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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Buckster said:
didn't see many cheery faces today

wondered if even a lot of those who voted "leave" had wondered quite what they'd done and whether it was the right decision
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Depends where you were. People looked pretty down in London and nobody was really talking much.

Looking at the maps there's about six cities left in England and Wales where people aren't utterly disenfranchised. If that had been addressed then we wouldn't be here.
 
danielanthony said:
Yep, some people will argue that the FTSE 250 is a better indicator but the DAX tracks the top 30 shares in Germany and the CAC is the top 40 in France so the FTSE 100 is our nearest equivalent.
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Since most of the FTSE 100 companies are international and to a degree are sheltered from the affects of a Brexit, the FTSE 250 which include a majoriry of UK only companies dropped 14% at one point and finished the day at 8% down. The worst fall in history.
 
delta0 said:
The Dutch news is reporting it as being a major theme in the next election in March 2017. You must not forget that UKIP the party that caused this were not even remotely in power in the UK.
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Mate, I've been keeping an eye on the news and he literally gets one line. Nobody really cares about what he has to say anymore, he just likes to shout edgy things to get attention.

We're all sick of him, maybe we can vote just him out of the EU and he can go live in Morocco (of which he has literally said he doesn't want them in the Netherlands).

We don't like racists a lot over here :D
 
Jokester said:
What's the actual process for Article 50, can Cameron rock up Monday morning and post it through the EU letterbox or does he still require parliamentary approval to do so?
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As far as I recall its PM's job to see it through and handle negotiations, thats not DC though I think they will wait until a new leader is elected before they do anything and Boris has already said there's no rush.

Nitefly said:
It would be outrageous for it not to be a binding vote, unless something really unexpected comes up or the EU totally bends over for us.
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Its not a legally binding referendum though and never was, it might be outrageous for them to not act on the will of the people but if the PM considered it not in the UK's interest he could put it to a commons vote.
 
w1lliam said:
Not 52! 37% of the eligible voters.

34% voted to remain.

29% didnt vote.

Should 37% speak for 63%? I don't think so
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Well it's 52% of those that bothered to speak.

Sorry to say it but if you didn't vote then you've agreed to go with the majority.

There's numerous avenues to get a vote in if you're not physically fit or can't make it there.
 
Feronix said:
Don't scare me!

But seriously, at this point his party (PVV) has 15 seats out of 150. He'll need a coalition of at least 75 seats to get anything done, but all the other political parties hate his guts. Even if they didn't, the vast majority of people do, so doing business with them would be political suicide.

I am not too worried about it for now. Dutch people tend to be pretty easy on these things. In the west they are very open to all the 'taboo' things (immigrants, exchange students, globalization, etc) while in the east people are sometimes a little more... traditional, but then again they tend to have a lot of common sense and think things through, then do what's best for them in the long run.

We don't tend to just jump straight into stuff like the UK has done here.
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UKIP had 1 seat out of 650. It was the fear of losing the vote to UKIP that caused the referendum to be offered. UKIP were taking good portions of the vote but not enough to win a seat. As far as I am aware this is happening even more so in Netherlands. Also the Dutch voted against an EU deal with Ukraine recently which suggests a strong anti EU position.
 
Good riddance of David Cameron resigned, I will never miss him. Good riddance to get out of EU and the EVIL Nazi Merkel.

Great Britain are back to our country back.

Very happy and overall delighted.

Boris Johnson are the right leader of the conservative party and the right man to lead Great Britain as the Prime Minister.
 
w1lliam said:
Not 52! 37% of the eligible voters.

34% voted to remain.

29% didnt vote.

Should 37% speak for 63%? I don't think so
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What about those who didn't register?
Expecting 100% voter turnout without making it mandatory is never going to happen, it's the system we have not the ideal. Be happy as many turned out for this as did, even though it could have been better (it's still better than a lot of Elections).
 
bulldog147 said:
Good riddance of David Cameron resigned, I will never miss him. Good riddance to get out of EU and the EVIL Nazi Merkel.

Great Britain are back to our country back.

Very happy and overall delighted.

Boris Johnson are the right leader of the conservative party and the right man to lead Great Britain as the Prime Minister.
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Well I can see you've thought this through clearly.
 
Feronix said:
Mate, I've been keeping an eye on the news and he literally gets one line. Nobody really cares about what he has to say anymore, he just likes to shout edgy things to get attention.

We're all sick of him, maybe we can vote just him out of the EU and he can go live in Morocco (of which he has literally said he doesn't want them in the Netherlands).

We don't like racists a lot over here :D
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He sounds 100% like Farage in that case.
 
still find it weird they don't ask for ID at polling boths

I was asked for my address

then was asked "are you X" - good here is your form

???? seems bonkers to me
 
Surely everyone can see that there are some situations where voting is not the best approach to an issue. Do we vote on the diagnosis and treatment when our relatives are ill? Why not have the passengers on an airliner vote how to land it? Having such a complex issue decided by a sudden death penalty shootout is a nightmarish sham of democracy.

So true.
 
delta0 said:
There is a huge bailout for Greece coming. That has been known for a while now however the markets in Greece are suffering more now and it may require greater funds.
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We were exempt from future bailouts.

Though I appreciate facts like this were of no interest.
 
David Cameron are to blame to let the public decided on the EU Referendum, not the voters. His biggest mistake ever, will regret himself for the rest of his life. If Labour Party was the government, then I am sure that the Labour Party will never let the public to decide on the EU Referendum, not even once!
 
LOAM said:
Its not a legally binding referendum though and never was, it might be outrageous for them to not act on the will of the people but if the PM considered it not in the UK's interest he could put it to a commons vote.
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It's not about legal accountability, it's about political accountability. The outcome is so unacceptable to the public it just wouldn't happen.

You wouldn't believe how much of what we do has absolutely no law entrenching it when it comes voting, elections and deciding the winners. Political accountability is enough.
 
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