Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

[Liep]

The tax-evasion facilitator Juncker should fuck off out of the debate, assuming that he isn't in Putin's pay and wants the UK to leave.

[Sheilbh]

Queues to vote in metropolitan London!

[Liep]

Ugh, I just heard Farage say: "And I'll hope we'll get a Dexit after this".

[Sheilbh]

Just seen a man wearing an EU flag. Should've votes leave

[Maladict]

Ugh, I just heard Farage say: "And I'll hope we'll get a Dexit after this".

Yeah, he's mentioned Nexit too. I don't think we're that suicidal. Yet.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I'm off to vote now, just in case Juncker starts spouting off again and makes me change my mind 

[Sheilbh]

There's also been talk in the UK press of Swexit and Frexit.

Maybe to regain popularity Europe could ban shit portmanteaus 

[Monoriu]

Surely Greece deserves to be booted first?   

[Richard Hakluyt]

Polling station was the busiest I've ever seen it, looks like a better turnout than usual. Perhaps that is not good for the remain cause though. A sort of peasants' revolt, people who would never dream of voting for "them" have been given a chance to vote against "them".

[The Brain]

Wat's a peasants' revolt?

[jimmy olsen]

Ugh, I just heard Farage say: "And I'll hope we'll get a Dexit after this".

What's the D stand for?

[Malicious Intent]

Most likely Denmark.

[jimmy olsen]

Polling station was the busiest I've ever seen it, looks like a better turnout than usual. Perhaps that is not good for the remain cause though. A sort of peasants' revolt, people who would never dream of voting for "them" have been given a chance to vote against "them".

I would have thought high turnout was good for remain. My thinking was the folks who want to leave have high enthusiasm, so if turnout is low they'll be disproportionately represented.

[Maladict]

I would have thought high turnout was good for remain. My thinking was the folks who want to leave have high enthusiasm, so if turnout is low they'll be disproportionately represented.

No voters are usually people who like to complain but are too lazy to actually do something*.


*Except for the ones that go out and kill people.

[Tamas]

I just don't think that threats work that way, at least from a relatively benign organisation. If the UK gets punished then it is the green light for exiters throughout the union to say "look, they are repressive and attacking sovereignty". The thing to do is to appear to bend over backwards to help the UK whilst fucking us over in the back room, then the EU can say "we did everything we could to help the poor UK but their exit was still a disaster" 

I think it will be the other way around: there will be clear posturing about strict terms to discourage other states, while behind the scenes fairly lenient terms will be achieved. But the only alternative to that I can see, is EU being strict both in public and private.