Undecideds - have you decided?

discussions of the day are often out of date, and I suppose people are still posting up-to-date thoughts on it.

On discussions of the day?

Why is this thread still up?

Yes there were some who said they voted Brexit for a laugh, and had no inkling they would get in. All of them said they should have remain. What a dogs dinner.

They were very young and only talked about it once it was a fait accomplit. They're pretty sheepish today!

What would be the point of voting Brexit for a laugh? Nobody's going to know unless you tell them and if you seriously didn't think Brexit stood a chance, all the more reason to vote for Remain.

Nowt so queer.

I don't know anyone who hadn't thought about it long and hard
(however, views of friends and family are not reflected in the result).

I've met several people who voted brexit 'for a laugh' because they didn't seriously think they stood a chance. They ain't laughing now. That's why I posted my last comment.

why would they?
They voted how they wanted to vote so must be pleased with the result.
Those who did not bother to go and vote are perhaps thinking 'Oh no, perhaps I should have made the effort'.

Not me!

I wonder how many of those who voted brexit woke up this morning and thought 'Oh no. What have I done?!'

Can't remember who said it, but if undecided, toss a coin. If you feel disappointed at the result, go the other way. It sounds like you did that in a metaphorical way, MamaCaz.

MamaCaz I could have written your post word for word. I was torn until the last minute and then decided we had to stay and try and get reforms from the inside. Now I feel as if the ground is shifting under me and I don't like it at all.

Democracy is the will of the majority, everyone is entitled to a vote regardless of their IQ, education level, income, social standing or political leanings.

We live in a democracy.

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.

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.

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.....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?

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.

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.

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

Brilliant, daphne.

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

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.

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!"