Anyone else really worried now?

[MrsBlackthorn]

My work has started quietly drawing up contingency plans for if Brexit happens. Same at DH's work. Could mean lots of jobs moving to Germany and Ireland at both our firms. We're already seeing far fewer people investing or spending money.

I'm bloody terrified. Could lose my job. House could end up in negative equity. And for what?

I don't even think it's "project fear" from the government anymore... News today showed investors are taking money out of the UK faster than anytime since the crash. People with "skin in the game" voting with their money.

I understand that for lots of people the EU referendum isn't about money. however, because of a lot of it leaving, stopping coming in, or just simply being worth less... Well that leaves us screwed for a very long time. Fewer jobs. Less tax money coming in - so less money for the NHS and so on. So even if we 'take back control', of what exactly. what will we be 'in control' of?

I'm really worried about "Leave" happening and me and my family being utterly f*ed in a few months time as a result. Has the country lost its mind?

Anyone else worried about where this leaves us?

No. Only the rich will fear a Brexit. We poor people will hardly notice anything, apart from the fact that we won't be competing for low paid jobs with the rest of the EU.
Staying in will be far, far worse once they decide to 'punish us' for daring to have a vote!

Those workers rights the French have been rioting about in Paris last couple of weeks?

Britain has a long history of campaigning for rights. We also have better maternity and holiday pay etc than the EU recommends. What we don't want is a government that comes in and reduces maternity and holiday down to the EU minimums - that's for sure.

Jassy - "misrepresentation" - sorry love to chat, but logging off.

Staying in will be far, far worse once they decide to 'punish us' for daring to have a vote!

And how will that happen?

All this scaremongering. Seriously.

and seriously where are all these speaking points on 'only the rich will fear a brexit' coming from? The rich will be fine, they always are. It's the poor that will be hit the hardest.

The rich will be fine, they always are

This. The rich will be fine either way, tbh. This should be unsurprising.

jelliedeel

You've not been paying attention to who's campaigning for Brexit.

If you think Chris Grayling or Priti Patel has your employee rights at heart, then you are a mug.

bridgetoc

Doesn't surprise me you try and wriggle out of your lie by whining about the newspaper that printed a picture of the Vote Leave poster.

And as for your comment about your trip to Spain - that's just laughable. There's more than two countries in the EU, even if your little holiday story was indicative of the future.

"Leave also lied about the veto on the EU Army"

Excellent, feel free to comment on the EU army thread about why the EU needs an army. :)

Hugobear The vote leave poster did not say that 70 million Turks are moving to the U.K as you suggest it did. Your right, there are more than two countries in the E.U, and people from just about all of them can be seen working in London as I type this, and that will include the Turks when they join, and while on a personal one to one basis I wish them well, our public services are busting at the seams and cannot take millions and million of more immigrants!

Grow up first, then vote brexit!.

Hugo - unless they rewrite. The 1974 works act. They can't change much. It's the law.

You are not making sense.

Or your turkey comments

Bridgetoc

That poster stated 70m+ Turks were joining the EU, and showed an open door to Britain with a trail of footprints through it.

In terms of subtlety, it's up there with 1930s propaganda talking about 'Jewry' whilst showing pictures of a rat infestation.

And your comment about immigrants in London shows how laughably ignorant you are. London is a world city and Brexit isn't going to stop tens of thousands of foreigners working there.

If you seriously believe Brexit is going to reduce the amount of people coming into the UK then you're going to end up very angry & betrayed when you finally realise that you've been lied to.

Omg - nobody is denying that UK needs foreign people here. Why can we not have it by visa. If you have the skills you can work. Why should people come here with the open door policy we have now.

We get it you want to stay that's fine but you are making things up or picking bits out of the stay campaign.

I'm not dying nor has any other posters that there won't be problems if we leave but there are problems if we stay

The benefits are all the money we previously paid to the EU will be put back into the UK economy and the EU are getting increasingly tedious with new regulations on things we buy as a nation and how things are done they are a total waste of time and money we pay over 3billion to be told :
Bananas and cucumbers shouldnt be bendy
Its illegal to eat your pet horse obviously EU
They tried saying water doesnt prevent dehydration
Diabetics should be banned from the road
Shops cant sell a dozen eggs
Vacuum cleaners should be banned
Along with about a million other ridiculous regulations and rules those are just a few of the things we pay for so im voting out along with other reasons as well obviously

Mother- I'd like to know the opposite to your question.

mother I think the main benefit of leaving will be to regain sovereignty.

And to have the ability to curb further immigration from the EU.

I intend to vote to remain but IMVHO these are the two real benefits.

However, I am a steely pragmatist and feel that the other (many) downsides of leaving are simply not worth it.

Sure it did

You sound so educated and well informed motheroffourdragons clearly not done your research

Hugo - unless they rewrite. The 1974 works act. They can't change much. It's the law.

Without an EU directive, that's not difficult to do. What do you think Parliament does it not make, amend and repeal legislation? Do you think HASAW hasn't been amended or changed since 1974?

And more than that - it's exactly what Priti Patel has said she'll do.

I've asked several times what the huge long-term benefits of leaving are and no one seems keen to answer - apart from Lily's list of debunked EU myths.

Without wanting to derail the thread, am I the only one who thinks that if Britain votes to leave, it will simply be the start of a more serious negotiation with the EU about reform rather than the beginning of actually leaving?