Britain votes to leave the EU!
Leon
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I was quite shocked when I woke up and turned the radio on to hear that Britain voted to leave the EU in yesterday's referendum. I was expecting that we would vote to stay in. It'll be interesting to see what happens over the next couple of years - that is all the time we have to conclude the arrangements according to the Lisbon Treaty.
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Two years to 'negotiate' shows just what is wrong with the bureaucrat overload that was the 'EU'
(Right now the xe.com website, with exchange rates, is constantly overloaded in a way I've never seen before. It mostly doesn't work. Lots of people checking in vain if this improves, I guess..)
I expect long customs lines to and from the UK to the continent. Things tend to have long-ranging repercussions, with many seemingly minor on the surface, but added together, a pain in the royal backside.
You were surprised, but were you pleased or distressed (if I may be so bold)?
If this goes through my hanging around Europe may get harder. Looks like I might have to marry 'er in doors! Not such a bad idea.
If I understand correctly the vote in London and the south went towards staying in. The vote in the north and outside London went for leaving. Meanwhile up in Scotland they wanted to stay in.
Does this mean that:
1) The UK leaves Europe.
2) Scotland eventually gets independence from the UK.
3) Scotland rejoins the EU.
What a mess.
And, if we undo the act of union between Scotland and England, which formed the UK, does that mean we finally get an independent England back again? That would be cool.
The deal was that anyone from an EU member state could go an live and work in any other EU member state.
So what happens next?
All of a sudden I might become an illegal immigrant!
I'd be happy if we could disband the UK and I get a passport that says I'm a citizen of England. A country that seems to have voluntarily committed suicide over the years. Without many of it's citizens thinking about it much.
Or...I was discussing with Chip that I could stay in a shed on his walnut farm. How long would it take them to find an illegal immigrant there in Red Bluff ?
http://mashable.com/2016/06/24/trump-tweet-brexit/#m..lI6oJ1sqZ
For ten years or more he has been trying to build a golf club in Scotland. He had a bit of an issue with one farmer who would not sell up and move out of the way. Don tried every which way to get that farmer out.
Last I heard they were building a wind farm off the cost nearby said golf course. Don tried every which way to get that stopped. It spoils the view for the rich golfer clients he expects there.
I wanted us to remain in, so it was a very unpleasant surprise.
That bit is hard to fathom
Seems the Scots are twitchy about sending barrow loads of Money south over the border, in exchange for being told what they can & cannot do do -- at least that much I can comprehend.
but to stay in the EU, means sending barrow loads of Money to Brussels, in exchange for being told what they can & cannot do ?! - Seems they have not thought this through much ?