EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

But telling me that I shouldn't be concerned about the xenophobia that
the exit campaign raked over? Fuck off.

This. So much this. Facism is on the rise in Europe and yes that makes me both disappointed and scared for the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHc4mxnupE

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Non-voters who would have voted in had they been bothered.

Mental.

I've just had to have a conversation with my old man whereby, if when he visits tomorrow he starts spouting his same old bigoted xeno horseshit in a gloating fashion, I'll fucking remove him from the house. I can't believe I've actually had to do that; my own fucking father.

I just feel shame and embarrassment at being British. What on Earth have we done?

I'll have whatever it is that you've been smoking.

Same dilemma.

Cheers Dad!

London independence, let’s make London great again. We’ll build a wall around London and make the rest of the country pay for it.

I'm in the same position. I'm fairly sure you can.

London independence, let’s make London great again. We’ll build a wall around London and make the rest of the country pay for it.

There's already a financial wall around London.

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13043490/

Sorry I called it,
with Ruislip, (within constituency of Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner), being part of the Brexit outer London fringe that is the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Boris is MP for the adjoining constituency of Uxbridge & South Ruislip.

LOL

Bollocks. London is full of nasty leavers. Less than 60% of you lot voted remain.

The wall needs to go up round Cambridge. 74% of us love a foreigner.

I think this means we win and will all be OK.

Screw you Cambridge. Here in Lambeth we won the remain game with 78.6%.

I am going to propose that Lambeth becomes Scottish.

Do you think it was all a test to find out where the dullards live?

:o$

A map of labour/tory voting overlaid with exit voting may help?

In South Yorkshire there are 10 or so guaranteed Labour seats in Barnsley, Doncaster & Rotherham that voted 68% out!

Let's face it: the biggest tragedy for you islanders is that all those nice Italian, Belgian, French,... steel bikes will become even more expensive than they already are!

(By the way: I'm offering a 7% discount to UK residents on my Gios that's currently in the Classifieds)

I think you can, family link.

You plastic paddy :p

Shite.

NI: Unionist/richer areas up North voted OUT. They swallowed the British!!! nonsense.
The republican areas/Belfast 50-50 are all in. Those areas are more socialist.

If this was a protest vote from Labour areas, that's one hell of a bad gamble. Unless they now all vote and vote and vote and get Corbyn in.

Today at work:
Guy late 50s/early 60s and well off
"don't panic" OK
"pound is going up, was the markets" OK
"the tories promised to not dismantle the NHS". Sigh...

He did agree taxes may have to go up to be able to afford it.

In South Yorkshire there are 10 or so guaranteed Labour seats in Barnsley, Doncaster & Rotherham that voted 68% out!

South Cambridgeshire has been a rural Tory safe seat since forever. 60% voted remain.

It ain't party political. It's poor and disaffected (and the odd racist and megalomaniac) vs comfortable and complacent.

Wasn't one yesterday, might be one tomorrow.

further question, can my wife have one for being married to me? A plastic paddys wife if you will.

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/06/24/thousands-of-british-refugees-make-dangerous-journey-across-the-irish-sea/

cough

Yes let's do a protest vote that makes things even worse... can somebody explain to me how that works? As I really don't get it. Protest voting, yes. But to risk another bad government AND losing EU cash AND benefits.

Is it so bad that people have nothing to lose? That's the only option I can think of and then the UK really has serious issues.

I think that's very astute. The referendum is being characterised by some as a simple battle between a Zenophobic Right and an inclusive Left. However, traditional Labour heartlands have voted to leave. If we are to unify the labour movement and take this country in the right direction, we need to recognise why they voted this way, even if we think they were wrong.

Depressingly, I don't think this is possible currently. Neo-Liberal Austerity has decimated working class areas and isn't likely to stop. They've been told their problems are due to immigrants, benefit scroungers, disabled people etc rather than the every increasing flow of money upwards under Austerity.

Such is the echo chamber of the Austerity message, people vote against things that are good for them and vote for more Austerity. Cornwall and Wales being good examples.

Labour is continuing to detonate after electing a non ne0-liberal, and the media isn't giving Corbyn a fair shake of the stick.

Not sure where the country can go from here.