Cameron is leaving, but Corbyn is remaining.
Good, if only he could take over as MP, instead of Boris or whoever it'll be.
Cameron is leaving, but Corbyn is remaining.
Honestly, people are being pathetic over this whole thing. We are leaving, we can't change that, get over it. I'm just getting sick of everything about this.
yea I think it's good that they left, the EU was controlling them a lot in terms of laws and regulations, not to mention their economy will eventually crash along with all of the other EU ones so they might as well get it done and over with already so all of the countries can finally stabilize
Yikes. I literally said yikes when I read the news. I do not live in England, but I have many friends who do. I think there might be an event similar to the Great Depression. All the stocks will go down, etc.
Well, I don't live in the UK but I do live in the EU, so there was, is and will be quite some media coverage here.
From what I've seen until know, it seems like most people that voted to leave had a very low amount of knowledge about the EU, were elderly or lived in a remote/rural area or a combination of those. Honestly, that's not very suprising as that is basically what is the case during any kind of voting that has the subject of governmental influences in any country. It always saddens me that people with a twisted image of reality are able to influence these kind of major choices, regardless of what they vote.
Personally, I think by leaving the EU, they won't solve the problems such as those with immigration and will only gain more problems such as those regarding their economical state. Outside of the UK, there are of course also the needed consequences. Economical but also people who would need to leave the UK to return to the country where they were born regardless of the amount of life they built up in the UK.
I guess only time will tell what the real outcome will be. If the UK ends up leaving the EU, I hope any negative consequences will be a wake-up call for more people who think not working together is the best solution to solving global problems. Our lovely populistic far-right party in the Netherlands, PVV, already is working on their campaign for a Nexit. Luckily, the other parties are aware that the leader and only official member of the PVV, Geert Wilders, is Donald Trump 2.0.
A lot of people in the UK seemed to be heavily emotionally affected by this decision of the nation, so all I can say is stay strong and be true to yourself.
I find that first bit very insulting. My whole family had full knowledge of the EU, thank you very much.
''From what I've seen until know, it seems like most people that voted to leave had a very low amount of knowledge about the EU, were elderly or lived in a remote/rural area or a combination of those.''
I'm in no way insulting your family or saying anything directly towards you and/or your family. There's no reason for you to feel insulted unless you actually associate these aspects with your family.
That's still insulting. It's like saying that the leave campaign was load of rubbish.
Ehh, It's not insulting as such. It's a personal opinion on a debate thread, that most people are elderly. Which I have seen some evidence of myself. They didn't say "all people that leave the EU know nothing!". We all have our own reasons why we voted. If you decide to get personally hurt by someones opinion, that's your choice. I for one don't understand how somebody saying someone knew little about the EU or lived in a rural area could offend you, but London mostly voted to remain in the EU which proves the rural point in some way.
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If you want further proof, just look at this poll. Most people voted "no". This could also prove that they live in a rural area or just read newspapers. But the people online that have another perspective are saying that remaining is the best idea. Once again not trying to say anything bad about your family, there opinion could be for a number of factors.
Oh I know that 60% of people who voted leave are elderly. People are just making it out to be a bad thing.
I'm not super informed but I feel like I've heard that Europe had a lot of LGBT protection policies as a whole that may no longer apply to Britain if they leave and may set back LGBT rights for British people a lot?? I'm not sure if that's true or not but if it is then I think it's a bad idea.