UK votes for #BrExit from the EU. 52% Leave - 48% Stay.

[Jean-Pierre]

That's uncanny. 

[rotti]

is that her in her school days,

[Alfie]

The 'poor" students bawling their little immature heads off in Parliament Square in London last night was awe inspiring don't you think?

So, the gloating at the losers is going well, anything else?

[Wonderfulspam]

http://metro.co.uk/2015/04/14/is-this-the-best-private-eye-celebrity-lookalike-ever-5149633/

[Alfie]

The Tories will fail to deliver on the immigration issue.  There will be widespread discontent at the perceived BoJo betrayal.  UKIP will sweep to power at the start of the 20s 'and Nigel Farage will be our PM. 

Happy days, eh?

[Alice Purjorick]

So, the gloating at the losers is going well, anything else?

Define loser in this instance.
Plenty of legs left in this.

[stephen25000]

is that her in her school days,

and then we have Boris....



All done of course in the best possible taste.

[Alfie]

http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_57737efce4b081f48abaa055?edition=uk

 

[stephen25000]

http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_57737efce4b081f48abaa055?edition=uk

 

Thank you for posting that Alfie. %£5&% %£5&% %£5&%

[Mr Gray]

How do you think we pay for those toys?   By running a trade surplus with the EU in invisibles, mainly financial services. Loss of pas sporting would have a catastrophic effect.  In the end I predict we will end up with a model very close to the Norway one.  Including free movement of people.

The alternative will I anticipate result  in a reduction in net migration to around zero.  Or below.

and Germany will want to make sure we can still afford to buy all those nice German goods

[ShiningInLuz]

29/6/16  http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36660133

"The FTSE 100 has surged through the level it closed at last Thursday, recovering all of the ground it had lost in the wake of the Brexit vote.

The FTSE 100 share index closed up 3.6% at 6,360.1 after a flurry of last-minute trading.

At the close of trade on Thursday last week, before the referendum vote, the FTSE 100 ended the day at 6,338.10.

The pound also strengthened against the dollar and euro.

Analysts said the sharp recovery in the FTSE 100 was unexpected."

[rotti]

29/6/16  http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36660133

"The FTSE 100 has surged through the level it closed at last Thursday, recovering all of the ground it had lost in the wake of the Brexit vote.

The FTSE 100 share index closed up 3.6% at 6,360.1 after a flurry of last-minute trading.

At the close of trade on Thursday last week, before the referendum vote, the FTSE 100 ended the day at 6,338.10.

The pound also strengthened against the dollar and euro.

Analysts said the sharp recovery in the FTSE 100 was unexpected."

i think that sums it up.the future is bright

[stephen25000]

Not quite.

Pound to Dollar  1 : 1.34

Pound to Euro    1 : 1.21

Both still down from before the referendum.

and we are still in the EU, until article 50 is initiated and all procedures associated agreed and ratified.

[Alfie]

It's early days and it would be nice to think the financial turmoil of the last few days is already behind us but I fear that optmism may be a little premature.

Also of note, from the BBC article:

The FTSE 250 - which contains more UK-focused companies - closed 3.2% higher on Wednesday, but still remains more than 7% below its pre-Brexit level.

[John]

Spain tells Sturgeon to Back Off!

The Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy Brey, has said he is opposed to negotiating any potential EU membership with Scotland.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is currently in Brussels, persuading EU members that Scotland "doesn't want to leave" the EU.

However, talking to the media following a summit of European leaders on Wednesday, Mr Brey said:
I want to be very clear. Scotland does not have the competence to negotiate with the European Union.

Spain opposes any negotiation by anyone other than the government of United Kingdom.

– MARIANO RAJOY BREY, PRIME MINISTER OF SPAIN

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2016-06-29/spain-scotland-doesnt-have-the-competence-to-negotiate/

And  now Francois Hollande had joinen the fray and told Sturgeon and Scotland that they have to leave with the UK.  Mr Hollande, the French President, insisted the EU will make no advance deal with Scotland. He said: "The negotiations will be conducted with the United Kingdom, not with a part of the United Kingdom.”

And too right too! 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/29/nicola-sturgeons-hopes-of-keeping-scotland-in-eu-dashed-by-spani/