I regret the way I voted.

[lulucappuccino]

After a long day reading Facebook (didn't announce on there that I'd voted out), colleagues talking and family (who do know how I voted) complaining, I really wish I'd voted to remain.

I read a few bullet point articles and felt swayed by the amount of money were were paying to the EU. But I feel as though I'd partly not researched enough and also believed the hype.

Seeing the pound falling and friends worried for their jobs etc, I feel as though I've done something really bad. In fact, I'm sure I have.

Does anyone else regret the way they voted, whichever way that was?

United we stand?

Cornwall - who have got £1billion over the last 15 years from the eu, voted leave, and now want someone else to pay...

Er, what?

rookie YY
Nothing else to say :(:(

Most of the regions that voted leave will have been recipients of EU grants

I can tell you that I, who thought a lot about my vote, NEVER discuss it with people in RL.

I can't face distancing myself from accusations of racism and stupidity. I am not racist OR stupid, why should I defend myself against these positions before I even starts.

I bet there are millions like me actually, but the remain campaign were so confident that they had appropriated the only moral stance to take, they had no idea we even existed.

Humphrey yes I felt like the about the EU response to our country. They're going to try and punish us, aren't they? I wasn't expecting when I switched on the news that they'd feel so openly angry about the uk leaving the eu.

Reading the news today, I'm absolutely convinced that I voted wrongly.

At the polling station I had my doubts, but stupidly thought that the NHS would benefit from hundreds of millions of pounds by leaving the EU. I now know that this is totally incorrect.

I feel irresponsible, but also deceived by the rhetoric.

All those saying this isn't a genuine op, I bloody wish it wasn't.

I voted remain, I feel so gutted about leaving, workers will have no rights, the economy could go down the pan, we could lose the Nhs, we could end up with Boris as prime minister, you could actually lose any benefits you receive, but hey you reap what you sow, so well done to all those that voted out! (sarcastic)

Humphrey..we have just handed power to the most right wing people in our country!

I voted out and if I was given the choice I would do so again. We are NOT doomed. The country has been through much worse and survived and thrived. Instead of crying into your tea, gird your loins and be productive, do all you can to make this country GREAT again.

They are not going to be happy at all JustAOneOff. It is going to bugger things up for them. There are other countries with our level of discontent. The Netherlands is a prime example.

But things should be done on a fair system, not a 'you had better behave or we will fuck you over' system. It is an excellent reason to get out imo.

I mean, I quite SEE that it was practically impossible to properly negotiate with Cameron from an EU perspective, give a mile to one country and all countries will want it. But again, that just goes to prove to me that they whole thing is not working properly.

Could we GENUINELY lose the NHS?

This is a nightmare.

Really? You didn't anticipate the shock across Europe despite everyone saying this would happen?

the right wing are not the same as the far right.

wheeze what do you mean by "great" ? I keep seeing that phrase bandied around but no one will explain what they mean by it....

Look on the brightside OP. The referendum wasn't legally binding it was just an opinion poll. Very few MPs actually want to leave the EU, they will be scrabbling about now for a way to halt this while saving face. The more people who come out publicly and say they voted to leave and now want to change their vote help them achieve that. They will go back to the EU and say they want to cut a new deal so they can stay. The EU don't want Britain to leave and are likely to play along and make some minor concessions. The government will big them up and say that with this great new deal they need to have another referendum (this has happened repeatedly in Ireland where referendums are legally binding so are far more meaningful that Thursday's one). The public will mostly vote to remain, probably with a closer to 60-40 split so it's more decisive. And everyone will move on.

The biggest threat to that scenario is probably Boris Johnson, so hopefully he will not take Cameron's place. But I honestly believe that will happen. I've lived through similar in Ireland too many times. Full disclosure, I would have voted remain if I still lived in the UK, but I voted against and campaigned against every EU treaty I was eligible to vote on. I fully understand many of the concerns people have about the EU but the solution isn't to break up the union that is largely responsible for the unprecedented peace in Europe and something that keeps us strong together when we are 'nextdoor' to a Russia under the control of an empire minded lunatic like Putin.

Op, you and others like you who voted to leave and are now saying "oh what have I done, I just believed what they told me," should be ashamed of yourselves, if you actually do vote you should at least understand what you are voting for and not claim you were deceived or other such nonsense.

we are now probably going to have Boris as the new pm and most of the leave voters are going to be hit the hardest.

Bertie and how exactely are you going to know if people actually want to change their mind???

The whole point of a referendum is that. A clear cut decision has been made by the population.

I personally wholly disagree with the question of the referendum.
IN or OUT of the EU doesn't make sense. You (sort of) know what you are voting for if you vote IN.
But OUT?? What are you voting for? A Swiss type of situation (out but not completely in either)? Totally separated? A new way to relate to the EU? What exactely?
Because if we go for the Swiss option, anyone who has voted OUT for immigration are going to be pissed off. Anyone who has done so because of the cost will be too. But yes, you will get more 'independance' RE decisions and laws (even though not on everything because all products sold in their EU will have to meet their standards anyway).
Totally separated will be good for immigration etc... But what about business, you know the ones that have already started to boot out and move offices to mainland Europe?

People have voted OUT but they have actually not a fucking idea of what they been voting for because there is no one leadership and one vision. No vision for the future and just a grumble about what happens NOW and a cry about how it is sooo unfair that xxx. That's not planning the future.
Nor is it an appropriate way to decide the future of a country.

No humprey but the extreme right wing are. Any many of those pushing the leave cause hide then extreme right wing views under a veneer of "banter"

OP - I would step away from social media if I were you. You are not single handedly responsible for Britain leaving the EU.

I'd better hide this thread, you are actually pissing me off now op, you and others like you created the nightmare

I'm at the idea that a referendum is just an opinion poll!!

If you want an opinion poll, say so. A referendum is a different thing, you knew it, everyone knew it. Because it didn;''t go the way you were hoping for does it mean it's OK to forget basic principles of democracy.
That would be even worse than going out of the EU and the whole way this campaign has gone TBH.

Op..
Yes
Google TTIP
Ffs! It's been all over the press and news for WEEKS

lulu ypou've already lost the NHS. You didn't need this vote to do so (even though it probably has made everything worse)

You don't get another crack at a referendum because you didn't like the answer. In fact, this vote isn't legally binding, the Government could just ignore the will of the people. The petition is a waste of time.

I spent most of yesterday dealing with the fall out from the vote. My first conference call of the day was with Economists giving their analysis of the vote to investors. In summary their prediction was UK to enter into immediate recession that will last at least 9 months (so there will be job losses and more austerity measures), GDP to fall by 2%, interest rate cut down to 0% (so savers are stuffed), quantitative easing to ramp in August (consequence the cost of things go up). It was a sobering call. I attended 2 other calls and the messages were consistent. Also were the board meetings that were being scheduled for next week as major companies start looking at plans to move some operations to the UK. I think you might be regretting your vote for a while yet OP.

I don't understand your point - the conservative party are not the same as the far right.

If you really believe Boris and Michael are far right politicians I suggest you look to the actual far right and see what they are like.

You do know that many people on the left of politics voted leave? Even the late Tony Benn was distrustful of the EU.