Can someone please give an unbiased summary of what this means and how it will impact the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world?
UK votes to leave EU
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#62Can someone please give an unbiased summary of what this means and how it will impact the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world?
No, only time will tell. There was way too much biased reporting/prognoses upfront.
I personally think it will sort itself out just fine - even IFF (and that is a very big IF) the UK parliament follows the non-binding vote...
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#63I voted today. I work in London at a startup with international markets. I believe in the ideal of free movement. I think the EU is a bit of a mess conceptually and mechanically, but in general a step forward for Europe. This is really the beginning of a very long, tedious and ultimately unsatisfying couple of years of dissatisfaction and instability as we negotiate with the EU and the rest of the world.
>>> ... as we negotiate with the EU and the rest of the world. HA! Negotiate. If Britain want to shoot itself in the foot and unsettle the world economy, it can do so on its own. The EU need not concede on anything. Why should they, given that Britain won't be a voting member in a couple years. If I were France I would start bricking up the chunnel tomorrow.
> If I were France I would start bricking up the chunnel tomorrow.
The "migrants" are already working on it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3651956/Hundreds-mig...
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#65And a special thank you from Canada. This vote is going to give Quebec ideas again.
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#66As some people already said, even if the vote will be 'Leave' the Parliament most likely will not consider it and will not part ways with the EU siting some made-up problems, that "prohibit" the exit right away. Await another referendum until the necessary results are obtained.
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#67Is Scotland going to be exiting the UK next? Guess we'll see in a few years. Hard to know what will happen here, but I suspect once the UK (or what's left of it) signs a trade deal with the EU, they'll get the same deal as Norway - all the compliance with EU regulations, with none of the say. I suppose people may be happy with that deal, as long as they can get to say they're "free". I'm hoping this somehow leave the…
I think that the EU will see the UK leave as a slap. So it will definitely slap back, especially Germany. I think with this result UK gave the ok to Germany to actually push UK's economy into a devaluation and then e.g Berlin can become the new London of Europe. I don't think the UK is going to get the same deal as Norway or Switzerland especially since the UK doesn't want to get involved in the free movement.
> Berlin can become the new London of Europe.
I heard there are a lot of tech companies that already bought land in Ireland as a hedge against the Brexit, and that's where a lot of the tech jobs are going to be going. (Albeit that's only one industry, and I doubt that the financial industry would go in the same direction.)
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#68Time to buy Bitcoin and gold
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#69Is now a good time to invest in British currency? Are there some good resources for how to do that?
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#70I don't understand the hand-wringing. Countries have engaged in trade for thousands of years - Brexit won't change that.
Oh yeah; they also engaged in trade wars, which often degenerated in conventional wars. The EU was built to avoid that.
Welcome back to the Hobbesian jungle.