Current Affairs EU In or Out

[orly]

Surely Osbourne has to go too, that would be the icing on the cake.

Even if he doesn't, he's finished at the top level now. All the major leadership players will fortify their position in the next few days by knifing him - expect to see "the photo" surface again if he hasn't declared his intentions by end of the month

 

[peteblue]

Just woke up to this, amazed.

I worry for the UK, i really do. Economically this could be horrific. I worry myself about contagion.

An independent UK? I can see Scottish and Welsh independence referendum in the next couple of years.

OMG, an Independent UK.....what on earth do you think we've been for the last thousand years......Oh and Wales voted leave as well......

 

[Azzurri]

There are enough scousers who voted the way they did knowing these facts lad, talk about cutting your nose off.

Absolute madness. Every single leave voter bar one I know is ill-informed, uneducated regarding politics and perhaps a bit racist. I feel the word "immigration" obviously got a lot of people in Liverpool to make a stupid, stupid decision.

A leave vote was bordering on betraying your own city and people if you're from Liverpool.

 

[zirc]

Enjoy the trip, if you don't want to stay then please close the door on the way out.........

I am not english. I do find it rather bizarre however that you are able to be so flippant about many of your countrymans' imminent loss of their livelihood.

 

[toffee matt]

This potentially has large implications for Ireland. UK is our single biggest trade partner ( and Ireland being one of UK's biggest trade partners). Don't even want to think about the implications of a united Ireland, which we couldn't afford with out major restructuring of our budgets.

I work for a UK based company myself and have really no idea yet what impact, if any, there will be for me personally.

Ireland will be fine.

Loads of Banks will potentially move their European Hq"s and trading floors to Dublin as it's the only English speaking place in the Single market.

You might even get your 6 counties back

 

[peteblue]

Surely Osbourne has to go too, that would be the icing on the cake.

We need him in place until everything settles down again. He's toast regarding the PM job though......

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Works both ways mate yes. Neither side were right in the way they campaigned.

I do believe with a more informative campaign we would have never left the EU, personally i didn't make a decision either way until i looked elsewhere from the campaign slogans

Both camps were a waste of time as you say mate, up until last week I was still undecided, and was up the wall with the crap being spouted by both campaigns, I ended up voting with my head in the end.

 

[The Esk]

Well at least the Government's lawyers will have plenty of work ahead of them in the next couple of years.....

 

[peteblue]

This potentially has large implications for Ireland. UK is our single biggest trade partner ( and Ireland being one of UK's biggest trade partners). Don't even want to think about the implications of a united Ireland, which we couldn't afford with out major restructuring of our budgets.

I work for a UK based company myself and have really no idea yet what impact, if any, there will be for me personally.

It'll be fine. The Uk and Ireland will continue to trade and invest with each other as we have done since separation......

 

[zebedee]

Good, I hope you're glad at what you've done. You'll come to realise pretty quickly the magnitude of it.

Not really. I could debate this all day but there will short term implications there always is. But.. i tend to look at a bigger picture. This isnt about sovernity god say the queen and all that the media and politicians put on it. As i said i believe the intial outlay for the european union is broken there is too much personal gain and not enough wide spread gain which is what it was intended for.

The single market isnt a bad thing. Instead of being a european hub we become a global hub. People tend to blinker things (not personally directed btw) its human instinct on uncertainty.

 

[dublinbluenose]

not quite understand why it would be bad news for ROI @dublinbluenose , surely the UK will need to keep these trade partnerships open wouldn't they ?. and I'm not being smart, I genuinely don't know.

Don't know what implications be they good or bad. Uncertainty in the short to midterm is usually bad for consumer confidence in a fragile economy such as ours.

 

[corben]

I am seeing a lot of people mention that trade with the EU will be detrimentally effected, so could someone please explain the linked article as i am not up to speed with the financial seen.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/68...n-union-brexit-germany-boris-johnson-brussels

 

[neil999]

It'll be fine. The Uk and Ireland will continue to trade and invest with each other as we have done since separation......

the split vote in the UK is my biggest worry, the country is so divided...scotland,n.ireland,london on one side and the rest of england and most of wales on the other!

strange bedfellows!

 

[peteblue]

I am not english. I do find it rather bizarre however that you are able to be so flippant about many of your countrymans' imminent loss of their livelihood.

They'll just take yours when you move out.....

 

[Bluerover]

We have been voted out a few hours and everybody is quoting figures like they are set in stone give it a few months at least not hours.

The exit will take two years under EU regulations so there is plenty of time to soften the landing. As I posted earlier, I can see relatively little difficulty in the trading arrangements with Ireland. We will no doubt negotiate mutually acceptable agreements given the close relationship between our Governments.

However, it will be interesting to see the approach taken by FR DE IT etc in relation to trading across the EU from a large non-EU state.

In this regard, look at the tortuous negotiations on trade that are going on for years in relation to Mercosur and TTIP, with little sign of agreement in the near future.

I am afraid that the UK is now going to increasingly find itself on the other side as regards this type of agreement with the EU but the Leave campaign was never properly challenged in this regard.

Anyway.... enjoy the result of your democratic will.