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BREAKING: BBC calls BREXIT referendum in favor of "LEAVE" vote (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2016 OP
Through the looking glass we go... DanTex Jun 2016 #1
So I've been busy and haven't been able to follow this. What are the implications? nt ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 #2
EU is flipping back to an ultra nationalist tendency. joshcryer Jun 2016 #8
What next? Lucky Luciano Jun 2016 #3
UK breaks up... Scotland and NI join the EU... that is if the EU survives JCMach1 Jun 2016 #4
Scotland for sure - not sure about NI. nt Lucky Luciano Jun 2016 #6
France and Netherlands to leave next I predict. yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #7
... Cursive Jun 2016 #11
What next is the UK has 2-years to work out a better deal. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #18
This is the hostile environment KMOD Jun 2016 #5
Damn ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #9
Here we go? Where? nt ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 #10
Nobody knows that's part of the issue... Agschmid Jun 2016 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #14
What is your take/thoughts, Brook? nt 7wo7rees Jun 2016 #12
Not prepared to assume dissolution of the UK... brooklynite Jun 2016 #16
Ouch!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2016 #15
Long past that... brooklynite Jun 2016 #19
Cameron didn't have to call this. That's the part that blows my mind... Joe the Revelator Jun 2016 #17
A thumping victory for stupidity everywhere ... cloudythescribbler Jun 2016 #20

Response to ChisolmTrailDem (Reply #10)

brooklynite

(94,519 posts)
16. Not prepared to assume dissolution of the UK...
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 12:04 AM
Jun 2016

...fully expect Cameron to lose office (likely in favor of Boris Johnson). Economic uncertainty for next two years (negotiation period). Potential for other States (Greece?) to drop as well.

I do NOT expect serious repercussions on the US election.

cloudythescribbler

(2,586 posts)
20. A thumping victory for stupidity everywhere ...
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 12:29 AM
Jun 2016

First off, an excellent recent oped in the NY Times noted how in the UK, the press -- highbrow, middlebrow & tabloid -- were a solid wall of propaganda for years and years against the EU:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/opinion/who-is-to-blame-for-brexits-appeal-british-newspapers.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0

Yep -- Scotland will secede from the UK, the UK will decline economically, and London in particular as a financial center will take a hit that might not be reversed. Who would take London's place? Relative rise of financial importance of NYC and China, but quite possibly some center in Europe -- Netherlands or Germany (my bet would be on Germany)

If global economic downturn, triggered by global market crash/panic, could help Trump, with further negative implications for the US and globally

Could presage the breakup of the EU, but remember that if things go badly in the UK economically, this might DIScourage other countries like France & Netherlands from following the same path

Could also be a political backlash over time in the UK as the economy tanks, tho the secession of more progressive Scotland would be something of a firewall or cushioning factor

"The Brexiters NOT the immigrants took away your job"

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