystates are the future. Countries mean nothing now.

The future will probably be a North American Federation - Euro Zone - Asia Block - African Union kind of stuff

Common currency? Brits use their own currency.
Euro-zone the future? For muslims ............just look at Sweden. Its that what you want?

 

[backseatjuan]

Year 2017.....

Ukraine joins the EU, and everybody else leaves the EU, only the Ukraine remains in European Union.

Year 2018.....

Lybia, Syria, Turkey, and a few other arab countries join the the EU!

Year 2019.....

Alaska leaves the United States and joins Russia, at the whole peninsula physically drift over the pacific fire ridge and physically joins Russia. Trump uses high tech robe to prevent california and hawaii doing the same.