Is Britain heading for Brexit and what does the UK think of Europe?

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  1. Chibs

    Chibs Member Past Donor

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    Britain might finally gain it's freedom. Come on folks, we can do this!
     
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    Dow overnight futures down 555 points at the moment.
    http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures
    Of course, it rallied near that much on the prospects of a 'Stay in' vote in the last few days.
    EDIT:
    wild trading: down 491 as 'stay' closes gap somewhat.
    Stocks will make it all back should the tables turn, but local predictions say it won't.
    Right now 51.2 Leave.. 48.8 Stay with app 50% counted.

    EDIT2
    Dow futures dn 567 pts.
     
  3. GreenBayMatters

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    BBC and Sky News have called LEAVE the winner.
     
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    gamewell45 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Looks like they are leaving the union. There go the stock markets. :)
     
  5. Texas Republican

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    It's done. It passed.

    Congrats to the British. This was your "American Revolution" against an unelected government in Brussels telling you how to live your lives.
     
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    #Leave win according to @itvnews who've just called #EUreferendum result.
     
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    Wow. CNN is saying a majority of the British voted for "radical, right wing, xenophobic, demagogues". They see no good coming from the Brexit position. It's all very dark and sinister.

    So 52% of the people are just plain evil. That's a bold statement by CNN.
     
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    why do Asians have more than their population at MIT, CalTech, Harvard, Yale, NYU?

    nepotism too?

    LOL!!!!!
     
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    I had put some money on the "leave" side on Bet365, can say that I'm quite happy today :D
     
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    Every region of Scotland voted to remain. London voted overwhelmingly to remain. Northern Ireland voted to remain.

    England apart from London voted to leave.
     
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    This is the final nail in the coffin for the UK, what's house prices like in Scotland Alexa, I'm on the way! Thought I might start a business selling cheap booze and tobacco to the English!
     
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    I lost....and very surprised from the results, but that's Democracy.

    Congratz to the Britons...
     
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    I am in shock. Certainly if the EU was not itself so vulnerable at the moment, logic would be for England and Wales to be left as a country and Scotland and NI to leave. We will need to wait and see. I suspect people will need to recover from the shock first.
     
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    Thanks TR. It wouldn't've been so bad if the advice had been wise.
     
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    Ivy League schools are majority Jewish and Asian despite them being only 7% of the population. It's not nepotism; it's a deliberate effort on part of progressives to ensure tomorrow's leaders are non-Christian, non- white, anti-Patriarchy.
     
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    prove it
     
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    I am stunned. And I have lost a bet and now owe a friend a case of Cava - shucks. ;-)

    I had no idea the Brits still had the stones for such a gutsy call. I will never underestimate them again. ;-)
     
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    buy! Buy! Buy! ;-)
     
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    Thanks, Brits!

    Happy Brexit - Enjoy your sovereignty!
     
  20. Blinda Vaganto

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    No, I don't believe you! CNN is not that bad...
     
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    The Asian markets are spiraling too but the yen is up but the Euro, dollar and pound are all on free fall hitting 20 and 30 year lows. Not good. They had predicted a 600 point drop for the DOW by the close so I guess it could be worse but not much.
     
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    It might be a very good time to buy.
     
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    Christiane Amanpour.
     

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