I won't say too much about the #EURef because the results are still beyond shocking
I will never look at England the same way again. I take their vote as a clear notice that their rejection of Europe is a rejection of its citizens too.
The market response is historical, to say the least. I don't know if this is likely to make leavers think twice about actually leaving in the short term but I'm not happy about that, even though I'm not quite sure what it will mean in day-to-day situations.
In other circumstances I would be happy to see David Cameron go but as we all know the alternatives are even less appealing. Eton old boys only crave power and care nothing for the little people, it's like being back in feudal times, so much for democracy.
But the UK is now on shaky grounds, there are reports that Sein Fenn now want a referendum for a reunification of Ireland, which frankly would be the best solution to the conundrum this result puts Ireland in.
As for us, well every single local authority reported a remain vote, with Edinburgh overwhelmingly voting in at 74.44%. However now is far too soon to talk about another Independence referendum for us. It will happen there's no question about that but the more we rush it, the more likely we are to fail once and for all so we must exert excruciating patience with this and start with negotiating with Brussels for specific terms for Scotland to remain part of the EU. This would guarantee our place when we finally vote yes.
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I still can't believe that 52% of the population are so incredibly short sighted.
I agree. Xenophobic and short sighted. I am utterly shocked and disgusted. And as for all the "great Britain" can be great again nonsense, that doesn't speak to me. Not to many people in Scotland.
It's a seismic shift. The fault line just got a lot bigger.
I just found out there is a government petition to hold a second referendum. It is drawing so many visits, the site has crashed.
Here's a link to the article about it, which also has a link to the petition as well. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/brexit-petition-for-second-eu-referendum-so-popular-the-government-sites-crashing-a7099996.html
+Jenn Camforth "Great again" is a trumpism and therefore makes it devoid of any and all meaning. The country should rename itself the Divided Kingdom of Crap Britain and No-Ireland
+Alan Stainer The petition site is up but getting the confirmation email to validate a signature is taking forever
Sturgeon on TV now.
+Jenn Camforth Yeah I know I've been trying to watch the official YouTube stream but it's not working 🙁
+Jean-Loup Rebours-Smith It wasn't my family voting for stupidity. I am sorry about these idiots.
Still feel somewhat numb about it.
Had you told me immediately after the indyref in 2014, that less than two years later, we would have THIS result, with Boris, and Nigel, and Trump, in the positions they are in, I'd have slapped you.
In the event, I think someone needs to slap me, bring me round.
FFS.
+Chris Blackmore Thank you I appreciate that
+Mike Kerr If you'd told me not even 2 years after the referendum JK Rowling of giving Better Together £1M fame, would now hint at supporting independence I would probably have laughed as well. Everything is changing so fast now, to a point I was half expecting Nicola to make a UDI declaration earlier.
Now there's a motion of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn.
+Jenn Camforth yeah by 2 labour MPs, not sure what they're trying to achieve with this but that seems like an unnecessary move at this time.
More uncertainty
Just what we need in other words
Yep.
That last is a shame, sounds opportunistic at least.
This is truly a shock. What I find even more upsetting is the backtracking by the Leave politicians. The dog can catch the car, but it can't drive it. The Leavers can win, but can they steer?
It's been a terrible day, I admit I don't know what to do. I don't really want to stay in the UK anymore now. I know it's a knee jerk reaction but I want out of this bigoted country I don't want my taxes to support this system any more. I've always considered myself a proud European and still do.
+Mason Bradsley No, they can't. It's going to be a horrific mess. Frankly, our only hope is enough MPs voting not to activate Clause 50. The Tories are going to spend all their efforts on a power struggle within their own party, and will not notice the car trundling off the cliff with the dog in it.
+Johnathan George When the dust settles, we Europeans are going to have to show the wreckers how to repair the mess they have made. I'm particularly sickened by the million votes from the Midlands that are most of the majority for
suicidebrexit.+Johnathan George well NHS Scotland could use good people like you and we're on our way out of this toxic union. Frankly for me being in Scotland is the only thing that gives me hope for the future otherwise I'd have to consider something radical too.
+Chris Blackmore That's why Boris Johnson talked about no haste in triggering Article 50. The MPs can vote not to, but EU is going to look for any legislative changes re EU by Parliament and claim that's a trigger to start the clock. Leavers can't stall this forever.