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Does a little bit of you...... (It's about that)

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jinglbellsfrocks Mon 20-Jun-16 11:12:32

.... almost want the other side to win, simply because the follow up to the result would be so much more interesting? Yes, I know that is completely irresponsible. hmm

annsixty Fri 24-Jun-16 06:25:24

A win mostly by the uneducated vote and they will now be the losers.
I think for the first time I am pleased I am nearly 79 and won't live to see the effects but sad my GC will.

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 06:25:22

If we can't control inflation interest rates will rise. We are not yet out of debt thanks to Osbornes rubbish economics and so the debt will get worse.

GandTea Fri 24-Jun-16 06:22:00

Tighten your belts, the s.... is about to hit the fan. I'm ashamed to say that the racist element has got their wish.

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 06:18:01

Wales was going to receive the equivalent of £1000 per person in EU aid from now until 2020. Why didn't they want the money?

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 06:17:54

Noone listened or believed

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 06:16:35

Farage is too dangerous. He is still talking about division. He can't e allowed anywhere near government

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 06:16:13

£150bn written off the FTSE! How much was leaving the EU supposed to save, so that it could be given to the NHS? It would be laughable if it weren't so tragic.

Yeah! Yeah! It was only 'experts' who said this would happen. What do they know?

The real tragedy is that it will be the 'common people' who will pay with their jobs and security. Those fat cats everybody so despises still won't care, because they'll be busy making their money with their money transactions.

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 06:11:32

Stocks and the futures market have fallen massively. The pound has even fallen against the Zimbabwean dollar. Gold is up, as it always is when there's predicted instability.

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 06:06:35

Le Penn's tail must be up

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 05:48:22

The weird thing is as someone just said thst 2/3 of parliament disagree with the result. Whose therefore going to carry out the negotiations?

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 05:41:06

Scotland gone? Northern Ireland highly questionable
Someone give me some good news. Perhaps I'm just tired

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 05:40:42

The Telegraph is suggesting that Labour wants an early election, which they will inevitably lose, so they can elect a new leader.

Yes, let the BREXIT buffoons sort this out. We're going to be in for a rocky ride.

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 05:37:24

Lololol @ obie

Sorry, but he really doesn't. My daughter sometimes jokes (well, I'm not sure if it's a joke) that she's better qualified than Osborne in economics. She certainly has better paper qualifications and work experience.

Osborne's claim to fame has been as a strategist. His economic measures haven't been grounded in what's good for the country, but what's good for attracting votes.

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 05:35:33

They are both toast. Quite frankly the Brexiteers wanted this so it is up to them to sort it out.

obieone Fri 24-Jun-16 05:29:23

I dont mind trying to calm people down, but I dont think I am going to stay around on gransnet for a few days/couple of weeks, while people deal with their anger and panic, and probably take it out on posters.
Not worth it and I cant be bothered.

In my opinion, Cameron has got about 2 weeks at best, to try and get a handle on the new Britain.

And personally, I want Osborne to stay, because like him or not, I personally think he does generally understand finances and the financial world.

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 05:26:34

Brexit say we need calm measures discussion. Well that's what they would like to happen
The can sit and have calm discussion and the market falls apart

obieone Fri 24-Jun-16 05:24:44

I would say it has implications for more than a generation.

I wonder whether Gove and Boris will have to help out a lot. Cameron shot himself in the foot right at the beginning by saying that Leave was a leap into the dark.

Let's hope he has clued himself up a lot since then.

Decisions have been made whitewave, on what some people are experiencing right now. Around where they live. What they are experiencing every day.

People can and do vote on whatever they think and matters to them personally. I think a vote is wonderful!

dd, perhaps I need to put up the list again, but countries do exist quite happily, economically, outside of the EU.

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 05:24:14

We can't convince the markets all is well, because they aren't and they're not stupid. The Bank of England will be deciding right now what they can do. The first thing is that they're going to have to step in to support the pound.

Meanwhile, the money traders will be ordering their new Ferraris! angry

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 05:19:38

If we can convince the markets that alls well than nothing much will happen for a while. But the markets are looking dreadful. Watch as prices begin to rise, inflation takes off. Oh God.

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 05:16:14

Yes, it is.

Of course it can't deliver on more money for the NHS. It's just kissed goodbye to that. The pound has fallen by 9% and falling. That means our debt will increase and the government won't be able to borrow money so cheaply. Who was it scare-mongering that we'd end up like Greece?

The Bank of England will have to intervene to prevent sharp inflation. One way or other the 'little people' are going to have to pay for this through higher taxes or more cuts. Thereis LESS money to spend on the NHS, just as predicted. I don't think I will be able to stand Osborne's 'I told you so' smirk.

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 05:10:13

This is utterly seismic - I hope the Brexiteers know what they are doing because I'm buggered if I know, or have confidence that they do

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 05:04:33

God this is so serious. It has implications for a generation. In our economy in our relations throughout the world and for the EU and the world economy.

What a bloody cock up

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 05:00:37

And me pogs. Someone just said this was a referendum on a major constitutional change.
But decisions have been made on minutiae and myth.

whitewave Fri 24-Jun-16 04:58:06

So now can Brexit deliver?

Primarily less immigration.
Much more money for NHS
Funding for all areas at the moment funded by EU?
Social policy to remain the same?
Environmental policy to stand?
Single market is easy as its gone or will be.

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 04:58:04

POGS

OK! I have always understood people's concerns, but I've also been saddened by the amount of rubbish people have been fed about the EU. I wouldn't have minded so much, if the decision had been based on rational arguments, but so much of it has been myth. I still don't understand what people think they're going to gain, apart from getting one over the so-called elite.

I am genuinely upset by it all.