Politics UK "Brexit" Votes to Leave European Union (EU)!

Kevin

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Well, this is a bit surprising. The UK held a referendum with it's citizens to decide on whether they wanted to remain in the European Union (EU) or to exit. By a few overall percentage points (51.89% to leave vs. 48.11% to stay) the citizens gave their voice, they want to leave.

Stock markets have been tumbling since the announcement, with some even putting stops to trades to prevent automated trading catastrophes, the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced that he'll step down from office, and now there looms an even bigger issue.... division within the UK itself. :facepalm:

Both Scotland and Northern Ireland, under UK control, voted clearly to stay in the EU, as well as citizens of London, but the votes from the rest of England and Wales pushed the majority vote to leave. Not Scotland is talking about holding another referendum of their own to break off from the UK for their own independence with the implication being that if they break away then they'll rejoin the EU. Northern Ireland is now also giving indications that, like Ireland (Ireland is split into two, the North under UK control and the South which is independent "Ireland"), they want to remain in the EU as well and that perhaps they too need to look at independence with an eye on unification with the South.

The EU, meanwhile, is taking a hard-line approach of, essentially, telling the UK that now that they've voted, they've got two years to figure out an exit plan & do it or be kicked out of the EU.

This is something that will have major implications globally. :coffee:
 
The UK held a referendum with it's citizens
Funny how the nation the USA left is doing what the USA should be doing? Isn't that a kick in the throat?

the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced that he'll step down from office
I would too. The turmoil is only just beginning. I'm curious about the discussions with the Queen leading up to this point. After all, He essentially dropped the whole mess into her lap. It is a Kingdom.

voted clearly
votes from the rest
the majority vote to leave
to break off from the UK
their own independence
independence with an eye on unification
telling the UK
now that they've voted

Perhaps "Kingdom" is a misnomer. I was always taught that in a kingdom, the peasants do not get a vote and that the ruling family sets the affairs of the "Kingdom"? The Queen/King is not the president they are the Ruling Party. In a Kingdom, the Royal family has final say. It is why we had a War of Independence.

This turmoil is an indication that the Royalty in the United Kingdom has lost control over their kingdom. The implications of this stands to be more damaging than the issue that initiated the turmoil.

As for the Prime Minister, He can only step down if the Queen allows him to. A knight that doesn't want to be a knight is still a knight until the king decides he is not. A man that wants to be a knight will never be a knight until the king makes him so.

With signs of the kingdom collapsing, more powerful entities may take this opportunity to seize the kingdom. Regardless of the outcome, there will be many levels of turmoil and hardship for the peasants. My heart goes out to all my overseas friends.
 
Funny how the nation the USA left is doing what the USA should be doing? Isn't that a kick in the throat?
Yep. Far too many times the voices of the people in the US are not being heard; the current situation with the gun laws is a good example where polls of citizens show one thing but the officials they've elected do another.
I would too. The turmoil is only just beginning. I'm curious about the discussions with the Queen leading up to this point. After all, He essentially dropped the whole mess into her lap. It is a Kingdom.
That's a good question -- the "royals" seem to be quiet on the issue so far (or at least their views haven't made it to the media yet).
Perhaps "Kingdom" is a misnomer. I was always taught that in a kingdom, the peasants do not get a vote and that the ruling family sets the affairs of the "Kingdom"? The Queen/King is not the president they are the Ruling Party. In a Kingdom, the Royal family has final say. It is why we had a War of Independence.

This turmoil is an indication that the Royalty in the United Kingdom has lost control over their kingdom. The implications of this stands to be more damaging than the issue that initiated the turmoil.
The British royalty have not been in direct rule of the UK for quite some time. Much like the Japanese royal family, the British royal family is more of a figure head than an actual governing force.
As for the Prime Minister, He can only step down if the Queen allows him to. A knight that doesn't want to be a knight is still a knight until the king decides he is not. A man that wants to be a knight will never be a knight until the king makes him so.
The royal family doesn't have a say in it really.

With signs of the kingdom collapsing, more powerful entities may take this opportunity to seize the kingdom. Regardless of the outcome, there will be many levels of turmoil and hardship for the peasants. My heart goes out to all my overseas friends.
What happens next will be the real indicators of what is to come. If Scotland does have a referendum to leave the UK and join the EU then I think it'll be a safe bet that Northern Ireland will be doing the same soon after. Just like after WWII when many UK controlled territories became independent we may be seeing the final collapse of the UK.

If France decides to follow the UK and also leave the EU then it's possible that the stability of the EU itself would be in danger as it would leave just Germany as the driving economic force.

It's safe to say, though, that what we'll be seeing in the next few years will be, as the saying goes, one for the history books.
 
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