Tag: eu referendum

To anyone who voted Leave

llygaidgwyrdd:

My mother is crying this morning. You might think this is an overreaction, even if she is a staunch Remain voter. But the reason she’s crying is because she is an EU immigrant.

She was born in Germany, has lived in the UK for over 20 years, and loves it here. She married a British man and raised two children here. Here is where she works, teaching children with autism and learning difficulties.

And this morning, over half the UK gave the message that it doesn’t want people like her here, purely because of where she was born, and where her parents are from.

I hope Brexiters are okay with that. I hope that in the months to come, they remember what they did yesterday. Most of all, I hope to god they’re proud of themselves, because they’ve made me ashamed to be British.

arthoebeyonce:

if you ever feel like a fuckup, just think you will never in your life fuck up as badly as david cameron, the prime minister of the united kingdom, whose political gamble in calling this referendum has completely backfired and britain has not only voted to leave the eu but it might also cause scotland and northern ireland to break up from the union. so if you ever feel like a fuckup, just think of dave and how he, the prime minister of the united kingdom, has single-handedly put at risk the economic prosperity, political stability and unity of his country for the advancement of his own political career and that he had to resign knowing that this will be his legacy as prime minister

And here’s possibly his attempt to ‘steady the ship’: X

I am 22 and my cousins are Spanish, my friends dad is Jewish and one of my closest friends is Indian. I love them all dearly. Please don’t generalise because a handful of “outs” voters may have been racist, that would be like generalising all Muslim people to be terrorists. This is not about race. It is about shear numbers. We are a tiny country and the reason there is never a morning without traffic, always cues at our clinics and the lack of housing is due to the fact we aren’t coping.

Sure, maybe racist was the wrong label. Maybe should have opted for xenophobe. 

The reason ‘we aren’t coping’ is because of funding and staff cuts to the NHS. That’s why there’s queues at clinics. Not because of a flood of immigrants. X

It’s because subsidies to bus routes have been reduced by £78m since 2010. That’s why there isn’t a morning without traffic. X

The housing shortage is actually shrinking. In the past year(based on an article dated Nov 2015), more than 155,000 homes have been built, up by 25% year-on-year. And it was also significantly higher than recent previous estimates of just over 124,000 new homes. On top of that, more than 20,000 new homes were created by converting commercial premises. That was up by 65% on last year. As for London, more than 24,000 homes have been built, compared to earlier estimates of just over 18,000. X

The UK’s problems are not caused by immigration. They’re not caused by the EU. They’re caused by self-serving UK governments and policies. And even if immigration were the issue, booting out everyone that isn’t a citizen isn’t going to solve problems. 

Many companies are already making contingency plans to relocate back inside the EU if the UK leaves. There go the jobs people think are being stolen from them. There goes revenue that could have softened the blow to underfunded public transport and NHS services. X

But the other problem with suggesting ending free movement would reduce numbers and take the strain off the UK’s infrastructure is UK citizens living and working elsewhere in the EU. Many of them are retirees, who, assuming they wouldn’t be able to acquire a visa, would then have to return home. These people will need houses to live in, they will be driving cars on UK roads, and they will be queuing at clinics. X

the-eleventh-blog:

update from the UK lads

  • gove and boris, pioneers of the leave vote, are literally MIA. like…no one knows where any of the leave campaign are
  • the chancellor is basically missing
  • we effectively have no PM
  • the tory party are in the midst of a civil war so brutal john major’s tenure looks chill
  • there may or may not be a snap election
  • the labour party literally barely exists as its shadow cabinet resigns en masse
  • labour’s deputy leader, hero of the story tom watson, spent the whole of the leadership crisis last night at a silent disco at glastonbury, while snapchatting
  • this fucking hilarious video in which it is revealed vote leave have no contingency plan and the presenter literally ends saying “i don’t know what to say to that”
  • no one actually wants to press the big red button (article 50) to start the process of brexit
  • this conspiracy theory appears to be entirely correct. seriously, read it. it basically suggests brexit is entirely impossible
  • nicola sturgeon, separatist first minister of scotland, is effectively the only leader with a plan: that plan being the break up of the united kingdom
  • literally we have become a meme

fluffy-luffy:

fimbulvetr-now:

has this been done yet

I’m so confused. How is them becoming an independent country not liberty?

Well for a start, the EU provides protection for workers’ rights, which will probably be a target as UK companies seek to recover from the markets’ instability. (source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-referendum-workers-rights-paid-holiday-brexit-labour-angela-eagle-a6901146.html )

There could also be less freedom of movement. UK citizens could then have to get visas whenever they want to work elsewhere in the EU. This is currently not the case. Also, UK citizens currently working in the EU would have to either quit and go home or try to get a visa. Lastly, a lot of companies have offices in the UK and are already making plans to relocate back into the EU. Examples include Goldman Sachs, Vodafone (their HQ, anyway), and Morgan Stanley. That means thousands of jobs gone. All of this adds up to a lack of opportunity. Less opportunity means more poverty, and poverty has rarely equaled greater freedom.

My phone is dying so I won’t go further, but suffice to say when you have to lie as much as the Leave campaign has had to, the foundation is probably shakey at best.

meanswithoutend:

fimbulvetr-now:

has this been done yet

m8, it was a democratic vote to leave an undemocratic union, not the seizure of ‘emergency powers’ by emperor fucking palpatine

shit thanks for clearing that up I was really sure Boris Johnson was actually Jar Jar Binks

And wow how democratic. A bunch of elderly racists that don’t know how to interface with poc they can’t exploit from afar have made a decision that will have consequences they won’t have to deal with. The younger generations, however, who do need to worry about jobs and the economy, and who did not want to leave the EU, are forced to reckon with an economy that has already started to nose dive.