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To ask if Leave voters would still vote the same way, knowing what they know now? And what people who didn't vote now feel?

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longestlurkerever · 25/06/2016 20:18

I think I'd find it easier to accept the result if I knew that the majority of the country were still happy with the decision to leave, now that they realise that the economic predictions were not scaremongering, that there really is no fallback plan for how to forge a new deal with the EU and now that the leave campaign appear to be backtracking on many of their claims.

No judgment, it's just that the decision is not binding yet. There are reports in the media of people regretting their vote to leave but I don't know how widespread a feeling that is.

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kslatts · 25/06/2016 20:20

I voted leave and am happy with the decision, I feel positive about the future.

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Babysafari · 25/06/2016 20:22

I was undecided but voted remain. I'm surprised at how gutted I am.

Part of the reason I'm so gutted is the amount of people I've seen on tv since saying either that they voted leave, but didn't think we'd leave Hmm Or that they regret it, or that they voted leave for some other ridiculous reason such as they think David Cameron is ugly.

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VulcanWoman · 25/06/2016 20:26

I voted leave and would do again, people need to calm down.

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Mj41 · 25/06/2016 20:27

I'm perfectly happy with my vote thanks

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PurpleDaisies · 25/06/2016 20:27

Yes YABU to ask because this thread exists in at least three versions already.

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nightandthelight · 25/06/2016 20:28

Following out of curiosity.

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PeggyMitchell123 · 25/06/2016 20:30

I don't know, I kind of wish the vote never happened to be honest. I feel ok about us leaving the EU, its daunting but I am optimistic but I really hate how everything and one seems so miserable. I hate how divided people are, how argumentative and how nasty some people have been. I am so done with it to be honest.

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SemiNormal · 25/06/2016 20:38

I voted leave and am happy with the decision.

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Dogsmom · 25/06/2016 20:39

I voted leave and would do the same again, we knew there would be a shock while things settled.
Nothing surprising has happened yet.

Ask the question again in a couple of years.

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Basicbrown · 25/06/2016 20:40

What do we know now that we didn't before...?

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Happydappy99 · 25/06/2016 20:41

I voted leave and would again.

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OhStacey · 25/06/2016 20:41

Voted leave and would again

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WeekendAway · 25/06/2016 20:42

i'm confused. What do we know now that we didn't know, or at least suspect or anticipate three days ago?

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electricflyzapper · 25/06/2016 20:42

Same as PeggyMitchell.

I voted leave and am happy with the reasons for my decision, but I am really unhappy with the atmosphere in the country now. I realised before the referendum that leavers would find defeat easier than remainers, but I had no idea how badly remainers would feel. I fear it may well turn out not to have been worth it.

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PinkBuffalo · 25/06/2016 20:43

Voted leave and would again

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WeekendAway · 25/06/2016 20:44

now that they realise that the economic predictions were not scaremongering

What do you mean by that exactly and how could we possibly know already? None of the predictions have actually happened yet, unless you count the pound falling and then promptly bouncing back up again. Confused

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WaitrosePigeon · 25/06/2016 20:47

Voted leave, very happy with my decision and would leave again.

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longestlurkerever · 25/06/2016 20:56

OK, I'm sorry, I did look for other versions of this question before posting. What I'm struggling to accept (among other things) is that people really wanted this sort of chaotic exit. The referendum question doesn't really ask on what conditions people wanted to leave the EU. The leave campaign seemed to present it as leaving in favour of a Norway type arrangement but there's no plan to get from A to B. I don't think we can get from A to B.

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Highlandfling80 · 25/06/2016 21:05

Voted stay and now feel apprehensive about the future.

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Salene · 25/06/2016 21:08

I voted leave and researched it for weeks before deciding

I'm perfectly happy this country will be better off for it in 10/20 years

My vote was for the long term future of the U.K. Not the here and now

I appreciate there will be a storm to ride out that's of no surprise to me

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WeekendAway · 25/06/2016 21:11

i feel the same As Salene

i think we may feel like pariahs for a while but I think others will eventually follow our lead and the EU will eventually crumble anyway. we've just been the first to jump ship.

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Crunchymum · 25/06/2016 21:13

Hope you have a contingency plan for the next Decade or two Salene

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Sixweekstowait · 25/06/2016 21:16

I voted remain and can't believe how a bunch a self serving neo liberals fooled so many of you - it's true that as a group the leavers are less educated and older and I'll never forgive you

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CarlGrimesMissingEye · 25/06/2016 21:17

I'm with Salene.

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formerbabe · 25/06/2016 21:18

I felt torn...I voted leave. I'd vote leave again. I wish we could stay in an EU that was more democratic, less wasteful, smaller and with no threat of an EU army or more countries (particularly Turkey) joining...

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