Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Today is the big day. I'm normally all about the chaos. I voted Monster Raving Loony Party in the local elections, for God sake. Not today though, too much at stake. If the Leave campaign get their way, I'm think I'll start to hate this country. If they don't, I genuinely fear for people of ethnic persuasions because some of these xenophobes won't take being told 'No' lightly. I snicker when Europe thinks it has an immigration problem.
Blokestradamus Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 I snicker when Europe thinks it has an immigration problem. I think we have a sensible immigration legislation problem. To open free movement up to every EU nation was a mistake. Especially as the EU is going to keep growing. Immigration isn't inherently a bad thing but it should work for the benfit of the country. Skill sets that we can't fill etc. Unfortunately there's a lot of out of work natives that claim benefits but blaming immigration for their lack of work absolves them of their own laziness.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 I think we have a sensible immigration legislation problem. To open free movement up to every EU nation was a mistake. Especially as the EU is going to keep growing. Immigration isn't inherently a bad thing but it should work for the benfit of the country. Skill sets that we can't fill etc. Unfortunately there's a lot of out of work natives that claim benefits but blaming immigration for their lack of work absolves them of their own laziness. In the grand scheme of things, Europe doesn't know what unchecked, unregulated and uncontrolled immigration looks like. We have 11 MILLION (at best estimate) illegal immigrants in our country. To put that in perspective, we have a group of people the same population of BELGIUM in our country who have come here illegally, don't speak English, don't pay taxes, leech off state benefits and bring crime. Not a good way to run a democracy.
Blokestradamus Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 The Vote Leave campaign actually had to do this. Makes me wonder the IQ of those they appeal to. https://twitter.com/vote_leave/status/745989473301893120
sodbuster Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 If you're following on the BBC app live feed, you can see pictures of dogs outside polling places waiting for their humans to return from casting their vote.
Azalin Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Today is the big day. I'm normally all about the chaos. I voted Monster Raving Loony Party in the local elections, for God sake. You mean Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel is running again?
DC Tom Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 You mean Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel is running again? You misspelled "Gordon Brown."
/dev/null Posted June 23, 2016 Author Posted June 23, 2016 Looks like voting is over. It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything -Joseph Stalin
sodbuster Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) The pound has fallen 3.6% in the last five minutes. Edited June 24, 2016 by sodbuster
RobRyanFan Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Where is everyone monitoring the results? CNN doesn't appear to be very current.
GG Posted June 24, 2016 Posted June 24, 2016 Where is everyone monitoring the results? CNN doesn't appear to be very current. WSJ.com
sodbuster Posted June 24, 2016 Posted June 24, 2016 I'm watching the BBC llive feed. EU Referendum - The Result - Live - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36559505
/dev/null Posted June 24, 2016 Author Posted June 24, 2016 The pound has fallen 6% in the last five minutes. So now the it's only 15.04 ounces? CNN doesn't appear to be very current. I'm watching the BBC llive feed. EU Referendum - The Result - Live - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36559505 Bit of advice, click the link and don't Google BBC video. Cuz you get some, uhhhhh, unexpected results
/dev/null Posted June 24, 2016 Author Posted June 24, 2016 The Brits are slow counters. Polls have been closed for hours, and only 13/382 areas reporting with several hours of counting left Americans don't have this kind of attention span. We need our winners declared by 11:01 PM EST
/dev/null Posted June 24, 2016 Author Posted June 24, 2016 A few minutes ago the anchor lady on BBC World News said that one of her sources with the Labour Party reached out that LP is privately starting to anticipate a Leave vote
sodbuster Posted June 24, 2016 Posted June 24, 2016 That was supposed to say 3.6, but I must have hit backspace instead of 3.
RobRyanFan Posted June 24, 2016 Posted June 24, 2016 Even though there is no chance at all of it happening, it would be hilarious if there was a tie. Looks like remain is back in the lead
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