Ok, we are out, what now?

varian, same for South Wales except we don't have big businesses coming here, too far on the end of the country

I hope that I am wrong too.
We should never have been asked. A woman yesterday was voting because she wanted the old style light bulbs back!! (Some hope) A man thought he would now be offered housing- not sure which planet he is living on!
Lots of people are going to be disappointed when it doesn't pan out as they expect. I have signed a petition that wants to hold them to the promise of £350m a week to the NHS (a promise now called 'a mistake'.)I don't expect anything from it- in fact I expect the NHS to die. We are going to be stuck with the most right wing government ever.

I see the petition mentioned earlier has now reached in excess of 300,000 signatures.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215

Durhamjen At one time I lived in the NE of England - Labour stronghold then .

These people have suffered a lot of hardship - traditional heavy industry declining since the Thatcher years, austerity imposed by the current government, but the one positive thing has been the investment by the EU and foreign companies like Nissan who had confidence in the area because Britain was in the EU.

Why did so many NE voters fall for the Brexit lies?

inews.co.uk/essentials/news/leave-campaigners-suggest-pledges-may-not-upheld/

Who else thinks they made a mistake?

I totally agree Leticia - it seems to be a lose-lose situation. I cannot think of any way we can possibly be better off. I hope I am wrong.

Newcastle was the only place in the NorthEast to vote to remain, and that was only by just over 50%. Durham voted 60% to leave. When Northumberland numbers came in, that was the area that tipped leave over the line.
On the news tonight they were interviewing people from Hartlepool who said that they could not see how things could get worse so they were voting to leave to get rid of Cameron.
There are 20 large companies listed on the stock exchange. They have lost over £1.52 billion in less than a day.
Nissan hasn't said what it is going to do yet. It is keeping options open.

I can't think of anything constructive at the moment- I am so appalled by what has happened to our country.

durhamjen What happened in the northeast?

www.thelocal.dk/20160616/brexit-denmark-wont-follow-uk-out-of-eu

I think opinion polls have shown that anti EU sentiment in Denmark is much wider than just their extreme right wing party.

My Danish daughter in law has had lots of phonecalls from family and friends. Denmark do not want to follow us. It's just their right wing party putting out the message. Worse and smaller than Ukip.

That was all to Emily Harburn btw.

I haven't a clue what that actually means in real money.

That was yesterday, marion. Today we are sixth, having been overtaken by France.

1.21 today.

1.27 in Marks and Sparks on Thursday.(euro to pound)

durhamjen, unfortunately, Poland and Hungary have already voted in anti-EU right wing governments and Sweden and Denmark both have a significant proportion of their populations who would like to see their countries out of the EU.

Personally, now we have voted out I think it is quite reasonable for the other governements in the EU to say 'You voted 'out' so out you go. It is what I would do in that situation. I think the Brexiters are over confident in thinking we can make a smooth transition from being in the EU to being out with all the privileges of being In.

I am glad Cameron has decided to resign, nothing personal, I just think that those who campaigned to get us out are the ones that should deal with the results of the campaign they espoused.

Well as it is looking a little bit like some other countries might want to follow our example and bearing in mind that we are the 5th largest economy in the world (so they have been endlessly telling us) I think we should face the future with confidence! Yes there will be some shaky times ahead but ultimately I hope we can regain our national pride and entrepreneurial spirit and make a great job of our future. Onwards and upwards

So right Bluecat

Am staying with friend in Rostrevor Northern Ireland. I found her in tears this morning at the thought of Ireland once more being divided and the boarder coming back. Have been to events in Dublin and Belfast. No passports needed for Dublin.

It might be worthwhile checking out what Gisels Stuart. Chairwoman of bot leave campaign is saying.

We went into Newery to chafe pounds into euros 1.23. About the same. It's the dollar we have fallen against and oil and some other commodities are quoted I dollars so we can expect more expensive fuel etc

Hope we can exit gracefully and set a standard for an 'associate '. Of the European community.

DD spent the day in a meeting with colleagues from around Europe who were all sitting round saying "What the f**k have you done?" All she could do was assure them it wasn't her and wonder where she was going to find the millions of pounds funding for research that she has been getting from Europe.

Whichever way the voting went,I wish the winning percentage had been much higher.
It is a difficult starting point to reform with the country so evenly split.

Bluecat says it all.

Well, if we don't work together, we will be working against each other and the devil may take the hindmost. The country would certainly sink. "if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand" Matthew 12:22-30