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You are thinking that you have no stakes in this race. I honestly think that you are wrong. And your rant about "bullied children" is just the proof you have no
by tigershark 10y ago
You are thinking that you have no stakes in this race.
I honestly think that you are wrong.
And your rant about "bullied children" is just the proof you have no idea what you are speaking about.
British people are living in a sovereign nation and they decided to leave a sovereign super-national entity.
I live in UK since 2010 and I think I should express my opinion.
People in Wales voted out even if their jobs are mostly paid by EU.
Wales is by far the poorest part of uk and it's heavily subsidised. By EU.
You can put as much rethoric as you want in your post but it doesn't change reality.
The facts are that the pound crashed to 1.33 against the USD (last time it arrived to that level I was not even 5 years old, in 1985, and for sure didn't happen in one day).
A lot of companies here are going to lay off/relocate jobs.
Scotland is going to have a new referendum for independence, probably the same will happen to north Ireland and Gibraltar.
Economy in Europe is completely messed up. Italy stock exchange had the worst crash EVER.
Spain lost 12% and Greece 13%.
In a single day.
.SPX lost "only" 3.5% in a day.
I know how much I contribute to uk economy (> 1 thousand of pounds of taxes per week) and a lot of my friends that are on a similar level are thinking to leave before end of the year.
This referendum will trigger a global crisis, regardless of your belief to be safe and "out of the race".
On a more personal level I'm really disgusted about British people.
I wish I could be in some other country where they would rationally decide who they want instead of being in a nation that doesn't want immigrants at all.
So I will let them be happy about their victory and as soon as I can I will move to somewhere else.
I hope this comment can give you a better reality view from someone that lives there and has first hand experiences instead of relying on Twitter (that I don't even use) or all the other trendy social networks that you mentioned.
- smm2000 10y agoI am pretty sure British are OK with you (aka somebody paying 1K/week in taxes) staying in UK. At worst you will have to get work visa with minimal efforts no matter what. In contrast to US, UK has well functioning visa system for highly qualified workers Free movement of labour benefits workers in poor countries immigrating to UK and mostly affluent/rich UK citizens working in Europe. It's of no use to middle class and down - they are not moving anywhere. If EU stopped at free movement of stuff and did not do free movement of labor (beyond visa free travel), it would have been much better union. Blaming UK voters for Spanish stock exchange losses is just asinine - generally you should pay very little attention to daily stock market moves when decided policy for next 50 years. It's too finicky and move for no reason at all.
- tremon 10y agoI am pretty sure British are OK with you (aka somebody paying 1K/week in taxes) staying in UK They have a weird way of showing it then. If EU stopped at free movement of stuff and did not do free movement of labor, it would have been much better union. The rest of Europe disagrees. So ultimately, I think this move is for the better on both sides of the channel. You get to keep your island, we get to keep our freedom.
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