Posted on 06/24/2016 4:05:43 AM PDT by Elderberry
The United Kingdom voted in a referendum Thursday to leave the European Union, according to the United Kingdom Electoral Commission.
The “Leave” side garnered 51.9 percent of the vote, while the “Remain” side garnered 48.1 percent, according to the commission. The financial markets reacted quickly to the results: Around 8 a.m. local time, the British stock market had plunged 7.7 percent and the German index had fallen 10 percent, according to The Associated Press.
Shortly after 6:30 a.m. local time (1:30 a.m. ET), the winning side became apparent, when the Leave side had more than 17 million votes, exceeding the 16.8 million needed to win, which is more than 50 percent of the vote.
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Jenny Watson, chairwoman of the United Kingdom Electoral Commission, soon after officially declared that the U.K. had voted to exit the European Union. Voter turnout, at 72.2 percent, was high for the U.K.
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Trump received warm applause at his press conference at Turnberry Scotland when he mentioned Obama’s threat to move Britain to the back of the que and responded “That will never happen with me, we’ve been great allies together through bad times and good times”.
Our betters know what’s best for us and we should move to the back of the bus, shut up and let them drive.
England emphatically said NO and the result would have been bigger had Scotland not stayed in the union.
Just heard on BBC
The “REMAIN” politicians are already plotting to push for another referendum before they exit the EU.
Europe better get the message; end the Islamization of Europe, or say goodbye to the EU.
Iron Munro wrote: “Just heard on BBC. The “REMAIN” politicians are already plotting to push for another referendum before they exit the EU.”
I’ve been predicting in this forum for a couple of weeks that we should not get all that excited about a “leave” vote because the politicians will insist on another referendum. They will insist that the people didn’t really have enough time to fully understand what they were voting on. They would upon a lengthy campaign to ensure the people fully understood the ramifications. Of course, this might require several referendums until the people got it right.
Time to reward and support the Brexit movement by buying a T-shirt. Found one Brit site that offers more than 100 different T-shirts and ships to the US.
Cammeroon, will Swoon, Note to self, need more Muzzies before next vote.
Send it to me please!
Holy Cow they did it! (I just woke up)
There is hope foe GB yet. Now if they will run the muslims out. We should do the same thing, our survival depends upon it, but we won’t. Therefore, in the not so distant future, we will pay the price.
Wow, was I stunned last night. Against all the odds the British people neutered their globalist masters.Next up...France!
This message not meant for FReepers but ABC and all the rest: HA HA!
Looking at the Sky News map, it is clear that the UK is essentially the same as the US in ideological demographics.
Four places voted to stay in: Scotland, Northern Ireland, the islands (Orkney etc.) and London. Everywhere else voted Brexit.
If one were to impose a sideways US map on the UK, one would find the globalist strongholds in the same places: California, the Northwest, the islands (Hawaii, PR), and Boswash. Everywhere else (inner cities excepted, who are Democrats for non-globalist reasons) is nationalist.
Dollars to donuts this vote is simply ignored.
> the British people neutered their globalist masters
They have their own set Ryans, Krisols, and other “leaders” who know better than the voters and are looking for every possibility to ignore the vote and “do what’s best for the country”. Voters succeeded in the first step but we have a way to go.
I wonder if the EU will attack them for wanting to leave, like the damn Yankees did at Ft. Sumpter.
remember that is exactly what they did in Ireland
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