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Barack_America

(28,876 posts) Thu Jun 23, 2016, 11:45 PM Jun 2016

BBC has called it for "Leave".

http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/eu_referendum/results

http://www.bbc.com/news

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36615028

Added extra links as I'm not sure where'll they'll end up linking their full story.

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BBC has called it for "Leave". (Original Post) Barack_America Jun 2016 OP

Not shocking yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #1

Dow futures are presently down over 600 points. Koinos Jun 2016 #2

a thumping victory for stupidity everywhere ... cloudythescribbler Jun 2016 #3

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

1. Not shocking

Reply to Barack_America (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 11:52 PM

Jun 2016

The voters of England want to stop having to listen to a group of bureaucrats from another country. Nobody would want that. And the Greek economy is not done and I am sure voters are not wanting to do another bailout. There are many reasons for them to want to leave. I think the biggest is they wanted to run their own country again. Get ready for France to follow England. I think France may wait to see how England does before leaving the EU but I believe they will be the next to leave. The Netherlands want to leave too. We will see how this all plays out.

Koinos

(2,792 posts)

2. Dow futures are presently down over 600 points.

Reply to Barack_America (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 12:07 AM

Jun 2016

Wall Street guessed wrong today.

Looks like an international economic tsunami of sorts.

cloudythescribbler

(2,586 posts)

3. a thumping victory for stupidity everywhere ...

Reply to Barack_America (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 12:15 AM

Jun 2016

a prescient recent column in the NY Times points to how highbrow, middlebrow and tabloid press formed a solid wall of propaganda for years and years against the EU

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/opinion/who-is-to-blame-for-brexits-appeal-british-newspapers.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0

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