OH MY GOD let's get several things straight about Brexit

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137. For real information about the EU, try its own

website. Rather than having information filtered through biased sources or those with other agendas, see what it says about itself. All statements on the site can be supported by fact. http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

See also EU History http://europa.eu/about-eu/eu-history/index_en.htm

Frankly, after this vote, the EU is pretty much ready to wash its hands of the UK altogether and much faster even than Britain has requested. The EU wants to start NEXT WEEK.

The UK may disintegrate much faster than the EU ever will. Neither Scotland nor Northern Ireland voted to leave. Scotland's leaders have already called for another referendum to leave the UK, and a second one will pass. Calls have also been made for Northern Ireland to unite with the Republic of Ireland. While such a union may have longer odds than the Scottish referendum will, Northern Ireland has benefited from EU status and, very astutely, doesn't want to lose it.

In fact, ALL of the UK has benefited from EU status and their political leaders were VERY poor at explaining that. Britain's internal problems, other than xenophobia, have been the result of systemic problems dating from the Thatcher era, exacerbated by recent austerity policies. Those problems exacerbated the xenophobia.

Leaving the EU will not prevent the UK from still having problems with immigration. Anyone who stated that was simply lying outright. In fact, EU authorities on the Continent may be less likely to restrict emigration to the UK when the UK is not a member.