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Undecideds - have you decided?

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kittylester Thu 23-Jun-16 07:48:58

I think I'm going for 'Remain' but I'm still not definite.confused

JessM Thu 23-Jun-16 21:29:29

We've had a lot of love on the campaign trail Jalima - many hugs including this morning when one of our number was weeping with anxiety and another suffering from stomach cramps for the same reason. If it turns out we have failed, then we will still retain the bonds we have built, both between the older members of the team and the student members who have come out in force to help. Went into Waitrose and saw one of our youngest members looking very grown up, working on customer services. Another massive hug. Most younger women I talked to today in the town centre were voting IN including a gang of lovely 6th formers, in their school uniforms for the last time after their final exams.

Jalima Thu 23-Jun-16 21:38:23

If you have given any money to her HopenotHate, RVS or whitehelmets campaign, you will have had one today, probably
Well, I didn't, I gave to another Syrian charity but donated in memory of Jo, so I didn't get an email about love but that doesn't mean I don't care, so the attack was unwarranted and a waste of angst really.

harrigran Thu 23-Jun-16 21:38:33

dj I don't think any of us have enough years left to try and understand your point of view, you truly are an enigma.

Jalima Thu 23-Jun-16 21:40:18

JessM I think people were hugging Boris too

I haven't seen a single person campaigning around here!

merlotgran Thu 23-Jun-16 21:46:03

Nobody campaigning round here either.

Isn't it normal to give your colleagues a hug after a period of hard work and dedication?

Jalima Thu 23-Jun-16 21:49:48

We never used to!
The thought of us all having a group hug after a success makes me feel queasy - again. Perhaps everyone was very polite.
A visit to the pub to celebrate may have been in order!

etheltbags1 Thu 23-Jun-16 21:53:04

Im undecided but have just read on facecbook that if we vote out it will take 20 years to get everything organised, it cant just happen overnight. TBH is anyone really bothered about 20 years along the line.

Ive talked to several people who are deliberately not voting as they feel they just don't know enough about it to be able to make an informed decision.

petra Thu 23-Jun-16 22:00:21

ethelbags1 Not a lot to say to that.

Ana Thu 23-Jun-16 22:03:52

Too late to vote now anyway, etheltbags1.

petra Thu 23-Jun-16 22:06:30

I understood exactly where durhamjen was going with that post. It's called emotional blackmail. It's never worked in any area of my life and certainly wouldn't/ couldn't change my mind.

durhamjen Thu 23-Jun-16 22:07:21

Saw a photo of Boris kissing a fish. Does that count?
Actually he was just pretending.

Hey, everyone, I'm an enigma! How about that!

durhamjen Thu 23-Jun-16 22:07:51

Better than being called athlete's foot.

Devorgilla Thu 23-Jun-16 22:09:07

Well that's it folks. The die is cast. It is in the lap of the gods. All over bar the counting.
Let's hope for a good turn out and a clear cut decision.
By the sound of it outside it's a case of "Apres la referendum, la deluge".
Off to OD on the count roundup.

Cath9 Thu 23-Jun-16 22:59:01

I wonder what people from the other EU countries are now thinking, would they also like to have a referendum. If we do stay in, let us hope that Brussels will now realize some items must change

daphnedill Thu 23-Jun-16 23:06:20

For BREXITERS (in case REMAIN wins)...

A mouse took a walk through a deep dark bureaucracy
full of Germans and Greeks and fiscal orthodoxy
a gaggle of people - all eurosceptic
spotted the mouse and went quite apoplectic.
He was dancing around singing "Europe's OK
and we're better off in, so vote Remain today".
The europhobes said "Come on little mouse
Come and have tea in our Brexit house.
We need to alert you we need you to know
Of this terrible thing called a Brusselo."
"A Brusselo, what's a Brusselo?"
"A Brusselo, why don't you know?
He has terrible growth and a weak currency
and he can't control borders or refugees.
His eyes are all red with those late night spats
between Merkel and slippery diplomats
He has knobbly knees and terrible claws -
he wants to mess with our British laws.
His tusks are alarming, his law is confected
And worst of all - no one is elected
"I don't believe you," the little mouse cried
"I've been to Brussels and looked inside.
It's like any bureaucracy - there's bad and there's good
But we're much better inside this deep dark wood
So why don't you cut out the rhetoric
Cos that's just a great big thing on a stick!"

Greenockgran Thu 23-Jun-16 23:21:00

What was a trade agreement became a cultural experiment. I voted out for my grandchildren, even although my famous son will have to get a visa in europe, and he is annoyed at me. Well too bad. I look to the future.

harrigran Thu 23-Jun-16 23:46:36

I am in the same position Greenockgran, my DD lives abroad and thinks we should vote to please the DC. Too late grin Nobody in the family is talking to me except DH but we are two peas in a pod anyway.

durhamjen Thu 23-Jun-16 23:57:35

Brilliant, daphne.

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 00:15:26

It was shared with me on Facebook by an Austrian friend.

1GrannyWW Fri 24-Jun-16 00:55:13

I know it's early but I'm so afraid we're heading out of the EU. I know everyone voted for what they believed was the best, voted to be the Britain they wanted. But the pound is tumbling already and I fear the money saved - which was to go to the NHS, the farmers, the fishermen, deprived areas, research funding to universities etc etc- will go to prop up the banks and hedge funds.
Well we did have lots of opinions, Boris, Nigel & co versus the rest of the world. I really hope if we do leave that all those experts WERE wrong because otherwise there will be even more burden on those least able to bear it.

Granny2016 Fri 24-Jun-16 00:58:19

I fear for the long term future of this country if we remain.

A vote to remain is not looking far enough into the future,when we expect other countries with poor economies to join us.
Despite Camerons rhetoric,it is reported that negotiations over Turkey are about to continue.
We have been given one chance to break away from an ailing EU and its Gravy Train,or be shackled to it.
I hope people have been brave enough.

Granny2016 Fri 24-Jun-16 01:06:16

daphnedill.....Mice are not the most intelligent of creatures...they are gullible and very easy to trap.
Do you think it would prefer a nice piece of French cheese?

WilmaKnickersfit Fri 24-Jun-16 01:20:40

The results which are different to what was predicted seem to be going in favour of Leave. It's very early days, but I am worried too 1GrannyWW.

daphnedill Fri 24-Jun-16 01:22:35

I've always found mice prefer chocolate.

The point is that the Brusselo is an illusion. It's become a bogeyman to scare the compliant.

MamaCaz Fri 24-Jun-16 07:26:44

I was undecided right up to the last minute, because my head and my heart wanted different outcomes. In the end, i went with my head and voted in, but still had mixed feelings, especially when the polling stations closed and rumours abounded that the 'in' vote would win.

It wasn't until I heard the result in the middle of the night that I knew for certain that I had made the right decision, because I immediately became very worried about the repercussions and how badly they might affect my own children and other young people in their position who have already struggled through one bout of austerity.

My vote wasn't enough to help them, but if I had voted out, I know I would bitterly regret it now and feel very guilty in the future if things turn tough for them. As it is, I simply feel worried.