Brexit. What does it mean, if anything, to you?

As a proud Brit, I have my own views concerning Britain leaving the EU.
I am curious to understand how all of you view it or how, if at all, it will impact you. I'm not particularly interested in any political mud slinging or Country bashing, I'm truly interested as to your opinions.

 

I have also heard that there will be some major issues when it comes to Northern Ireland.
How will they work out all the details there?
Are they going to have to go back to a border crossing?

 

Honestly I haven't given Brexit much thought, and have only partially heard & seen a few news reports. My very general thought is the UK is once again returning to what it's known for: Isolationist policies.

If you have a link to a neutral and thorough report please post it.

My wife is technically still a Brit, but has lived in the states for many more years (34) than she lived in England (16). Her interest in British politics & economics is pretty much zero even though Brexit could impact her relatives in England and Scotland.

 

I was at a workshop a couple weeks ago. During lunch, one of the guys , who's from London sat next to me. I asked him what exactly Brexit was and what it meant for the region....He explained it all to me. And I have to say, foreign politics is extremely more interesting than domestic. Hearing it from someone that actually lives there versus the media outlets here in America is TOTALLY different. As I would expect. But, it really was night and day as far as the explanation. He told me why some are for it. Why some are against it. I can honestly see both sides. And if I lived there, I wouldn't know how to vote. It's really not a simple situation. There's pros and cons on both sides.

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If one thing is true, it's that it is the most complicated thing that Britain has had to do.
The referendum result was a shock to the Government that had the balls to give it. They were sure the answer would be no, remain in the EU, but alas the Public spoke. A few things here. For an elected Government to promise a Referendum for the EU in/out question, if they were returned with a majority in the next Election could be classed as just another promise. The fact that the very Government that promised this question, had itself been infighting over Euro-scepticism for the last 30 years. Low and behold, the Consevatives won with a majority. What did they do next, they set a date for the referendum. They then allowed Scotland to vote as to stay part of Britain or break away and thrust themselves into Independence, before the referendum on Europe. The Scots who wanted Independence lost to more people who didn't, shit happens, it's called democracy. The people who voted to remain in Europe lost to those people who wanted to leave, again simple democracy. The Man who led his government into the vote, David Cameron, resigned, stating corrctly that he could not lead a country out of Europe when he voted to stay, that he was not the man to do something when he truly did not believe in it. Kudos.
Britain voted to leave the EU, why?
Jobs, Laws, Immigration, Education, Employment Law, Weights and Measures, open borders, regulation, money, etc. Personally, I think that it was all of the above, and actually I believe that it was apathy and a realisation that the project just wasn't working. It's broken.
Its like waking up one morning and realising that the woman laying beside you hates you, and you don't particularly like her, what she's become. You realise that it takes so much time and effort, just to get along, just get stuff done. You are scared as to what you had become, your demands, your desires just felt wrong with this woman. You don't laugh anymore, neither does she. Your fed up with all these people who just arrive in your house, and start eating your food, drinking your wine, telling you what they think........about you! It's broken, it's time to turn a new page.

 

It will be interesting to see if this stupid move will be the thing that reunifies Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland, and sees Scotland separate.

The motives in the UK for Brexit are not dissimilar to what elected Trump. And unsurprisingly urban centres like London were very much against leaving the U.K. while rural voters, who are most likely to be hit by the economic impact of Brexit, voted for it.

The whole thing is a shit show.


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I know nothing of this

 

How the scandinavians see it.

 

I absolutely agree.

 

I do believe that Brexit is the birth of change in global economics. And due to the nature of economic development we in the US will see some adjustments in 10 years however the true view will take much longer. It will be microns and microns then one day we will look back and say this is this because of Brexit.

 

This is absolutely genius.

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