Eu referendum exit poll

[Deleted Member 1156]

A decision this big should have been made by experts,

The experts (politicians) were pretty much split down the middle!

 

[Rooter]

The experts (politicians) were pretty much split down the middle!

then stay was the only sensible choice. maintain the equilibrium and look to improve what you already have.

 

[chrisd]

One thing that resonated with me from the debate from Wembley was Gisela Stuart starting with the question " if we weren't already in Europe would you vote to join?"
I did vote for the Common Market in 1975 but I definitely wouldn't vote to join today!

 

[SocketRocket]

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

Abe Lincoln.

EU needs to take note as the Thicko, Xenophobic bigoted worm has turned.

 

[FairwayDodger]

We allowed women to vote :ears:

It was interesting to see, in the context of the age breakdown of voters, that the male/female split was exactly equal.

So we can't blame men for this one! :lol:

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Whether you wanted in or out, a new PM, a new Labour Party Leader, change in the political system, a vote based on fear, immigration, the kids futures etc etc etc, I fear that The Who got it right:

"meet the new boss, same as the old boss"

 

[sawtooth]

Whether you wanted in or out, a new PM, a new Labour Party Leader, change in the political system, a vote based on fear, immigration, the kids futures etc etc etc, I fear that The Who got it right:

"meet the new boss, same as the old boss"

Not really the same, the old, real boss lived in Brussels.

 

[G.U.R]

And that's what happens at a General Election.
We elect MPs to make these kind of decisions. They have access to the experts, the facts, the processes and protocols.
There wouldn't be a referendum on us going to war - arguably as important, maybe more....

This was too big a decision to hand to Joe Public...one of my favourite quotes actually came from the film Men in Black ...Tommy Lee Jones says to Will Smith " A Person can be intelligent. People are stupid"........
Not enough people knew enough about it to make a properly informed decision.

Which is exactly why I didn't and don't vote.

This decision was too big for Joe Public to make, why can't they let us vote on whether MP's should get 5% rise whilst they offer Nurses 0.5 or 1%??

 

[drdel]

The point is unelected "experts" have been running the EU.

They have consistently exceeded their budget, they have awarded themselves pay rise above any of their member states and the whole system has consumed vast resource in the inefficient transfer of wealth to Eastern bloc and the southern European states.

The elected politicians have unfortunately often come from the usual sources and operated in the Westminster bubble so it hardly surprising that given an opportunity the general public has been split down the middle when faced with next to no factual information and just a two way choice.

Once the financial traders have had a round of betting and profit taking the markets will steady.

The British banks are now well funded so can handle the blip. The European banks however are on more shaky ground so the euro and the pound won't be out of kilter for long.

We have decision so the time has come to plan and create and capitalise on the new opportunities of tomorrow rather than keep looking in the rear view mirror at yesterday.

 

[delc]

I am personally very disappointed that the xenophobic Daily Mail/Express/Sun reading Little Englanders won! 😕

 

[SteveJay]

I am personally very disappointed that the xenophobic Daily Mail/Express/Sun reading Little Englanders won! 

You mean the majority? Not sure all 17.4m read those papers......I don't!

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I am personally very disappointed that the xenophobic Daily Mail/Express/Sun reading Little Englanders won! 😕

The Telegraph headline on Tuesday was encouraging people to vote leave........wouldn't call that publication xenophobic.

 

[SocketRocket]

I am personally very disappointed that the xenophobic Daily Mail/Express/Sun reading Little Englanders won! 😕

I'm pleased that the xenophobic, Guardian/DailyStar/Socialist Worker reading Parochial EU'rs lost but alas thats the way the old cookie crumbled and I would not be so crass to rub it in.

 

[delc]

The Telegraph headline on Tuesday was encouraging people to vote leave........wouldn't call that publication xenophobic.

The Torygraph. Just a slightly upmarket right wing rag!

The gutter right wing press have been against the EU from the start, highlighting every minor difficulty.

 

[SocketRocket]

The point is unelected "experts" have been running the EU.

They have consistently exceeded their budget, they have awarded themselves pay rise above any of their member states and the whole system has consumed vast resource in the inefficient transfer of wealth to Eastern bloc and the southern European states.

The elected politicians have unfortunately often come from the usual sources and operated in the Westminster bubble so it hardly surprising that given an opportunity the general public has been split down the middle when faced with next to no factual information and just a two way choice.

Once the financial traders have had a round of betting and profit taking the markets will steady.

The British banks are now well funded so can handle the blip. The European banks however are on more shaky ground so the euro and the pound won't be out of kilter for long.

We have decision so the time has come to plan and create and capitalise on the new opportunities of tomorrow rather than keep looking in the rear view mirror at yesterday.

Congratulations on a very good quality post.