Poll: The Official OcUK EU Referendum Exit poll (and results discussion thread)

How did you vote in the EU Referendum?

  • Remain a member of the European Union

    Votes: 861 53.0%

  • Leave the European Union

    Votes: 763 47.0%
  • Total voters
    1,624
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ThaReaperGuy said:
I'm 22, some of my friends and people I work with around my age (Birmingham/Derby) were voting to remain, however a lot of my other friends, especially those who were on low paid jobs/job seekers all wanted out.

However, not many of my friends voted albeit having a strong opinion either way... I'd say it's quite low.
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It is what I expect, sadly. Lots of anger at older generations ruining futures, but I suspect many of the younger demographic didn't vote. Could be miles out, love to see the stats.
 
We need to be very careful on this immigration debate. It's very easy to slip into racism, I think.

There is no question, immigration makes some people very nervous but the benefits I think are clear. Immigrants make a net contribution to the UK economy and so we benefit by having them here.

Of course, in certain areas of London and Birmingham, is it right to have a White British minority? Or in Peterborough to have a large Polish population? I'd like to hear your thoughts, as I am undecided.
 
Jokester said:
Why is freedom of movement such a big deal. If it's that big positive a thing for the EU, then they should be rubbing their hands that the rest of the EU can get the benefit of free movement whilst the UK doesn't.
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Nail on head!

Even the most pro-EU supporters in the richer countries talk about it like some kind of bad thing that's OK because everyone has to put up with it. The only opposition to any kind of restriction on the freedom of movement tends to come from the governments of poorer countries because they know how much they get from their workers coming here and sending a decent proportion of their wages back home, and thus into their economy.
 
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toon_mad said:
Sorry for late replies guys


My reasons to leave were:,
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- The EU relies too much on us as a country.
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- The EU offers nothing to us really.
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Access to the single market amongst others
- We give too much money to other countries.
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Like Foreign Aid? That is in our own hands and nothing to do with the EU.
- There is no control on the flux of migration, more so over recent years.
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We can control non-EU immigrants which is about half of the total but we don't.
- Great britain was exactly that, Great before the EU came along we will do fine without the EU.
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I am old enough to be have been alive in those times and no GB was in a mess and WE went to them to get in and were rebuffed constantly by DE Gualle.
- By staying in the EU just encourages more migrants which puts even more of a strain on the country, houses, jobs etc, voting out helps secure the future generations.
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Housing is due entirely to our own politicians starting with Thatcher selling off Council houses and forbidding building any more. Subsequent Govt carried on her policy. Result - the mess we are in now. A lot of immigrants do jobs the locals will not do. This is nothing new. When I was at school the local farmer got school kids on holiday to pick his strawberries because he could not get anybody else.
- No longer should we have to follow and listen to whats PC (politically correct) with the EU telling us about human rights and everything, this country has hardly been a freedom of speech for years because everything has become PC. Now we can have a voice of our own and truly be independent.
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The PC argument is our own Govt, not Europe.
- Surely by leaving the EU we dont have to keep giving so much foreign aid. I don't mind the country helping others a little here and a little there but why should we be a cash cow for every other country?
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What's that to do with a EU referendum?
- Staying in the EU would continue to open the doors to the likes of Turkey and Syria where it would only cause more problems, terrorist threats etc.
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All nations have to agree. Greece has been at war with Turkey a few times and regularly have border incidents and that is not to include Cyprus. Greece will not let Turkey in. Most terrorists are home grown so you could not stop them anyway.
- David Cameron, I just cannot stand the guy, or Osborne or Corbyn they are all just liars.
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True but no reason to vote one way or the other.
- Staying in the EU only benefits the rich people and bankers etc.
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Leaving won't? Our country put tax on consumption and off income tax which helps the rich not the EU.

So those are essentially the reasons I voted out, I feel the country needs a change, we need to be Great Britain again, we managed before the EU and will manage again without. Only the EU benefits from the UK, not us.
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The world has moved on since then. We no longer manufacture a great deal, since Thatcher our economy has been re-aligned to services, Change to help people is down to our own Govt and it's taxation system and not Europe.
 
KNiVES said:
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It's not just going to blow over
 
deuse said:
Agree.
And this is why the EU want a deal done fast.
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Might work for goods, but won't work for services, as they won't give our chaps rights to work there, if we are not giving it to theirs.
We export 6%, services make up the other 42%.
We import about the same, but it is mostly goods.

So a no tariff on goods would be superb for the EU and shaft us, as services simply couldn't follow.
 
Over the next weeks and months we'll begin to see what happens when idiots are allowed to break things they don't understand.
When they're done wrapping themselves in the flag (and they may well need another flag soon if the Scots go) reality will start to sink in - that or they'll find someone else to blame.

The biggest single day drop in the pound's history, before the Bank of England stepped in - and the money they'll be pumping in will far outweigh any contribution we make to the EU. And we'll have to find that money back somehow.
No foreign company can now invest in our country - not till after we've spent years of negotiations.
The money lost will never be regained.
What happens when you ignore the, almost unheard of, unanimous opinion of the worlds most respected economic experts - what do experts know? Just 'scare mongering'
It's going to be difficult to stave off recession - even the brexit economist report predicted we'd go into recession (they didn't publicise that part much)
They've been quick to backtrack on the things they promised - no £350m a wk to the NHS - I think they should be made to find it, though they've all been advocates of replacing the NHS with the American model.

All the banks Euro markets will now move.
Morgan Stanley already have plans to move 2000 staff.
The City accounts for about 13% of our total tax revenue.

I'm finding it very hard not to be livid.
 
I'm 22 and I grew up with europeans at school - the idea that they are "foreign" or somehow have less rights in my country is absurd.

Obviously I'm disappointed with the result.
 
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