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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Suzanne Evans

A Prime Minister resigned. The £ plummeted. The FTSE 100 lost significant ground. But then the £ rallied past February levels, and the FTSE closed on a weekly high: 2.4% up on last Friday, its best performance in 4 months. President Obama decided we wouldn't be at the 'back of the queue' after all and that our 'special relationship' was still strong. The French President confirmed the Le Touquet agreement would stay in place. The President of the European Commission stated Brexit negations would be 'orderly' and stressed the UK would continue to be a 'close partner' of the EU. A big bank denied reports it would shift 2,000 staff overseas. The CBI, vehemently anti-Brexit during the referendum campaign, stated British business was resilient and would adapt. Several countries outside the EU stated they wished to begin bi-lateral trade talks with the UK immediately. If this was the predicted apocalypse, well, it was a very British one. It was all over by teatime. Not a bad first day of freedom.
 
Locky said:
So the Scots are off along with NI. Oh well..
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The Scotts are going nowhere soon, they don't have the ability to decide without Westminster agreeing and right now I am not convinced it has the stomach for such a vote. It will put the SNP back in its box for sometime, bigger fish to fry right now.
 
nkata said:
The vote is legally binding, the population has authorised the government to leave the EU.
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technically it isn't but I cant see them not carrying it out. as they would just be decimated in the general election and the next government would issue it, you seem to be confused about so many things.
 
Clov!s said:
We are coming out of the EU and that's final, the country would go into chaos if we remained now.
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The population don't have to authorise the government to leave the EU... All this has been is an exercise to find out what the public wants. And stupidly, Cameron promised to act upon the outcome.
 
nkata said:
The vote is legally binding, the population has authorised the government to leave the EU.
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It is not legally binding, it's basically just an opinion poll. The referendum did not directly ask if the voter wanted to invoke article 50. Technically the government can just claim that they will not honor the leave vote due to the economic situation or whatever, they'll become a laughing stock but everyone hates them anyway.
 
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nkata said:
I am 63 and voted to leave. I voted for the EEC in 1975. I vote in every election for MP, MEP, council and police commissioner's. I made my choice based on my whole life experience and my current views on what is best for the whole of this country.

Immigration is a small factor for me. I do not mind people from all other countries being able to live, work and be educated here.

I do have a concern for the total size of the population however and its rate of growth. The UK has twice the population density of France, Spain etc.and is greater than that of Germany. Currently 65 million rising at 0.5 million per year.

I apologise if you feel that I have acted unfairly in this. You will have as many or more choices in life as I have had. I worked in non EEC Spain in 1979. I have travelled widely (with passport and appropriate visa as necessary).

I believe all countries should be able to make their own laws, control their borders and live peaceably with their neighbours.

Anyway I have no regrets and I made the correct choice.
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Don't forget there that we are talking about London...........people do not come to the UK they come to London :) mostly...

It is true that since when the limitations to Bulgaria and Romania have been lifted this country has been flooded with people coming here to get benefits which is something that disgust me (I am from Milan)...half of them were in Italy before but, you know, we do not give free money away...

However there is a distinction among the "type and origin" of immigrants, with many putting that as first reason for leaving you have ****ed off half of the planet (more or less), speaking three languages I can tell you that quite a lot of people feel very unwelcome (at all levels)

I personally agree with the "Out" for the sake of not being governed by the fat b*** of Angela Merkel... the consequences though will not be minor in my opinion...

I actually came here to check whether the 1080 and 1070 were any cheaper hahaha :p
 
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JohnnyG said:
That's terrible, have you ever thought they might be ashamed of you?
Never be ashamed of someone else's opinions just because you don't share them.
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Im ashamed of their sheer blinkered view. It was embarrassing and surprising hearing them ranting on about Nazis and pure fantasy. That is bigotry and that is what I guess what many remainers are despondent about; the fact that some people have voted on those bigoted view alone. As old people i expect to look up to them and use them as role models. Surprisingly, I don't aspire to be a xenophobic bigot. My dad is quite the same, he "hates all the immigrants taking our jobs", he said all the Polish sit in their own group at his work, talking in Polish and ignoring the English. I asked him if he tried going over and befriending them, didn't get much of an answer.

In fact, it's astounding I didn't turn out sauntering around with a skin head and doc martens on stomping on darkies heads.
 
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Housey said:
The Scotts are going nowhere soon, they don't have the ability to decide without Westminster agreeing and right now I am not convinced it has the stomach for such a vote. It will put the SNP back in its box for sometime, bigger fish to fry right now.
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thats what everyone was saying pre referendum about the leave vote. Sturgeon is a much more able lieutenant than Salmond and I could see far more unionists moving to her in favour of leaving the UK this time around.
 
Trustdesa said:
Don't forget there that we are talking about London...........people do not come to the UK they come to London :) mostly...

It is true that since when the limitations to Bulgaria and Romania have been lifted this country has been flooded with people coming here to get benefits which is something that disgust me (I am from Milan)...half of them were in Italy before but, you know, we do not give free money away...

However there is a distinction among the "type and origin" of immigrants, with many putting that as first reason for leaving you have ****ed off half of the planet (more or less), speaking three languages I can tell you that quite a lot of people feel the situation not different than what the nazzy did...

I personally agree with the "Out" for the sake of not being governed by the fat b*** of Angela Merkel... the consequences though will not be minor in my opinion...

I actually came here to check whether the 1080 and 1070 were any cheaper hahaha :p
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Thank you for commenting, you understand why people are angry.
 
Jokester said:
The vote isn't legalling binding. Until someone in government submits to leave under Article 50 anything could happen. We will be negotiating with the EU the best possible solution for both parties - if that means removal of free-movement for the UK, whilst staying the EU for me that is the quickest and easiest way of maintaining free trade with the UK that mainland industry is desperate to maintain whilst also keeping the EU afloat.

A protracted and acrimonious break up will have massive impacts on the Eurozone that the EU are terrified of happening.
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Caged said:
Jokester I think you're being optimistic bordering on naive.
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That'd be a decent scenario but I'm afraid Caged is right!

Clov!s said:
We are coming out of the EU and that's final, the country would go into chaos if we remained now.
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Cause it isn't already :\
 
sityeuropa said:
Suzanne Evans

A Prime Minister resigned. The £ plummeted. The FTSE 100 lost significant ground. But then the £ rallied past February levels, and the FTSE closed on a weekly high: 2.4% up on last Friday, its best performance in 4 months. President Obama decided we wouldn't be at the 'back of the queue' after all and that our 'special relationship' was still strong. The French President confirmed the Le Touquet agreement would stay in place. The President of the European Commission stated Brexit negations would be 'orderly' and stressed the UK would continue to be a 'close partner' of the EU. A big bank denied reports it would shift 2,000 staff overseas. The CBI, vehemently anti-Brexit during the referendum campaign, stated British business was resilient and would adapt. Several countries outside the EU stated they wished to begin bi-lateral trade talks with the UK immediately. If this was the predicted apocalypse, well, it was a very British one. It was all over by teatime. Not a bad first day of freedom.
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Killer7xx said:
It is not legally binding, it's basically just an opinion poll. The referendum did not directly ask if the voter wanted to invoke article 50.
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If they don't carry it out then it would go against the entire principle of democracy and the existence of our society.

Not only the population will revolt, the rest of the world will see us in a even worse light.
 
Basically in the same boat here as mentioned, only I did have multiple arguments with my family about it... Funnily enough so far everything I said has come true... **** load of difference that makes though.
 
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