Your gut feeling- what do you think the result will be?

[PumpkinPies38]

Just an IN or OUT please.

My gut feeling is we'll end up voting IN.

In

I'm voting out.

Out.

And it'll be a total fucking disaster. All because some people are naive enough to believe that the NHS will get all the extra money it needs. Fools.

Gut is hoping in
Voting in

No, dona

I'm really sick of insults being thrown on both sides of this campaign; I really am.

Unsure but the disparaging comments: protest vote, hating furriners, uninformed etc, are steering me out.

We'll get the insults for years regardless of who wins.

And it won't fix a fucking thing. Just something else to blame rather the government

Perfect distraction for a decade for crap governance whilst everyone bitches.

Out

Unsure but the disparaging comments: protest vote, hating furriners, uninformed etc, are steering me out.

Whilst not wanting to feed that feeling, is that not pretty much the definition of a protest vote?

Vote on the issues not on the basis of who has the biggest dickheads. There is no shortage on either side, so you might as well vote based on what's you really believe is the best for you. Or not vote at all.

Remain, by a narrow majority. As an Irish citizen who knows how much our country benefitted from being a member of the EU, I am genuinely flabbergasted that so many people want to leave. I just can't understand why. Splendid isolation as a policy may have suited Great Britain in the 19th century, but it's not going to work in the 21st!

I reckon we will stay in, but the strength of the out vote will be surprisingly strong.

I also think that the Europe being sold to us today will not exist in 10 years time (it is likely to federalize or explode) so whichever way you vote, its a gamble.

Red, I keep hoping to read solid reasons to stay in. I have found plenty to leave but nothing that tells me what I will gain by staying in.
Can you tell me? Facts, verifiable and solid.

FullFact is trying to check the arguments being on both sides, as neutrally as possible.

being given on both sides

My gut feeling is it will remain.

I'm voting out and three quarters of people I know irl are also voting out.

In but close

littledrummer, I think its hard to make that case when leave have the luxury of promising everything. I think the idea that you can construct a glowing enthusiastic argument is somewhat disingenuous. Equally I think that its too easy to demonise leave if you are trying to sell Remain. So its difficult to get the excitement about going about Remaining in the same way as Leave can generate excitement.

It does come down more to what you will lose by leaving rather than what you will gain to a huge degree. Which is a hard sell to people who are pretty pissed off with their current lot.

I must confess that Jeremy Corbyn did one of the best responses on the Last Leg last night. Its well worth a watch. It is refreshing against what Cameron and co have said. There is a clip on www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36508464 article for the BBC, but I think you need to watch the whole interview to do it justice as the clip doesn't really do that.

Also Martin Lewis's blog - which focuses on the 'on balance' angle, is kind of in the same vein.

Restrained and honest that the EU has flaws. But still has good points.

(Oh and I am not a JC fan - I was quite surprised).

Apologies - I wasn't trying to imply anyone on this thread was voting out as a protest vote.?

Going by MN in general I imagine most people here are voting for good, well-researched reasons, and are aware of the likely outcome if their vote "wins".

I was alluding more to the "foreigners out" dog whistle vote who are voting based on effectively racist reasons and who have no idea about the outcome, they just want britain for the British. I fear the impact of an out vote might not be quite what they were imagining.

I'm not sure either way....I'm still undecided

ItsAll - but those same people have genuine concerns and they may not always articulate them wonderfully but immigration has negatively impacted the current generation of the proletariat: I don't see how anyone can argue against that.

I'm voting out and I thought in would win but now I'm having doubts and thinking out might win

I think it will be close though like 55/45 type win

Gut feeling is out, with a clear majority. I am surprised that anybody is doubting this. I hope I am wrong though

Remain, but hopefully narrowly enough to rattle Brussels and get some real reform.

I'm worried it's going to be out. I'll be voting in. Same fucking arguments as the Scottish referendum a few years ago. Lets hope it doesn't end the same way.

Well I'm really fucking sick of the no campaign getting away with telling blatant lies!