if the result is opposite to your vote, will you consider leaving the country?

[IamAnIAMSgirl]

I am getting quite freaked out by the unknown consequences of the EU Referendum, whatever the outcome.

I was just wondering if any of you are considering moving to a different country to escape it completely?!

No, I don't want to leave England. But I am really scared for the future if we stay in Europe.

I'm always amused by posters who say "I'll up and move!" when talking about immigration to the UK. It's stunningly ironic, especially from a country which made a business of going about and invading half the world for a long time.

My aunt (Irish born) has talked about moving home if there is a Brexit. But she's in her 70s now so that's more of a retirement really.

TheCladdagh Australia is about 32 times bigger than the UK, so there is room for my daughter and I. I have to add that I think you sound incredibly rude.

My views on the referendum are not based on immigration

TheCladdagh Australia is about 32 times bigger than the UK, so there is room for my daughter and I. I have to add that I think you sound incredibly rude

Right, are you going to set up house in the Simpson, Great Sandy or Great Stony Desert? Bearing in mind that 90% of the country is uninhabitable. And are you prepared for how little water there is?

Australians have a very different view on whether the country is full or not, rightly or wrongly. Immigration is a hot button issue there too.

My views on the referendum are not based on immigration

I respect that, Brexit, and I apologise for taking the thread down this 'Australia: are the streets paved with gold?' rabbit hole.

Sadly I think there are some people who are using the referendum to vent their spleen about immigration and immigrants. In over a decade I've never experienced anything like it and I worry about the implications for public policy of the result is Leave - as well as the fact that this group of people may feel they carte blanche to continue this way.

We won't leave we'll weather the inevitable storm that's coming anyway. It's just a different storm depending on leave or remain. Jumping ship isn't going to help us.

Already left. But I will vote remain and if the uk leaves I will be renouncing citizenship.

Nope. Got no right to move anywhere else, or at least I won't if Brexit happens. I'm doing quite well on Duolingo but I don't think I will be qualified to do my heavily language based job in say Brazil any time soon. I'm writing a short story about desperate migrants trying to get out of the UK to get to mainland Europe though...

I've already said that I don't want to leave London, whatever the result. I'd love to visit Melbourne, I've heard it's a nice place. I didn't say only Sydney & Auckland were worth visiting/living, I was just basing it on where I'd already been. It's still on my Bucket List. I know that I wouldn't be allowed to live there as I don't have the skills required & I'm not rich enough to meet the entry requirements. My friend in New Zealand did say that the economy has been affected by China. My son has noticed it in Spain too. If you invest enough money there you can "buy" a European passport. The Chinese have invested a lot of money in Africa too.

Australia is about 32 times bigger than the UK, so there is room for my daughter and I. I have to add that I think you sound incredibly rude.

It's hardly 'rude' to point out the hypocrisy of someone who is poised to leave the UK because of her fears about immigration yet who expects to be welcomed into another country as an immigrant, on the ample justification that 'there is room for my daughter and I' because her target country is 32 times bigger.

Somehow I don't think that potential immigrants to any country get to decide when that country is 'full'.

Sadly I think there are some people who are using the referendum to vent their spleen about immigration and immigrants. In over a decade I've never experienced anything like it and I worry about the implications for public policy of the result is Leave - as well as the fact that this group of people may feel they carte blanche to continue this way.

Yes to this, and I'm an immigrant who's lived here since the mid-1990s.

I agree re what this has done to public debate.

I should also say that this is my home, that I am very rooted here, have elderly parents here and have had nothing but good from this country. Whatever happens it is my job to stay.

There is a presumption here that those who say they'd consider leaving the country if the referendum doesn't go their way are in the 'leave' camp. But there would be real concerns for the 'remain camp' if the result is to leave. Many would worry about the economic uncertainty or their future in this country as an immigrant and may consider moving overseas.

No. I won't leave. I love this country, which is why I think it should not be dissolved into a European empire. I will be saddened though if Project Fear prevails. And I will keep campaigning for an end to the elitist EU would-be empire or at least our part in it.

If Brexit triumphs, I suspect my job will be relocated to Paris or Frankfurt. I might be unemployed unless I follow.

I won't be moving, although I'll be very disappointed if the vote is "remain". The UK is my home, and I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be.

I will stay and I will fight for what I believe in.

This all confirms what I hoped would not be the case - that if we Remain, those who voted leave won't accept the result and will continue GOING ON ABOUT IT [shoots self]

If the result is Brexit, we won't leave immediately but we will definitely look at getting EU passports. My dh is an EU citizen so kids qualify automatically but we never bothered getting them one as there is no reason at the moment. I don't know if I want to go and live there but it is an option for us. It would depend on how bad things got here economy-wise.

This all confirms what I hoped would not be the case - that if we Remain, those who voted leave won't accept the result and will continue GOING ON ABOUT IT [shoots self]

Oh yes.

All about democracy unless a democratic vote doesn't deliver the desired objective.

if we Remain, those who voted leave won't accept the result and will continue GOING ON ABOUT IT

That's normal in a democracy. If Labour wins an election, the Tories, Greens, Lib Dems, UKIP etc. will still keep pushing for their own preferences and to become more powerful. And they'll stand for election next time, which of course happens about 10 times more often than an EU referendum.

These things usually work both ways, and I expect if we vote for Brexit some of the Remainers won't accept it, and might try to stop it happening or campaign for us to re-join the EU.

It certainly wouldn't be democratic to silence people's opinions and right to stand up for what they believe, whether you or I agree with them or not.

I'll apply for French citizenship.
Otherwise I could quite probably lose my job.

DH and I would consider moving to NZ in the event of Brexit. I'm allowed to live here as I've got an EU passport. DH is British.

Unfortunately there's no guarantee DH would find it easy to move. NZ makes it tough.

These things usually work both ways, and I expect if we vote for Brexit some of the Remainers won't accept it, and might try to stop it happening or campaign for us to re-join the EU.

I would be disappointed in those who did, tbh.