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It's like a horrible nightmare. WTF? I feel the need to apologise to everybody.
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BWFC (6/24/2016)
tindog (6/24/2016)
Beatrix Kiddo (6/24/2016)
Well, I'm embarrassed to be British now.I'm just shocked.
I can't believe it either.
Farrago has already admitted that the £350 million figure, upon which many people based their voting intentions, was a 'mistake'. Pretty soon he'll be admitting that we won't be getting the free unicorns.
Gove on QT earlier in the week lying about Turkey's chances of entering the EU...
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ChrisM@Work (6/24/2016)
BWFC (6/24/2016)
tindog (6/24/2016)
Beatrix Kiddo (6/24/2016)
Well, I'm embarrassed to be British now.I'm just shocked.
I can't believe it either.
Farrago has already admitted that the £350 million figure, upon which many people based their voting intentions, was a 'mistake'. Pretty soon he'll be admitting that we won't be getting the free unicorns.
Gove on QT earlier in the week lying about Turkey's chances of entering the EU...
The fact that this campaign has been fought using so many lies, half-truths and exaggerations does not bode well for the future of British politics. Politicians have always bent the truth but it has been taken to new heights recently. I feel sorry for all the people that fell for it. I suspect there is going to be an awful lot of people that will regret voting out very soon.
What's worse is my Facebook feed is full of people who think that the stock market crash and plummeting pound mark the start of some kind of golden age. I've actually seen people say the only way is up. They are likely to be horribly disappointed.
On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
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BWFC (6/24/2016)
ChrisM@Work (6/24/2016)
BWFC (6/24/2016)
tindog (6/24/2016)
Beatrix Kiddo (6/24/2016)
Well, I'm embarrassed to be British now.I'm just shocked.
I can't believe it either.
Farrago has already admitted that the £350 million figure, upon which many people based their voting intentions, was a 'mistake'. Pretty soon he'll be admitting that we won't be getting the free unicorns.
Gove on QT earlier in the week lying about Turkey's chances of entering the EU...
The fact that this campaign has been fought using so many lies, half-truths and exaggerations does not bode well for the future of British politics. Politicians have always bent the truth but it has been taken to new heights recently. I feel sorry for all the people that fell for it. I suspect there is going to be an awful lot of people that will regret voting out very soon.
What's worse is my Facebook feed is full of people who think that the stock market crash and plummeting pound mark the start of some kind of golden age. I've actually seen people say the only way is up. They are likely to be horribly disappointed.
As a contrast, my feed is full of people who think making aggressive threats to 'leave' voters will get us out of this situation. It's making me feel sick discovering that my social group is full of bullies, let alone the actual outcome of the referendum.
Both sides of the referendum have used a lot of fear-mongering and bias (naturally), it's hard to get the real facts and I can understand the division. I've been using the fullfacts website to form my opinions but it's still hard to know if that's even factually correct.
I'm stressed about the future of the UK...waiting to see what NI and Scotland do, things could get worse yet.
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tindog (6/24/2016)
BWFC (6/24/2016)
ChrisM@Work (6/24/2016)
BWFC (6/24/2016)
tindog (6/24/2016)
Beatrix Kiddo (6/24/2016)
Well, I'm embarrassed to be British now.I'm just shocked.
I can't believe it either.
Farrago has already admitted that the £350 million figure, upon which many people based their voting intentions, was a 'mistake'. Pretty soon he'll be admitting that we won't be getting the free unicorns.
Gove on QT earlier in the week lying about Turkey's chances of entering the EU...
The fact that this campaign has been fought using so many lies, half-truths and exaggerations does not bode well for the future of British politics. Politicians have always bent the truth but it has been taken to new heights recently. I feel sorry for all the people that fell for it. I suspect there is going to be an awful lot of people that will regret voting out very soon.
What's worse is my Facebook feed is full of people who think that the stock market crash and plummeting pound mark the start of some kind of golden age. I've actually seen people say the only way is up. They are likely to be horribly disappointed.
As a contrast, my feed is full of people who think making aggressive threats to 'leave' voters will get us out of this situation. It's making me feel sick discovering that my social group is full of bullies, let alone the actual outcome of the referendum.
Both sides of the referendum have used a lot of fear-mongering and bias (naturally), it's hard to get the real facts and I can understand the division. I've been using the fullfacts website to form my opinions but it's still hard to know if that's even factually correct.
I'm stressed about the future of the UK...waiting to see what NI and Scotland do, things could get worse yet.
That has crossed my mind too. I was fervently for Scotland remaining part of the Union at the last referendum and I couldn't see any reason why they'd want to leave. Now, while I'd like them to stay with us, I wouldn't blame them in the slightest if they stuck up two fingers and left. Sadly, I suspect that the UKIP\leave bunch would think that was a good thing. My wife is Scottish though so hopefully I'll be able to move there with her.
My biggest argument against leaving was always the lack of a realistic vision of the future. There was the mythical version, where immigrants were kind enough to pave the streets with gold before all going home, but there was nothing concrete about what would actually happen. I think there are going to be an awful lot of things that the leave campaign didn't even remotely consider cropping up in the future.
On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
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BWFC (6/24/2016)
ChrisM@Work (6/24/2016)
BWFC (6/24/2016)
tindog (6/24/2016)
Beatrix Kiddo (6/24/2016)
Well, I'm embarrassed to be British now.I'm just shocked.
I can't believe it either.
Farrago has already admitted that the £350 million figure, upon which many people based their voting intentions, was a 'mistake'. Pretty soon he'll be admitting that we won't be getting the free unicorns.
Gove on QT earlier in the week lying about Turkey's chances of entering the EU...
The fact that this campaign has been fought using so many lies, half-truths and exaggerations does not bode well for the future of British politics. Politicians have always bent the truth but it has been taken to new heights recently. I feel sorry for all the people that fell for it. I suspect there is going to be an awful lot of people that will regret voting out very soon.
What's worse is my Facebook feed is full of people who think that the stock market crash and plummeting pound mark the start of some kind of golden age. I've actually seen people say the only way is up. They are likely to be horribly disappointed.
I'm surprised the vote went the way it did. I think someone posted yesterday that there's no guarantee the government will go with the will of the people, no matter how the vote goes. Then this morning, I heard that Prime Minister Cameron resigned. Do you think the UK will actually follow through?
The short-term impact on UK and US stock markets are being seen. For the rest of it, I'm trying to cut through all the scare tactics and BS being reported. I've heard it's a matter of the older people knowing the history of the UK and not wanting to be ruled by Europe, while the younger people are fine with it. What do you think?
As for being embarrassed about political matters, I don't think the UK has the market cornered on that one. However, I don't want to off on a tangent. I'm interested in what people think about the vote and what the impact of it will be.
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They're under no legal obligation to follow through with it, but if the wrong person replaces Cameron (highly likely) then they will. I really, really, really, REALLY hope something happens to prevent it, but I think I'm an atheist in a foxhole on this one.
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Ed Wagner (6/24/2016)
[I've heard it's a matter of the older people knowing the history of the UK and not wanting to be ruled by Europe, while the younger people are fine with it. What do you think?
I missed this before. I would say it's more likely older people being racist/xenophobic than anything else. Their generation had it so good- UNDER EUROPE- and now they've sold the rest of us down the river. This is very, very bad.
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Beatrix Kiddo (6/24/2016)
Ed Wagner (6/24/2016)
[I've heard it's a matter of the older people knowing the history of the UK and not wanting to be ruled by Europe, while the younger people are fine with it. What do you think?
I missed this before. I would say it's more likely older people being racist/xenophobic than anything else. Their generation had it so good- UNDER EUROPE- and now they've sold the rest of us down the river. This is very, very bad.
This is it. They want 'British jobs to be British', and have the reign of the 'British empire' despite the fact that most of them have retired and won't benefit from Brexit at all.
I do genuinely believe we will be following through with leaving the EU, but it will be a few years until we can see the true impact of this through the fog of media bias. I'm not feeling positive when part of the reason for leaving the EU was "because immigration" (which we kinda need immigrants in many respects). As BWFC pointed out, there's nothing concrete to suggest Britain will be better off without the EU.
My only ounce of satisfaction right now is that the majority in my town (Cheltenham) voted 'remain', so at least I know I'm among like-minded people even if they are morphing into aggressive bullies.
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Same here in London, but it's just brought home to me what a liberal, metropolitan bubble I live in. (I always knew it was different out there, but I didn't know quite how much.)
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Beatrix Kiddo (6/24/2016)
Same here in London, but it's just brought home to me what a liberal, metropolitan bubble I live in. (I always knew it was different out there, but I didn't know quite how much.)I live in a relatively deprived, pretty small Northern former mill town, the sort where you are weaned on gravy. When my wife and I went to vote, there was a chap who had to have it explained how to cast a vote. There was a distinct feeling of 'imahgrunt took job me not want' in the whole room. That was the point when I started to get nervous.
At least when London secedes you'll be ok Beatrix.
On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
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I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).
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Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).I'm finding the same thing and wondering why I keep putting myself through the wringer reading various and sundry political articles...
So here's a picture to try to lighten the mood:
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Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news?Yes, for a change we do. Our High Court has ruled that the appeal against the president's corruption charges be dismissed with costs. There's pretty much no avenue left to him now to avoid facing those 700 odd charges of corruption dating from 2009.
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Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news?Yes, for a change we do. Our High Court has ruled that the appeal against the president's corruption charges be dismissed with costs. There's pretty much no avenue left to him now to avoid facing those 700 odd charges of corruption dating from 2009.
700 charges of corruption? :w00t: Wow! If he manages to get out of the country, may he has a future in politics elsewhere. 😉
On the serious side, it's good to hear that at least some government, somewhere in the world, takes some action against government corruption.
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