Moodys has just downgraded UK Credit Outlook from 'stable' to 'negative':

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UK also has one of the largest budget deficits among advanced economies...thanks to Osborne's ceaseless borrowing to date.

I stood in the booth deliberating for about 5 minutes... Voted remain in the hope that Corbyn would get elected and help build an anti austerity Base with our brothers and sisters across the EU. It was a hard choice but was worried about isolationism of the uk.
Was a choice between 2 right wing ideologies wasn't it?

Interesting times ahead. Need time for remainers to get over what happened then hopefully all pull together to build a UK (if it doesn't disintegrate with Sinn Fein pushing for a united Ireland as part of the EU and Scotland gaining independence) that isn't corporocentric (made up word of the day)

I'm hoping that the Spanish left win tomorrow and the European project fragments because of disaffection across Europe. This is the only chink of light I can see.
Otherwise we will be left to rue the Brexit.

Edited by nickgusset (25 Jun 2016 10.35am)

No one knows for sure what will happen long term. My guess is that we'll look at EU in 5/10/20 years and think 'thank God we got out when we did', and that's if there's even one left to look at.

I'm not sure why the kids are panicking so much about not being able to work in Europe in the future. I'd guess about 1% of them could work over there now due to the lack of jobs, and I think that'll only worsen. If they've got the skills to get a decent job out there, they'll get a work visa anyway.

The markets/pound etc were always going to get hit due to uncertainty, and they've had an extra impact from all the gambling that we'd remain. The effects have been no where near as bad as predicted.

We can now be a global country instead of just a European one, without any restrictions put on us.

Edited by Rubin (25 Jun 2016 10.40am)

I still predict that, despite all the menacing words from Brussels (and I understand why they are saying what they are saying), a deal will be offered to Britain by he EU and we will have another referendum in a year or so to ratify that deal.

There is too much at stake for many of the players in this to allow Brexit and contagion to happen. This is completely unprecedented territory. Yes Greenland left he EU in the eighties but there is a World of difference between that and this situation.

I still view this as a massive protest vote. The devil will be in the detail and the strength of the negotiating team.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

To be fair, no one knew when we were in the EU what would happen with our financial future. The good news is we are in charge now, well in two years we will be.
It's going to be fine, no sorry not fine, is going to great and can concentrate on our own affairs. Would love to see a swiss model in the UK where the politicians are accountable to the common people.

VOTING OUT - Brexit will allow Britain to embrace the Commonwealth and be GREAT again

There were the people who primarily voted for Brexit through I think you will find. Yes its possible that they are wrong and its all one big mistake, however people do tend to lookout for their own interests while voting. I suspect many people in that age group were reasonably confident about the effects on their retirement.