Brexit

[InsideThePark]

13 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I read that Cameron was the one who initially proposed the idea as a way to get leverage over the EU. The idea caught on and he lost control of it.

Yeah, oops. This was self-inflicted. The people who are in the remain camp are furious with him.

[InsideThePark]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

This could signal a political shift in the U.S. as well.

You've got your fingers crossed.

[Jay]

Ha

You're the one with the crossed fingers.

[InsideThePark]

I doubt this has any implication on the general election.

[arch stanton]

I'm all for anything that decentralizes power. The EU is good for the very top and very bottom of the economic food chain and squeezes everybody else. At the  end of the day they voted to nix the cheap labor market and backroom deals being negotiated in Brussels where the general population had no say. 

[Lhalo]

I'm a huge fan of Nigel Farage. Good on him for rescuing the UK from the unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. 

 

[Adam]

It seems like votes actually count in England. That's kinda weird 

[fan_since79]

World stock markets are reacting like it's the end of the world.

Irrational, as most of these things are.

 

[arch stanton]

Well it is a big fat middle finger to the corporate overlords 

[fan_since79]

Another smackdown to Obama and his globalist agenda. 

 

[InsideThePark]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

Another smackdown to Obama and his globalist agenda. 

 

Actually both Democrats and Republicans wanted them to stay. The Trump camp seems to be happy though.

[arch stanton]

18 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Another smackdown to Obama and his globalist agenda. 

 

You have to be fucking kidding. 

[Tank]

john oliver did a segment on brexit for those who want some more info. just watched it this afternoon.

[arch stanton]

4 minutes ago, colt4405 said:

what are you, new?

AW politics keep regressing. Orange County can't help themselves… or others… 

 

To credit Obama with the global agenda is to admit that you can't see the forest because the trees have been beating you over the head for the past 50 years 

[fan_since79]

BREAKING: Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned.

Shockwave.

 

[Lhalo]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

BREAKING: Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned.

Shockwave.

 

He said he'll stay on for three months. I think he'll be gone before that. 

[fan_since79]

British and European stock markets are plunging like there's no tomorrow.

Huge overreaction, as these things tend to be.

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

7 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I think it's probably more akin to New York leaving the USA. 

Good riddance

 

 

Jk

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 hours ago, calscuf said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Scotland had another vote soon and does secede from the UK nd joins the EU.  

Good point. 

Slightly off topic, but with the pound dropping it could be a good time to buy a flight to london

[Spirit]

5 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

BREAKING: Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned.

Shockwave.

 

 

 

[nate]

This was a monumental fuckup by Cameron.

If other countries begin to leave the EU it will completely fuck over the weaker countries in the EU (like Greece) to the point where they could completely crumble.  The hatred for the UK in Europe was dialed up to 11 lol.

[halomatt]

8 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I think it's probably more akin to New York leaving the USA. 

YANKEES SUCK!

So Cameron resigned, (not "re-signed") today.  Does this further shake up Britain's future?  Thanks for the analogy, by the way. 

[gotbeer]

8 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I think it's probably more akin to New York leaving the USA. 

But what if it was Texas leaving?  Would anyone really care?  And if it was Illinois leaving, it would be like everyone in the US found a thousand dollar bill.

[nate]

We all know what needs to happen now... Flexit 2017!

[tdawg87]

I have no idea what's going on so