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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:40 PM Jun 2016

Early BREXIT results: "LEAVE" unexpectedly strong in first reporting districts... [View all]

Correspondents around the country reporting expectations of high "LEAVE" results in many districts.

Live coverage on BBC WORLD NEWS

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Early BREXIT results: "LEAVE" unexpectedly strong in first reporting districts... [View all] brooklynite Jun 2016 OP

Remain up by 20,000 oswaldactedalone Jun 2016 #1

382 local authorities. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #2

Swindon goes heavy for leave oswaldactedalone Jun 2016 #3

Broxbourne goes heavy for leave oswaldactedalone Jun 2016 #4

The whole of London is likely to go very heavily for remain. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #5

Lower turnout expected in London because of weather. brooklynite Jun 2016 #7

Bad weather in London? Motown_Johnny Jun 2016 #8

They had a month's worth of rain today and there was flooding. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2016 #13

London turnout: Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #15

Out ahead now DemFromPittsburgh Jun 2016 #6

Leave is kicking azz oswaldactedalone Jun 2016 #9

Wow, some experts starting to predict victory for Leave tritsofme Jun 2016 #10

Latest from The Guardian: Leave 52%, Remain 48% Night Watchman Jun 2016 #11

Remain slashes the lead oswaldactedalone Jun 2016 #12

Watching the BBC feed oswaldactedalone Jun 2016 #14

Its starting to look like the "remain" folks didnt show up to vote. DCBob Jun 2016 #16

Why would it get ugly? Corporate666 Jun 2016 #21

Uncertainty will roil the markets and business and investments. DCBob Jun 2016 #24

What uncertainty? Corporate666 Jun 2016 #30

And the pound sterling is down over 5% right now Ruby the Liberal Jun 2016 #33

5% isn't a big deal Corporate666 Jun 2016 #39

Its 8.4% now Ruby the Liberal Jun 2016 #40

Of course there will be repercussions Corporate666 Jun 2016 #41

Bye bye EU oswaldactedalone Jun 2016 #17

BBC reports a "Senior Labour Figure" believes LEAVE will win... brooklynite Jun 2016 #18

Johnson made some racial slurs toward our President, so I am pretty disappointed, but not surprised still_one Jun 2016 #26

The betting markets have now shifted in favor of "LEAVE" brooklynite Jun 2016 #19

Listening to Sky - they seem taken aback by how minimal the early Remain victories were Ruby the Liberal Jun 2016 #20

The markets must be about to go flamingdem Jun 2016 #22

FTSE futures down 4% brooklynite Jun 2016 #23

live BBC counts here Takket Jun 2016 #25

Thanks for posting this link Takket... Purveyor Jun 2016 #34

Remain just took the lead! DCBob Jun 2016 #27

just saw that. Wow, is this nerve wracking still_one Jun 2016 #29

This will have global repercussions. Such recklessness. Metric System Jun 2016 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #31

I don't understand the lure of repeatedly signing up and getting banned. It seems like a different uppityperson Jun 2016 #32

Western civilization is becoming increasingly fractured and polarized davidn3600 Jun 2016 #35

Actually, this has more to do with UKIP and some Tories NuclearDem Jun 2016 #36

That and good ol' fashioned racism n/t Nevernose Jun 2016 #42

50.2 stay versus 49.8 leave a minute ago on Rachel. Hortensis Jun 2016 #37

update Takket Jun 2016 #38