REFERENDUM RESULTS AND DISCUSSION THREAD

[Parkins left foot]

If they are nice to us they will get fucked over politically by their own far right who will see Britain getting an easy ride and will say to the electorate, why not us too?

Not sure that they are not going to get that anyway, purely by virtue of the UK vote

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

If you are Francois Hollande, do you want in any way to give Marine Le Pen any ammunition? Nope, especially if you are giving her ammunition while appearing weak to, say, Boris Johnson.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

Not sure that they are not going to get that anyway, purely by virtue of the UK vote

That can only be bad news for Britain's bargaining position.

 

[leedswolf]

I am not saying this but now you know how all those people who wanted out or voted to leave in 1975 have felt for 40 years. However you cant say that until we actually leave and are shown to be doing much worse on our own. As that wont happen the whole country including me and you Padd should help ride out the choppy waters.

Slightly different in so far as the government had accepted a renegotation with Europe and the in out campaigns offered clear options. 67% voted to stay which would indicate a different climate back then.

Weren't you 10 at the time?

 

[arklowolf]

The unelectable object meets the irresistible farce

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Slightly different in so far as the government had accepted a renegotation with Europe and the in out campaigns offered clear options. 67% voted to stay which would indicate a different climate back then.

Weren't you 10 at the time?

Yes. But I have lived and worked with people older!

 

[Lord Knows]

London's FTSE 100 Index has wiped out losses seen in the post-Brexit sell-off after it jumped another 3.6% higher or 219.7 points to 6360.1. The rise lifted the index above last Thursday's close..

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Wait until article 50 is envoked. This is a short term recovery. No way of knowing what the future has in store.

 

[Lord Knows]

Wait until article 50 is envoked. This is a short term recovery. No way of knowing what the future has in store.

Do you think it will be envoked, give it a month and positions will soften.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

London's FTSE 100 Index has wiped out losses seen in the post-Brexit sell-off after it jumped another 3.6% higher or 219.7 points to 6360.1. The rise lifted the index above last Thursday's close..

Which actually vindicates a pause four reflection. It may also calm some remain supporters who really feared the worst. Its good but its not quite Carling! Let this trend continue for a month and I will be happy. During that time let's get on with the plan eh?

 

[darlowolf64]

Wait until article 50 is envoked. This is a short term recovery. No way of knowing what the future has in store.

There is no way of knowing the future, in or out.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Of course there isn't. However, I would feel quite confident that the recovery today is because the shit is not now imminently hitting the fan. When it is confirmed then we shall see what the stock market does.

Hopefully somebody will put a suitable plan together to protect the price of the FTSE. Like I say, we shall see.

 

[leedswolf]

Yes. But I have lived and worked with people older!

So your decision making process was shaped by older persons? I based my vote on what my children and grandchildren felt was important to them. In 40 years I will be dust. My descendants will have been affected more than I will have been. They are the ones that bear the legacy of Thursday's vote. They are now asking "What's next"?

 

[leedswolf]

There is no way of knowing the future, in or out.

Surely we know what we have, unlike what we might have?

 

[VanWolfie]

With the government in Westminster in disarray after the Brexit vote, with the opposition choosing to implode, and the Brexit leaders largely absent and gone underground, I can now tell you why Roy Hodgson resigned so quickly after England's shabby performance in the defeat by Iceland. He had received a phone call from Westminster telling him to return home at once, because he was the only person who knew how to exit Europe quickly!

 

[Parkins left foot]

Surely we know what we have, unlike what we might have?

Then again what we have now is no indicator of what we might have in the future, whatever way the vote went

 

[Tredman]

Good to see we are still being ruled by the same unelected pair of twats.

 

[Parkins left foot]

Hopefully neither gets the job - both far too toxic too take any sensible negotiation forward.

 

[leedswolf]

Then again what we have now is no indicator of what we might have in the future, whatever way the vote went

Indeed. However it is at least a better model to base decisions on. Develop the 'we don't know what the future might bring' as a good reason to support anarchy.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Then again what we have now is no indicator of what we might have in the future, whatever way the vote went

I would put a fairly large wedge (were I a gambling man) on a further stock market fall as soon as 50 is done, unless somebody comes up with a truly stonking deal. Simple economics.

As to the recovery, I should point out that although the index is at the same level, the drop in the pound is still there, so the values of the companies are still 20 per cent down.