It's 5-10 years of turmoil for Britain and Europe. A second Scottish referendum within a year, tensions resurface in Northern Ireland (Sinn Fein has already proposed re-unification) Wales will lack EU, foreign and (probably) British investment. Inflation. EU itself will be near breaking point dealing with Greek financial crisis (without UK contribution) migrant crisis and emboldened eurosceptic factions in other member states. Workers rights will erode as Britain strives for flexibility to compete with Asia. Young people's opportunity cut (as above) old people no longer enjoy the right to retire in the sun. Closer ties and widening opportunities with Eastern Europe curtailed. All in all, quite rosy.

Yes I know. I guess I realize that.

We've had quite a few overnight inquiries from friends/acquaintances/family about immigrating to Canada.

The only other passport I might be able to get is a British one issued in Gibraltar (my mum was born there) but that won't help me with Europe.

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And the golden age never existed either (IMO).

S

Oh for goodness sake..

Why do people generalise and belittle because the vote didn't go the way they hoped? Why does it concern them so much of the age, education, employment or otherwise of those that voted to leave - don't they think there were an (almost) equal amount of people with a similar background who voted remain?

Stop pointing the finger because others dissagreed!

IMHO, people were just fed up to the back teeth of not having control over their own country any longer.

Regardless, the deed is done.

Time to move on and move forwards.

this explains more clearly than anything the danger of handing over political power in referendums to the willfully ignorant.

Any before others crucify me I am not saying all those that voted out are ignorant but this women and those like her clearly had no idea of the ramifications of their actions.

Many many were/are ignorant. The problem is that this was a vote on the structure of Britain and Europe, not a governmental cycle. Many don't know the difference or don't care. Democratic rights are premised on informed voters, very few voters were sufficiently informed to make this choice. It's akin to asking the general public if we should go to war, instinct and prejudice will prevail over analysis and reason. It's madness that Cameron succumbed to Farage's taunts and granted the referendum.

I think this was a flat out protest vote; in part against the "experts" as mentioned above

I don't think it will be that quick, but the break up of the union is now inevitable.

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64% of those aged 18-24 voted to remain versus only 33% of those aged 65 and over. If the stats are correct, then it seems clear there weren't an 'almost equal amount of people with a similar background' who voted remain.

If that's their reason, then it seems the generalisation about the uneducated voting out is correct. If they couldn't be bothered to do a bit of research to discover how the 'take back control argument' was meaningless, then is it really any wonder the remainers think they didn't do their research?!

Agreed.

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I think this demonstrates an arrogant view of the event.
People voted based on how they viewed the issues as they applied to them. Because they didn't agree with the more complex issues that you may have felt important, does not mean that these were of less importance.
Cameron is getting a bad press for a similar reason, but I for one, am pleased that for once a politician had the guts, forced or otherwise, to offer a difficult choice to the only group who had the right to choose.

I am over the moon with the result I am having a Brexit pint

How quickly can the divorce papers be signed, will it take 24 months or will Brussels push to get this done ASAP?

-Right now, as of Monday 27 June ...

- Is the Home Office/UKBA going move quickly on suspending the Surinder Singh route... hopefully yes

- Will all those presently in the UK from the EU (largest being Poland) who are not permanent residents be told to leave the UK....hopefully yes

- How quickly can the UK stop EU freedom of movement... hopefully by the end of 2016

- Will the UK airports change the border immigration passport control to remove the two tier entry of 'EU passport holders', to change it to British Citizens with EU passport holders lumped with 'all others' the way it was 40 odd years ago.... hopefully yes

- Will the EHIC for all the expats living in Europe be suspended... hopefully yes.

- What about the expats currently residing in Europe, will they be asked to leave, and if they are allowed to remain, will their indexed pensions no longer exist.... hopefully so

- What about the 'Good Friday' agreement between the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland, does that cease to exist .... hopefully so

- Within the next 36 months will Scotland & Northern Ireland have a a 'to separate from the UK referendum'.... hopefully so with a yes outcome.