Europeans' opinions on UK's EU Referendum...

Dean wrote: The T wrote: If UKIP wins, You keep that sh*t.  We already have our own...  No kidding there, UKIP and the Tea Party are equally nasty. Now, if only we could ship Nigel out to Alaska....

Alaska is far too close to the rest of humanity to place someone like that.

I really hope UK will stay. There is nothing to gain in the long run to not have a union.
What says that domestic politicians make so much better decisions than those in Brussells? Farage or Boris in the UK, Le Pen in France, Orbán in Hungary, just to mention a few scary guys and gals that must be stopped.

EU government neesd to reform, I agree on that, but let's do it together. Make it better.

As for the European song contest; be proud of your null points.

As a non euro I shall respect the wishes of the OP and hey, guess it technically doesn't impact me though ya know, potential economic impacts of a Britain exit certainly would. As it would all of us. 

Edited by JJLehto - June 23 2016 at 03:27

So, today is the day, and I can't help having a bad feeling: I fear that the exit of UE by UK would start a chain reaction of other "exits", leading not only to the collapse of UE, but to the destruction of the geopolitical "equilibrium" on the European continent.
The UE is already a non-existent entity on the diplomatical level, but if it was to be reduced to the core of its founding members (and I even suspect some people already dreaming of a "Frexit"), it will have no power on the geopolitical field, leaving the only powers being the USA, Russia, China and a fourth player (India? Iran? A nationalistic Japan building its military power???)
And that would not be good news for world peace... (maybe not so exagerated)

I think the Bremainers will win, personally

Just got up to have a cup of tea and shower before going to work. Leave vote is on 52%, and is certain to win, a seismic vote in the UK.

As it is only just 6.00 a.m. I am not in much of a state to comment in detail, , but looking at the results this vote confirms to me a point I have made a number of times here, that is the massive gap in attitudes towards politics and the world between the metropolitan world of London and the rest of us. From what I can make out, only Scotland and Northern Ireland outside of London voted to stay in in any numbers, which also raises some very interesting implications for the future.

David Cameron. Rich twit from Eton, responsible for the breakup of one Union, and quite possibly more. He and Osborne are utter toast. Hopefully, so will Corbyn be as well. Idiots.

Interesting times ahead.

To our American comrades. Don't underestimate the depth of this. This explains Trump just as equally.

I was watching the run up to the brexit with interest. Esp the tv pundits almost unanimously predicting a close win for Remain. I feel amused and sad that sitting in India I had a better feel for how the voting would go than these well paid pundits. I sold equity holdings yesterday in anticipation of a brexit. My rule of thumb was simple: People who didn't MIND remaining in EU wouldn't turn up in large enough numbers to vote while the leave vote would get mobilised. A CNBC expert was saying that armageddon doesn't happen once in every few years and this time (unlike 2008) politicians would work to resolve the crisis (like Grexit). That's dead wrong because a referendum puts the power in the hands of the people. Whether the govt then obeys the mandate is another matter but they cannot control and 'resolve' a referendum unless they rig it. Can't believe how clueless some of these people are. Do they like never step out of their air conditioned comfort (that's a very Indian expression, sorry, because it is a luxury rather than a necessity in most of India)?

Edited by rogerthat - June 24 2016 at 00:32

All very excellent points Roger. 

Edited by JJLehto - June 24 2016 at 02:18

Any hope that Scotland holds their own referendum to exit the UK and stay in the EU?

Edited by JJLehto - June 24 2016 at 02:48

The Brits will very soon regret their decision; the effect on the economy will be considerable. The Pound already plummeted deeply. Even the politicians that propagated the Brexit will soon wish they hadn't because the effects this decision will have will lead to a loss in popularity. Wise after the event...