Saturday, June 25, 2016

We didn't understand the impact of what we were voting for, UK


CNN/UK Referendum/James Masters, 6/25/16. "Brexit: Do you #Regrexit? UK voters doubt over referendum choice." 

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 We didn't know what we were doing.
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Take it back...
"London (CNN). From Brexit to #Regrexit -- an online petition demanding a second referendum on Britain's decision to leave the EU has passed 2 million signatures. By Saturday afternoon, more than 2 million people had signed the petition on the official UK Parliament website. That number takes it well over the 100,000-signature threshold needed to force a debate on the issue by members of Parliament. A rush to sign the petition caused the website to crash temporarily due to the high volume of traffic.

The petition, set up by William Oliver Healey, states: "We the undersigned call upon [the UK] Government to implement a rule that if the Remain or Leave vote is less than 60%, based on a turnout less than 75%, there should be another referendum."Thursday's referendum had a turnout of 72% -- an increase over last year's general election turnout of 66%, but below the 75% suggested in the petition.The "Leave" campaign won with 17,410,74 votes -- 52% -- to the "Remain" team's 16,141,241, or 48%.

Ben Howlett, a Conservative MP, confirmed on Twitter than the petition would be discussed by the House of Commons petitions Select Committee Tuesday. That news came as some voters who had backed the "Leave" campaign took to Twitter to register their regret -- adopting the #Regrexit hashtag. One voter, Adam from Manchester, told the BBC: 'My vote -- I didn't think was going to matter too much because I thought we were just going to remain.  The David Cameron resignation has blown me away to be honest. I think the period of uncertainty we're going to have for the next few months has been magnified, so I'm quite worried.'
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And NIMBIES knew what they were
doing to cripple the economy of this
City in 2006, but they did it anyway.
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"Good for my business." (Donald Trump)

Another 'Leave' voter, Mandy, told the London Evening Standard that she would change her vote if she could. 'This morning the reality is actually hitting in and the regret is hitting in,' she said Friday. 'I wish I had the opportunity to vote again, simply because I would do things differently.'

Meanwhile, Cornwall in southwest England -- a region which voted to leave the EU -- is now seeking confirmation from government ministers that it will keep getting funding equal to its previous EU allocation." Now that we know the UK will be leaving the EU we will be taking urgent steps to ensure that the UK Government protects Cornwall's position in any negotiations," said John Pollard, the leader of Cornwall Council. "We will be insisting that Cornwall receives investment equal to that provided by the EU program which has averaged £60m (more than $82 million) per year over the last ten years."

Note photographs. "We're out" news from What is said...news stories from around the web, "Mixed Reactions in China to British Vote to Quit The European Union."  The Economic Times/World News/Reuters, 5/20/16, "Betting odds indicate 79 per cent probability of a British vote to stay in the EU."  Currency drop saved by British Bank intervention."  The Telegraph/AU/Reuters, 6/24/16.,  Video: "Uncertainty following British vote to leave EU." They knew what they were doing to cripple the economy of this City, but did it anyway from, "No on L" proposed quarry development, 2006.

Posted by Kathy Meeh

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

One of the most best stories so far, both from the perspective of the granularity of the reporting and the caliber of the writing, is the Guardian’s ‘If you’ve got money, you vote in … if you haven’t got money, you vote out’ . It gives a vivid, painful picture of the England that has been left behind with the march of Thatcherism and neoliberalism. People are pissed off the the banksters on both sides of the Atlantic got us into this mess and come away with no damage.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/2016/jun/24/divided-britain-brexit-money-class-inequality-westminster?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet

Anonymous said...

Trump is thick as thieves with our banksters.
Of course the low info voters can't figure that out.

Anonymous said...

Digre & keener confused Pacifica.

Anonymous said...

735 The Brits are enjoying nostalgia and nationalism. A heady brew in any country. The hangover tends to be ugly.

Anonymous said...

Now, France wants Fraxit. Hitler's dream of his solid EU is crumbling. Good. Dictators are never right. Obama loses again. The Queen of England lives. Long Live the Queen of England. Germany loses.

Anonymous said...

7:48 huh?

Kathy Meeh said...

748, it's doubtful the Queen of England agrees with your fractured British isolationism, trending toward poverty for that County, and the United Kingdom (UK).

European Union (EU), Here's the dream: ... "The European Union has delivered more than 60 years of peace, stability, and prosperity in Europe, helped raise our citizens’ living standards, launched a single European currency (the euro), and is progressively building a single Europe-wide free market for goods, services, people, and capital."

The reference to 71 years dead Hitler, may be viewed as irrelevant, your non-sequitur. Besides, as of yesterday, apparently 3.75 million Brits want a Referendum redo, see Fortune International/Brexit, 6/27/16. Hopefully that will happen.

Anonymous said...

Sad that no one remembers all the times Kathy Meeh is wrong.

Kathy Meeh said...

9:00 pm gosh, apparently you don't remember any times I was wrong, not even one time. So your "sad" (your word), anonymous comment is mute. (And I won't be reminding you of any times I was wrong, lol.)
But if you're attempting to protect or defend the several lies and confusion of 7:48 am, that didn't happen either. And were those your lies? Shame on you.

Anonymous said...

In the Book of Meeh, the following people are never wrong.

Meeh
Obama
Democrats
City Hall
City Manager
City Council

Kathy Meeh said...

641, right (not exactly). I've posted the "European Union, the benefit" article just for you.
But once again you've failed to explain (among other questionable comments) how the European Union (currently 28 nations) with core principals of "peace, stability, prosperity" is "Hitler's dream" and will crumble. (Refer to your 6/28,7:48am comment,"Hitler's dream of his solid EU is crumbling").

Anonymous said...

6:41
Don't you have anything better to do with your life? Kathy (and Steve) provide a great service for Pacifica by maintaining this blog. It takes a lot of time and effort for sure.
Pacifica has a lot of opinionated and truly nutty people but I'm glad that they all have a voice. Are you capable of saying anything positive?

Anonymous said...

1:28



7:48 wasn't me