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EU referendum: pound plunges after strong Brexit vote leaves UK on knife-edge (LEAVE 12 pt. lead)
The Guardian ^ | 6/23/2016 | Staff

Posted on 06/23/2016 7:28:24 PM PDT by GilGil

@CityIndex

Leave's lead grows to 176,888 and GBPUSD resumes it's slide, back down to 1.4225 from 1.4500 half an hour ago.

@bbclaurak

Curtice not calling it, BUT says Leave now are favourites

Leave on course for 12-point lead, Sky predicts @Skydata

Prof Michael Thrasher preliminary forecast as things stand for @skynews:

Leave 56% Remain 44%

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; brixit; europeanunion; heyheyheygoodbye; nato; unitedkingdom
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This is a great site for the latest on Brexit. It looks like LEAVE is projected to win! The comments I have posted disappear fast down the page as news is rolling in.
1 posted on 06/23/2016 7:28:24 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: GilGil

Turns out Nigel Farage did NOT make that initial concession speech.

I bet it was some currency traders long the pound, trying to make a quick buck with a false rumor on social media.


2 posted on 06/23/2016 7:30:06 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: GilGil

Is not the guardian is an extremely hard left site.


3 posted on 06/23/2016 7:30:40 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")
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To: PGR88

As of now LEAVE up 50,000!


4 posted on 06/23/2016 7:31:10 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: GilGil
41.9% Reporting

Remain 48.9% / 5,819,095

Leave.. 51.1% / 6,076,476

5 posted on 06/23/2016 7:32:38 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: PGR88

Did I hear they closed the polls early due to rain? Rain? In the UK? Must be glow bull discombobulation. Hope the leavers win.


6 posted on 06/23/2016 7:32:46 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: GilGil

Interesting side story from the Daily Mail.

Looks like somebody just got Fostered.

A barbell falling on his neck!

Hmmm

“A former U.N. General Assembly president who was awaiting trial in a $1million bribery scandal died in a weightlifting accident when a barbell he was lifting from a bench dropped on his neck, an autopsy revealed. John Ashe (left with his wife, and right) was declared dead at his home on Wednesday afternoon by a paramedic who responded to his home in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He was 61. Dr. Kunjlata Ashar, Westchester County’s medical examiner, said the cause of death - traumatic asphyxia - was determined during an autopsy. In a statement, the police department said the death appears accidental, but provided little information otherwise.”


7 posted on 06/23/2016 7:33:26 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")
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To: GilGil

Dear Mr. Cameron....I write resumes for a fee.


8 posted on 06/23/2016 7:33:34 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (YS.)
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To: Ken H

@goodwinMJ

Sheffield is 51% Leave. It was predicted to go Remain on 52% #euref


9 posted on 06/23/2016 7:34:59 PM PDT by GilGil
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“Britain’s membership of the EU hangs in the balance after the Leave campaign scored a series of shock early victories as the historic referendum results continue to roll in. Sunderland recorded a massive 61 per cent to 39 per cent win for Leave - 82,394 votes to 51,930 - stunning the Remain side which had been voicing confidence about its prospects for victory overall. There was also a surprise victory for Brexit in Swansea, where the Stronger In campaign had been expecting to romp home (pictured left, Leave supporters celebrate a win). However the Remain campaign was bolstered by results in Scotland, Oxford and London, with the south west borough of Wandsworth voting 77 per cent in favour of staying - adding hundreds of thousands to the tally (pictured right, Remain volunteers after a result comes in). The Pound - which soared in value earlier after Nigel Farage admitted he thought Brexit had lost - immediately nose-dived against US dollar again. Betting firms also slashed the odds on the UK quitting the bloc. Based on the current estimated turnout, the camps will need to secure 16.5million votes to win.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3657160/Britain-brink-EU-referendum-result-knife-edge-Leave-scores-HUGE-victory-Sunderland-outperforms-predictions-Swansea-Remain-pins-hopes-London.html


10 posted on 06/23/2016 7:35:13 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")
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To: GilGil

They are slow rolling the count. That always makes me nervous


11 posted on 06/23/2016 7:35:13 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: GilGil

Watch on Sky News - running tab: http://news.sky.com/watch-live


12 posted on 06/23/2016 7:35:22 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Pikachu_Dad

The only time I’ve heard/seen death by barbell is in the movies.


13 posted on 06/23/2016 7:35:26 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (YS.)
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To: GilGil

Pray that this is true!


14 posted on 06/23/2016 7:35:48 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: rktman

THEY CLOSED THE POLLS TO STOP PEOPLE FROM VOTING TO LEAVE, NOW THEY CAN PRINT THE VOTES NEEDED TO STAY


15 posted on 06/23/2016 7:35:49 PM PDT by stockpirate (Make America Mexico Again - MAMA end sarcasm)
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To: GilGil
How does he come up with a 12-point lead for Leave? Are the uncounted votes from areas with strong Leave support?

I'm not complaining, mind. It just seems out of line with the current results.

16 posted on 06/23/2016 7:36:42 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: GilGil

Britain at 54%
Wales at 54%
Overall at 51%

Scotland is highly in the remain.


17 posted on 06/23/2016 7:37:00 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap")
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To: Nifster

@goodwinmj

Thurrock, which has been consistently cultivated by Ukip. Predicted Leave 63%. They took 72%. Strong anti-EU areas really turnout out #euref


18 posted on 06/23/2016 7:37:15 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: Ken H

Send him a tweet and ask him!


19 posted on 06/23/2016 7:38:01 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: GilGil

OUT IS PLUS 500,000 VOTES


20 posted on 06/23/2016 7:39:12 PM PDT by stockpirate (Make America Mexico Again - MAMA end sarcasm)
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