Steven P. Administrators Posted June 24, 2016 Administrators Share Posted June 24, 2016 Just wondering what our members think about this decision. As an expat lining in The Netherlands (and not eligible to vote, due to being out of the country for 25 years) I would have voted Remain, but the poll is anonymous. Cast your vote! MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted June 24, 2016 Supervisor Share Posted June 24, 2016 I would have voted Remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted June 24, 2016 Administrators Share Posted June 24, 2016 I'm not a Brit, but I would think that if the country decided to leave there would be a huge impact on the financial markets with a drop in the vaulation of the pound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted June 24, 2016 Supervisor Share Posted June 24, 2016 Remain too, but it is what it is. Onwards and upwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Just now, Barney T. said: I'm not a Brit, but I would think that if the country decided to leave there would be a huge impact on the financial markets with a drop in the vaulation of the pound? Already has been. As a brit who voted to remain, I'm disappointed to say the least. The EU is a mess but leaving is not the solution. Jub, MikeChipshop, Stoffel and 5 others 8 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedroth Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I voted remain due to the sheer amount of uncertainties that we are now wandering in to. Needless to say, I'm disappointed and worried about our countries financial future. Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted June 24, 2016 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 24, 2016 Whichever way I voted, it's happened. We now have to make sure we make it the best decision for our country. We've been given a potentially huge opportunity for Britain, so it would be a shame to mess it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Devaluation of pound is a good opportunity to emulates China, which deliberately devalued their own currencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I am a rebel -- leave. I'm not sure what difference this will make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragontology Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Is my opinion worth anything here being that I'm an American and only heard about this Brexit thing a day or two ago? And I haven't really been living under a rock, either. I go on Reddit and I'm subscribed to /r/worldnews. Anyway, I think it's a bit hypocritical. I mean, first it was England, then it was Great Britain when they added Wales and I think Ireland, and now with Scotland it's the United Kingdom, and I may not have that exactly right, but the UK is sort of like its own little mini EU. If the UK can leave the EU, why couldn't Scotland leave when they wanted to? Why not just break up the UK and they go back to being England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales? If the UK is better together, why isn't the EU? Most of what I hear about the EU is that they're heavy handed in regulation. They're trying to bust up Google for including their own apps on Android. Yeah, so? Does Apple not do the same thing on the iPhone? I switched to iPhone two months ago. It didn't come with any Google apps. It didn't come with any Microsoft apps. Apple's browser, Apple's office suite, Apple's multimedia apps. And that's fine because I bought Apple's phone. And I'm okay with that because I was able to get Google's apps, and Microsoft's apps, that I wanted. So I don't know what the EU's problem is here. Google lets you put whatever you want on their phones. And Google doesn't have a monopoly, de facto or otherwise. They might have something like 80% of the smartphone market, but the iPhone isn't going anywhere. Google's lead is only because of crappy phones anyway. Among flagships it's probably closer to even. Point being, while I think some regulation is important, I think the EU was overstepping its bounds... in one case that caught my eye. But based on what little I know, I'm tentatively on the "Remain" side of the fence. But I'm open to learning more about both sides. I don't really think it will affect the US as we're allies with the UK; them leaving the EU won't change that. It's like two of your friends stop talking. Or you're a football player and you're friends with the whole baseball team, and one guy quits the team. It doesn't change anything. But again, my knowledge here is limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeusProto Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Remain. Because leaving the EU will affect the production of many good TV shows and movies. Northern Ireland is no longer going to be a popular filming location as a result of leaving the EU. Game of Thrones in particular is about to become a MUCH cheaper show with a far lower budget as a result of European Regional Development Fund funding being cut off after Article 50 is invoked. It will likely be cheaper to film in L.A. in the US than it will be to film in the UK after the ERDF goes bye bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted June 24, 2016 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 minute ago, DeusProto said: Remain. Because leaving the EU will affect the production of many good TV shows and movies. Northern Ireland is no longer going to be a popular filming location as a result of leaving the EU. Game of Thrones in particular is about to become a MUCH cheaper show with a far lower budget as a result of ERDF funding being cut off after Article 50 is invoked. You know, that's probably the first tangible reason someone's said for in favour of remaining in the EU. I got sick of the scare mongering. margrave and KingCracker 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Leave! as majority don't want to stick with them. (Im not brit) natocccp 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakO Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) 12 minutes ago, dragontology said: Is my opinion worth anything here being that I'm an American and only heard about this Brexit thing a day or two ago? And I haven't really been living under a rock, either. I go on Reddit and I'm subscribed to /r/worldnews. Anyway, I think it's a bit hypocritical. I mean, first it was England, then it was Great Britain when they added Wales and I think Ireland, and now with Scotland it's the United Kingdom, and I may not have that exactly right, but the UK is sort of like its own little mini EU. If the UK can leave the EU, why couldn't Scotland leave when they wanted to? Why not just break up the UK and they go back to being England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales? If the UK is better together, why isn't the EU? Scotland have had the option to leave the UK, there was a referendum in Sept 2014 where Scotland voted (55.3%) to stay in the UK. There will probably be another one soon and considering how pro-EU the Scottish voters were it's likely they might vote for independence this time. 12 minutes ago, dragontology said: But based on what little I know, I'm tentatively on the "Remain" side of the fence. But I'm open to learning more about both sides. You know the vote has already happened, right? Edited June 24, 2016 by ZakO +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I voted remain, because I cant see any good reason to leave. I see a lot of bad reasons for leaving, just look at what happened to the pound last night. Also I work at a University, where I see first hand EU funding coming in for medical research that wouldn't be funded elsewhere. My wife works for a charity and while she isn't EU funded she sees lots of community projects and jobs that are EU funded through the european regional development fund. No EU membership means all that close to me stops along with the jobs that goes with it. That is not scare mongering thats a fact. DeusProto 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted June 24, 2016 Supervisor Share Posted June 24, 2016 Just saw this on Twitter Think that's the kicker...people in the 20s and 30s will be the ones that live through this the majority of their lives. MikeChipshop, tsupersonic, shockz and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted June 24, 2016 Supervisor Share Posted June 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, dipsylalapo said: Just saw this on Twitter <Tweet> Think that's the kicker...people in the 20s and 30s will be the ones that live through this the majority of their lives. That is shocking and terrible news. This whole thing is mind boggling. I'm still trying to process it. Barney T. and Dick Montage 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 19 minutes ago, dipsylalapo said: Just saw this on Twitter Think that's the kicker...people in the 20s and 30s will be the ones that live through this the majority of their lives. It all depends on whether this brings more prosperity or less. natocccp, dipsylalapo and uxo22 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakO Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) 39 minutes ago, dipsylalapo said: Just saw this on Twitter Think that's the kicker...people in the 20s and 30s will be the ones that live through this the majority of their lives. Yep, I didn't have a strong opinion either way, the UK is my home country but I haven't lived there for quite some time. It does seem unfortunate however that according to the statistics a significant portion of leave votes came from older or uneducated/unqualified people who will probably be affected the least. Edited June 24, 2016 by ZakO FunkyMike and DeusProto 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisifer Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Can someone enlighten me on how anonymous ballot papers translate into a 75% vote statistic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 13 minutes ago, ZakO said: Yep, I didn't have a strong opinion either way, the UK is my home country but I haven't lived there for quite some time. It does seem unfortunate however that according to the statistics a significant portion of leave votes came from the old or uneducated/unqualified people who will probably be affected the least. Considering that the vote is anonymous how have these figures been generated? Sensi and natocccp 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted June 24, 2016 Supervisor Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Louisifer said: Can someone enlighten me on how anonymous ballot papers translate into a 75% vote statistic? I just looked up the source...it was a survey (YouGov) post voting....I'll add that to my post Edit - Can't edit original post - Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 10 minutes ago, Tomo said: Considering that the vote is anonymous how have these figures been generated? Anonymous per person, but not per locality. Correlation between a region's demographics and the voting trends. Easy! MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakO Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 minute ago, Tomo said: Considering that the vote is anonymous how have these figures been generated? It's doesn't actually show individual votes, just the average age/education/qualification levels of each County plotted against overall remain/leave votes for said County. It's not 100% accurate but given the strong correlation it would probably be considered enough to roughly extrapolate the actual voting trends given we don't have any data that's more specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisifer Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 minute ago, Nik L said: Anonymous per person, but not per locality. Correlation between a region's demographics and the voting trends. Easy! So it's not actually accurate and about as sound as the remain win forecast was natocccp 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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