I regret the way I voted.

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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?

Actually Nicola Sturgeon has been told by Brussels Scotland can't stay in the EU -it would have to apply as a new country - have the Euro, a border with the UK and would never get as favourable a deal as the Uk has/had. She has said no-way will there be a border with England.
(Actually if rUK exits the EU and Scotland stays in and becomes independent there will have to be a border...)
I don't think she can really risk independence right now as the economics don't currently add up ( they didn't before, but currently the situation is even worse)- it would be suicide for Scotland.
So she is now saying that the Scottish parliament will veto the Brexit vote in the interest of Scotland - and also Westminster can't block a new Scottish indy ref..as that would be undemocratic....
What a mess she is in....I am hoping this finishes her off - but somehow I doubt it...

I think leave voters have been greatly let down by BoJo et al. They should be leading from the front and reassuring people. Yet they have simply disappeared.

Indeed. I've seen quite a few of them, both here and elsewhere, whining about Cameron leaving them to it. But he was always going to, has had his relatively fragile legitimacy shattered and he's not the person to negotiate something he doesn't want or believe in. He'd cut a weak, pathetic figure at any negotiating table. The blame lies with the Brexit leaders who've not stepped in to fill the vacuum.

I simply cannot believe the amount of people who and I quote "really didn't know what to do so I was standing in the box pencil in hand and thought oh well I'll vote leave" seriously? If you genuinely didn't understand the implications then either don't vote or stick with the status quo... you weren't choosing a new lipstick you were choosing the future of your country.
Grrrrr

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In response to SallyAnne 7300
Please do not be patronizing about my life and experiences.

I have run a business, a family, and run a school. The truths are first hand, they are different to yours. Not from the BBc but I forget, experts and news do not enter your campaign and reality. Misguided, misinformed, misanthropic.

Sadly sally, there are quite a number of people saying immigrants are being sent home. There are immigrants who've been told this by others, as they've gone about their business. If you didn't know this before, you do now. I do not think for one second that it'll happen, especially as lots are either British citizens already or will be within two years, but there are clearly people who do and it's having an impact.

How about trying to make up for your mistake now by starting a 'I regret voting Leave' government petition. Write on the petition that you voted Leave based on misinformation provided to you by the Leave campaign (i.e. £350m which is now not going to the NHS, 0% EU immigration which will now not happen, etc. etc.) and see how many other people sign it. Perhaps this number will be enough to tip the balance and make the government realise that the Leave figures contain a very substantial number of voters who feel they were 'duped'. Worth a try. I have a clear conscious. I voted Remain.

Sorry BonerSibary but I don't have it arse about face. If you work in the legal sector as I do you will see that laws were enact and decisions our courts make can be easily overturned by the EU. Being a part of the system in the EU for 40+ years hasn't helped us to stop that from happening, so why should the future be any different?

How long can a newly wed couples stay along with minimum ten relatives or may be 27 relatives, does any one of you live in joint family, DEFINITELY NO !! you will be absolutely stressed out living with so many people at home with their choice, their likes and the newly wed marriage has only been stressed over years. Similar is the story of British with EU, Britain is stressed off with so many issues! Definitely couples need a break.

When we ourself can't live in a joint family with many indifferences, how can one expect all countries into this puddle !!

respect space,respect freedom, no need of being desperate . Lets hope for the good !! Only trading would be done in a different way, and bars will be set high which is in a way good unlike America,Canada,Switzerland,Norway. So most talented people would pop in. I am an Eu and i pay tax, I am alright with either Leave or Remain .
I support both

Sadly there are a lot of people like you who did not research enough.
You should feel bad.

Why on earth would this finish Nicola off unlucky? She's acting in the interests of the country she was elected to lead, not least in avoiding a referendum she might well win but fuck up the country in doing so are you listening Boris. And vetoing the exit would go down stunningly well with her constituents. I appreciate that there are democratic legitimacy issues with her being able to veto a decision made by a majority of the UK electorate, but no more so than Scotland being able to be forced out when not one Scottish constituency recorded an Exit vote. Anyone who objects to the first on principle needs to feel the same about the second, otherwise it's not democratic legitimacy that concerns them.

I am so sad to read all these posts on here. Have we become so selfish and thoughtless nowadays?

No one has a right to have a go at others just because they voted differently.

I voted to leave after researching, talking to people who work in defence and have worked in the EU for many years. The vitriol I have seen over FB and other social media are from people voting remain, attacking people who voted to leave. Hand on heart do you think it would be as such if the outcome was to remain in Europe?

This is not the end of the world and why are people going into hysterics as if it is?

There will be at least 2 years before we are out and there is so much work to do to ensure that we have a good deal after we leave. We should be concentrating on the future and how as very active members of society we can help this process rather than ranting at others who dared to vote differently.

I DO NOT REGRET voting leave and I am sure will get a lot of hate about this on mn. But why can we not use all this passion we have to ensure that our future is good.

I voted remain and I'm scared of the implications leaving the EU will bring our country it's going to affect us all economically and I am devastated.

unlucky83, why do you hope this finished Nicola sturgeon off??? scotland has the right to go independant, it has the right to remain within europe and she is not in a mess, there are actually a hell of alot of people behind her and not just scottish people either.

I voted Remain and I am so bitterly disappointed by this outcome. I hope you do feel guilty for voting Leave...I have no doubt you will love to regret your decision for many years to come.
I am so glad that I am in Scotland and I hope that the message it getting across Europe that the majority of Scots did not vote for this! I don't know what the future holds for Scotland or the rUK...all I do know in this moment is that I am incredibly incredibly sad with this outcome.

I keep thinking about what the Ukrainian PM said when hearing about the result and it just makes me so so sad that other EU countries no where near as prosperous as ours have worked so bloody hard and taken so many risks to get into the EU and we've just thrown our membership in the gutter on a whim. I just hope that the UK leaving doesn't destroy the EU for everyone else.
Just saw this statement from the Ukrainian PM on the bbc website - it makes me so sad.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says ^^"today is not the best day for united Europe".

"However I believe that the unity of European nations will be maintained after all. Because it is based above all on democratic values which are common for all.

"We, Ukrainians, remain committed to these European democratic values. We have suffered a lot for our European choice and continue to pay a high price while protecting not only our sovereignty but also the eastern border of Europe. Therefore we will continue to fight for a strong and united Europe and invigorate European integration processes."

I don't think Nicola Sturgeon is finished. She's one of the very few politicians who is taking leadership of this messed up situation we are now in. I have mixed feelings about the SNP (to say the least) but she won't have been damaged by this. The opposite in fact.

Couldn't agree with you more SHAZZAROONEY999

As it happens Rishaar, I do work in the legal sector. I'm a solicitor, check my posting history if you don't believe me, and some of my practice is EU law! So, nopers.

But you're moving the goalposts here. You're talking about how decisions our courts make can be overturned by the EU (ECJ, I guess you mean?). But that's not what you said earlier. You said that as a member state we'd be powerless to oppose changes the EU would make, and that's simply not true. It's also disingenuous because we'd have even less impact on them if we left, whilst still being influenced because we'd be trading with EU members and sharing a pretty small continent with them.

peterwiddows.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/the-bbc-should-stop-whipping-up-panic/

Don't panic.
We survived Black Monday, the recession, the drop in house prices. banks going bust and the millennium bug that was going to blow up all our toaters at midnight.
Add to that foot and mouth, avian flu, CJD, MRS the collapse of the NHS, oil shortages etc.
Plus Blair and Brown.

Nothing will happen anytime soon, and we will continue to buy and sell goods and services to the rest of Europe (and the world) as we have always done.

Strikes me that an awful lot of leavers voted that way not on the back of strong anti immigration sentiment, but because of valid concerns regarding the underfunding of the NHS. Please bear this in mind when we inevitably face a general election- it is the governing party that decides where public spending is directed, any underfunding is the responsibility of said party and a general election (not a referendum) is when you have an opportunity to vote out a party that has slashed public spending in an area you are concerned about.

OP - never mind the regrets, how do you intend to be better informed in the future?

Yes you did something very stupid but you were also lied to.
You can still do something about it by signing the petition for a second referendum, writing to your MP and ensuring all your friends sign the petition too:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215

My husband's job is now hanging in the balance because of people who voted out-thanks a lot!!!

I think there are always people who regret their vote after any election but democracy is that the vote on the day is what counts and people have a duty to inform themselves and make their decision ahead of doing that.

I do not regret my vote and think we have to look forward now. For example the pound going down (within reason) wipes numbers off balance sheets, but it makes our manufactured products more attractive to other countries which could boost the economy. Let's give things a moment to settle then grasp the opportunities