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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the_r_sole said:
I'm genuinely interested in why anyone would vote to leave.
We have a second chamber of unelected lords and a royal family that can adjust/veto laws, so I really don't get the argument about the EU being unelected politicians imposing on us, leaving our politicians unchecked is not going to be good for anyone other than the elite, but they somehow convinced the working class to vote for it!
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This is an excellent point as well.
 
i know nothing said:
No way. As with many in the Asian community I am outraged that Remain wanted to exclude non-EU families (just like the present government does) in order to allow free movement of EU people. Red line I'm afraid, we need a fair immigration system.
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You need to accept we are unlikely to get access to the single market then
 
OMG !!!

Are these remainers still going on ?..

Stop hoping and wishing it can change. It won't, we're coming out.
Just grow up stop throwing the toys out the pram. The majority of this Country have spoken. :D

Roll on the full exit.
 
Mulder said:
Yep, there's a lot of immaturity on both sides right now, although I have to say my Facebook is currently dominated by (on the whole) some very bitter remainers letting themselves down. Guess it could have easily been the other way around if we had a different result.

I'd agree with most of your thoughts above, although turnout in Scotland was disappointingly low for the remain camp, and I have no doubt Corbyn's EU track record and then supposed official position of "we should probably, on balance, stay, but..." did mean the Labour remain vote was way more subdued than it could have been. Would have to disagree with you on something though :p
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Glasgow WHHYYYY! Etc, etc. ;_; But there's no way of extracting 1 mil+ votes out of those low turnout zones in Caledonia alone, sadly. I suspect a few nationalist punters, well, took a punt on Leave and stayed home to kick the people they thought were answerable for the Remain in the Union win, but not in colossal numbers, considering other turnouts there throughout recent history.

Corbyn's tack would've been more successful if he had followed a certain professor from Liverpool in his approach to explaining a more subtle position on EU basics. Immigration is a hard thing for him to talk about too, especially considering the realities of the current single market. Though he could've at least tried talking up the positives of redistributive effects of the current EU funding model on poorer states, which in turn reduces immigration over time. Indeed, highlighting and going into more detail on how the EU allocated funds to places like Liverpool worked there quite well. Alas, who ever listens to the activists, right? :p I should try sending him more emails/tweets in future.

He wasn't a mega disaster though. It was more complicated than that, and people like Tony, with their Iraqi baggage, popping up to talk about Syria and the like, hurt in places just as well.
 
i know nothing said:
No way. As with many in the Asian community I am outraged that Remain wanted to exclude non-EU families (just like the present government does) in order to allow free movement of EU people. Red line I'm afraid, we need a fair immigration system.
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Exactly correct, the bremain are the real racists and bigots. Immigration should not discriminate among ethnic lines it should be wholly based on merit.
 
the_r_sole said:
The biggest surprise for me was how easily people were convinced by politicians...
I'm genuinely interested in why anyone would vote to leave.
We have a second chamber of unelected lords and a royal family that can adjust/veto laws, so I really don't get the argument about the EU being unelected politicians imposing on us, leaving our politicians unchecked is not going to be good for anyone other than the elite, but they somehow convinced the working class to vote for it!
Reducing red tape was another nonsense I heard the UK loves it's red tape - it will just be different red tape - and will probably allow monopolies to be formed by lobbying politicians
The immigration thing again I think is a total red herring I think there is going to a huge disappointment in store for anyone that voted to stop immigration...

The demographics of the vote are really interesting, the old folk are going to be in real trouble when the NHS collapses and their pensions disappear
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Good points to which I'd add that for a lot of people their vote in general elections is effectively meaningless under our current elecroral system. If people felt they had no power or control they should've been looking closer to home, but as other's have said it is too late now
 
Darujhistan said:
It definitely looks to me as if the remainers have been holding us back for years, they have no self-confidence or any belief in the country at all.

The whiny and entitled didn't get their own way it seems.
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I definitely feel that way. Britain once used to be known for it's ingenuity, resilience, and determination to succeed. The status-quo has changed and people begin acting like children as a result of being part of the EU nanny super state for too long.
 
Jono8 said:
If anything i think people voting to leave are the pansies too scared of change.

Voting out was a regressive decision in my eyes. Globalisation is the way forward and is the future. Why do we want to head back towards closed borders and silly "us and them" mentalities. With the advances we now have in travel and communication it is backwards.

Is it difficult? You are damn right it is difficult, but i would much rather our country played an important and influential part in it.
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Globalisation is indeed the way forward...
The EU has been stalling on giving the UK a trade deal with India for nine years and shelved it indefinitely in 2014.
We can do SO much better away from them and their protection racket!

How can you play an influential part in something that steadfastly won't change! Juncker has already said out of his own two lips, the UK had all the reform it was going to get.
 
McstylisT said:
OMG !!!

Are these remainers still going on ?..

Stop hoping and wishing it can change. It won't, we're coming out.
Just grow up stop throwing the toys out the pram. The majority of this Country have spoken. :D

Roll on the full exit.
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I'm seeing far more posts like the above than ones moaning from people who voted remain.
 
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