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    From reuters.com

    Britain has voted to leave the European Union, results from Thursday's landmark referendum showed, an outcome that sets the country on an uncertain path and deals the largest setback to European efforts to forge greater unity since World War Two. World financial markets dived as nearly complete results showed a 51.7/48.3 percent split for leaving. Sterling suffered its biggest one-day fall of more than 9 percent against the dollar, hitting its lowest level in three decades on market fears the decision will hit investment in the world's 5th largest economy. The vote will initiate at least two years of messy divorce ... (full story)

Best move ever - escape from slavery! Well done Britain. But I think they fight just begins because now the manipulation starts big time...
Britain can be great again
Leave needs 37,665 votes to win
COUNT: Leave has 51.7% of votes counted so far
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Money isn't real
Good job Britain! My faith in people is being restored
Happy Birthday, Britain. Now, go party like it's 1776.
Now. Slapping Tariffs will only makes things even worse and worse. Accept the fact. Britain vote out.
I wonder what the Greeks must be thinking now.
Quoting derekw
...escape from slavery!
That was a really stupid comment, Derek.

Anyway, never mind Britain, never mind the Greeks - I'm wondering what the Scottish are thinking. Why? Because 62% of them voted to remain, meaning that yet another referendum on whether Scotland should leave the UK may not be far away.

Interesting times ahead.
It's about fucking time!
Quoting CoolJL
I wonder what the Greeks must be thinking now.
They will make a referendum and exit, then the US will put pressure on them to pay their debt of $3B and Russia will come forward and lend them the money. The US will put pressure with Turkey threating Greeks and Russia will step in again, then the OTAN will come forward to defend Greeks from Turks and OTAN, and then voila!!! 3rd World War beguns....
Great voting Brits!
You didn't get your arm twisted by the Cox assassination.
You didn't get befuddled by Big Finance placing enormous bets on Bremain.
You weren't impressed by the Junker Doomsday speak.
In spite of Scotland's Braveheart.
And most of all, thank God, you didn't listen to Obama : we now have the mess in North Africa with the population migrating to Europe.

an expat!
Congrats to the Brexiters! Condolences to the Bremainers!
The greeks are thinking we did vote no no ....but tsipras changed the peoples vote of of no to yes....but soooon elections will be held and then u will see the no no no come into affect.


Enough enough enough of europe....control freaks.....patience is a virtue and the best things in life are worth waiting for .......
average dude treading water
Calls already from the Dutch for a referendum!
Quoting MartyGP
That was a really stupid comment, Derek.

Anyway, never mind Britain, never mind the Greeks - I'm wondering what the Scottish are thinking. Why? Because 62% of them voted to remain, meaning that yet another referendum on whether Scotland should leave the UK may not be far away.

Interesting times ahead.
Greek slaves, Spanish slaves, Italian slaves and English slaves?
All of a sudden donald tusk confirms live that the eu have had difficult times the last couple of years...and quotes what his dad told him :what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"....he hit the nail on that one....well done brits.....the europeans don't care about any one but themselves i've witness it first hand......
average dude treading water
Slaves to who derek?....freedom freedom...to the english..slave yes now to the greeks,italians,spanish...but not for long.....ps here come trump...look out.things are changing.
average dude treading water
Quoting petros
Slaves to who derek?....freedom freedom...to the english..slave yes now to the greeks,italians,spanish...but not for long.....ps here come trump...look out.things are changing.
Debt slaves to the Euro. These countries need their own currencies. Thank goodness the Brits never gave up the Pound for the Euro. They couldn't have pulled this off if they had have. They would have been enslaved by the Euro. This is Greece's biggest problem with a Grexit. The Greeks will be working for the rest of their lives to pay off debt. They are truly slaves to Brussels.
Quoting derekw
Best move ever - escape from slavery! Well done Britain. But I think they fight just begins because now the manipulation starts big time...
whats the manipulation big time when it starts and what to look for
Stuff like this:
http://www.forexfactory.com/news.php?do=news&id=596326

and then the dragging of feet on trade deals, and remember this is not yet ratified by parliament. This is only the public's, "suggestion", to parliament as what they would like to see happen...
Quoting ayngel
listen to Obama : we now have the mess in North Africa with the population migrating to Europe.
Mess in morocco - algeria - tunisia - libya - egypt?
Quoting derekw
Stuff like this:
http://www.forexfactory.com/news.php?do=news&id=596326

and then the dragging of feet on trade deals, and remember this is not yet ratified by parliament. This is only the public's, "suggestion", to parliament as what they would like to see happen...
Oh ok BOE, and I also hear this will be take 2 years long and GBPUSD 1.1000
Quoting derekw
Debt slaves to the Euro. These countries need their own currencies. Thank goodness the Brits never gave up the Pound for the Euro. They couldn't have pulled this off if they had have. They would have been enslaved by the Euro. This is Greece's biggest problem with a Grexit. The Greeks will be working for the rest of their lives to pay off debt. They are truly slaves to Brussels.
I still think 'slave' is a strong word, but never mind - I understand where you're coming from.

Seriously though, I hope all the people who supported the 'leave' campaign turn out to be right - that this is good for Britain and good for the world (although really, let's be honest, this vote wasn't anything to do with the rest of the world).

Because if it isn't... that's tough shit, and if the 'remain' camp was right all along, then I can't even begin to express how much you screwed up.

Now some of you are going to get riled up over this, but before you respond, ask yourself - what exactly is the UK's plan here, going forward?
We might find the answer in Greece. The debt situation for Greece is such that it will be paid of in a bout 2050, (or is 2070 - not sure), based on a GDP growth which is impossible and will never happen. In essence Greece will never pay it's debt off to the Euro Club and will forever be in a poverty trap.

The only way out of this is to default, never pay the money back, leave the EU and float their own currency. This move will impoverish them even further, but that may be the pain needed to give them hope and the ability to re-build their economy.

So Grexit is their only hope. Brexit was timely done I think. I'm sure we will be hearing about Spexit, Itexit and Potexit soon enough, Marty.

A debt slave is one who can never repay his loan to his master and so forever stays in submission. Economic slavery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWLX3s800iE
Er...

Derek, I consider you to be an intelligent person, but I urge to take that guy with a HUGE dollop of salt.
Over the top Marty but fun to watch and interesting...
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