BREXIT - leave or remain?

[Deleted]

big win for remain in city of london, shame only about 3000 people live there

[Knaar]

Leave taking the lead more and more!

[Deleted]

3-1 in favour of remain in the City.

No great shock.

im surrprised anyone that can afford to live in the city voted leave!

[Deleted]

The Brits would be absolutely foolish to leave the EU. The model the anti-EU campaign has suggested for Britain (Norway/Swiss model) requires the nation to follow the rules and regulations of the European Union. You will not have access to the single market without adhering to the rules and laws of the European Union. If this access is not gained and all British business remains as an outsider subjected to tariffs and the such, it will be economical self-destruction for Britain and the people who most support Leave (working class whites) will be hurt the most by inevitable recession, cuts and driving down of social services. Then the anti-EU block would sell this as Britain being punished by the EU which would lead to higher amounts of discontent and radicalization of the local population.

And most important of all, like I said, if Britain leaves but yet is supposed to join the single market space of the EU, it will HAVE TO adhere to the rules of the EU WITHOUT A VOICE regarding it's decisions. You don't want free movement because you think it will limit immigrants? Well sorry for you if you don't want your economy to crash you will still have to have free movement but this time you will not have a veto if in 20 years Turkey is a legit candidate to join.

[Deleted]

Leave taking the lead more and more!

the big london boroughs havent been counted yet, that will likely tip it in favour of remain.

[Knaar]

City of London, 75% Remain, woah!

[Elegiac]

You seemed to miss the "very early" part.

Yes, that was the point.

[Deleted]

big win for remain in city of london, shame only about 3000 people live there

I dont get this, is London and city of london two different things?

[Berengil]

It's a lot more complicated than that. Just by looking at this very thread you can see multiple posters who bare little beyond contempt for those voting 'Leave', especially if they're of a working class background or live in an area neglected by both UK and EU funding and poorly affected by the negative affects of immigration. Not surprisingly a lot of those same places are voting Leave, paving the way for champagne socialists to feign outrage and surprise.

There's many other factors as well, of course.

That's partially my sense of it as well, coming from an outside observer. Kind of the same thing happens to the Democrats over here sometimes. Its how Reagan rolled up his two landslides in the 80s.

[Zelk]

wow only 4000 people in London voted

[Deleted]

City of London, 75% Remain, woah!

hardly surprising that London financial district with a population of a few thousand votes to remain :P

city of londons vote is not really important, 2nd smallest voter base in the UK

[Knaar]

i've been told once that in city of london not many people actually live there, just a shit ton people working and leaving after they are done.

[Deleted]

wow only 4000 people in London voted

city of london != london

[Flutterguy]

Yes, that was the point.

You're being redundant. Very early implies the results can definitely change. So all you did was parrot me.

[Kallisto]

hardly surprising that London financial district with a population of a few thousand votes to remain :P

city of londons vote is not really important, 2nd smallest voter base in the UK

Yeah total population of the actual city of London is about 10k.

[Slant]

I dont get this, is London and city of london two different things?

Yes.

[Deleted]

The Brits would be absolutely foolish to leave the EU. The model the anti-EU campaign has suggested for Britain (Norway/Swiss model) requires the nation to follow the rules and regulations of the European Union. You will not have access to the single market without adhering to the rules and laws of the European Union. If this access is not gained and all British business remains as an outsider subjected to tariffs and the such, it will be economical self-destruction for Britain and the people who most support Leave (working class whites) will be hurt the most by inevitable recession, cuts and driving down of social services. Then the anti-EU block would sell this as Britain being punished by the EU which would lead to higher amounts of discontent and radicalization of the local population.

And most important of all, like I said, if Britain leaves but yet is supposed to join the single market space of the EU, it will HAVE TO adhere to the rules of the EU WITHOUT A VOICE regarding it's decisions. You don't want free movement because you think it will limit immigrants? Well sorry for you if you don't want your economy to crash you will still have to have free movement but this time you will not have a veto if in 20 years Turkey is a legit candidate to join.'

EDIT: Sry somehow dubbel post

[Deleted]

I dont get this, is London and city of london two different things?

Yes.

City of London is basically more or less constitutionally a state within a state, though not many people know this. It is accountable only to itself. It is miniscule and has nothing to do with London proper!

[Deleted]

I dont get this, is London and city of london two different things?

that is correct. London refers to the entire city, city of london is tiny borough within london :P

[Zelk]

city of london != london

??? That doesn't make any sense at all