Ok, we are out, what now?

Sometimes ele circumstances are outside our control.

What affects us and the ordinary man is what is happening in the money markets. We have absolutely no control over that whatsoever. Listening Carney trying to steady the market and provide confidence shows how serious it could become.

How bloody much is this result costing us!!!!!!!!

Losing a husband was out of my control too, and changed my life, but I decided it damn well wasn't going to wreck it.

I have to go places alone, do things for myself that he would always have done, and at some point I shall quite possibly die alone of an unexpected stroke or heart attack, as I don't have any chronic deseases that mean I am under constant medical attention.

This UK is a hell of a lot healthier than many others. We stand every chance of survival as a country, and we just have to look after one another if some of us are hard hit. We have done it before, we can do it again.

We have no say in - what now ,

Elegran,

You seem to have missed the irony. The people who voted Leave won't get the jobs as negotiators, etc. It will be those faceless bureaucrats from Brussels and newly qualified Oxbridge graduates.

I wouldn't bet on the pound and markets settling within a few days. There is no precedent. Meanwhile the fat cat traders will be celebrating.

PS. My daughter is already an economist/negotiator and my son possibly has an internship at the Bank of England, so I'm not complaining, but they and I didn't vote Leave.

@Elegran

So why did people deliberately make life difficult? How will leaving the EU improve people's lives?

Elegran, ever the diplomat

Yes we do. We have a say in who we elect to Parliament, we have contact email and postal adresses for them. We can write to newspapers and online forums. We can make a nuisance of ourselves on many levels. We can join groups who work to give practical help and/or advice where it is needed. Some of us already do all those things.

We were told we were raising project fear -remember?

So are the money markets all part of this collusion? Perhaps we should now listen to Brexit when they say " no worry chaps" only temporary" can you ever remember the B of E ever making such a statement?

£250bn we are pouring in to steady the markets.

How will leaving the EU improve people's lives?

That last to anniebach

I prepared two comments on my reaction to this morning's news and have had to delete them both as the words look so trite. I cannot really believe it, but yes, witnessing the bigotry and self-centredness of vast swathes of the great British public as articulated by the press - DT and DM like- I can all too readily see how it has happened.
I blame DC for a cheap electoral gimmick which has not merely bitten him in the bum, but kicked the rest of us in the teeth. I blame the politicians who have twisted this for their own career ends, I blame the press for stirring up this hornet's nest. But you know what else? We only have ourselves to blame. This was too big a decision to be treated like a vote on Strictly.
So DC is to stand down by October. Is he right to "fall on his sword", or having got us into this mess, is he taking the easy way out of steering the country through the choppy waters ahead.
Cynical, moi?

I never said it would improve people's lives. I said that as it is now decided, we have to work ^within that".

Have you any suggestions how we can make that work improve our lives, DD ? That is what is needed now - construction, not demolition and dereliction.

Yes the ordinary man has given the establishment a kick in the teeth bu it was the wrong fight. In the end they will be the losers.

Well, he has had his fifteen minutes at the helm. He can disembark, bugger off, and let someone else steer the ship. Question is, who? And what will be his/her first moves? Left hand down a bit?

Well said, Alea!

In all honesty, political insiders have been saying Cameron has been under pressure from his back-benchers for a while. He gambled and he lost. Let's hope we all don't drown in IDS's crocodile tears!

@Elegran

I'm sure you can advise him/her. Hopefully those who supported Leave knew what they wanted - well, they did, didn't they?

Lessons from history are that political and economic change leads to extremism. When the leave campaign started to concentrate on migrants and immigration it became scarily obvious that this is what would happen.

That's why at the absolute least Farage has to be kept out.

I'm off to get some breakfast and do other things that have been neglected. I'll leave you lot to run the country while I'm gone. Do try to remember to be constructive, not negative.

Banking Staff being told that they will have to relocate to Europe

I have read through all the above and there is unfortunately a strong collection of NO HOPERS. For hundreds of years England & Wales stood alone and were a strong trading nation, and then Scotland gave us their King and the Union was formed and we were stronger still. With strength of caricature and determination to innovate and trade from our industries and strong Government leadership. WE CAN DO IT still. Don't give, up hang in there. It only takes Blood, Sweat, Toil, and a few tears. For there are NO FREE LUNCHES!

I don't see how he could have negotiated our withdrawal as he lost the vote. Lord knows who we will get now though. I think we should all join the Tory party so we have a vote.

I hope any negotiating is done by a cross-party group so there will be fewer arguments about how it is handled.

theconversation.com/britain-votes-to-leave-the-eu-cameron-quits-heres-what-happens-next-61420

This is what happens next, in real life. Mind it is written by an expert.