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?

" I thought it would be better for our economy. How wrong I now know I was."

Nope. Nobody knows this. It's possible it is the best possible thing for our economy. It COULD be bad, but we don't know that yet.

What we shouldn't do is be petulant (if we voted Remain) and make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. We have made a decision and should pursue that decision in the best way that we can.

And I also researched, and kept double checking, cross referencing and doing my own calculations (I always check a studies maths/ method)

Really? Top economists haven't predicted the cost or impact of a brexit. Care to share your calculations?

100 per cent happy I voted OUT! As Anthony Charles Lynton Blair said,"A new day has dawned, has it not?" Get in! I also don't get paid in GBP and piled into the Forex yesterday. Champers all round at ours last night. Oh and DH is under 50 and an Oxbrige educated professional and I'm under 40 and went to an RG uni. Not 'racist', 'thick' chavs or boomers, just pragmatists doing the best for our DC. Roll on the collapse of the EU!

" THIS is who you were standing beside when you voted Leave; you knew this and you did it anyway so fuck your buyer's remorse. You eagerly sucked the far right's cock in that polling booth so you don't get to be saddened by the outcome."

Nah, this election was won when Gordon Brown signed the Lisbon treaty without a referendum. Europe's governments have been saying 'fuck you' to the people for quite a while now, implementing globalism in order to enrich themselves at the expense of the masses, and the people, all over Europe, are responding with anti-establishment political choices. In Italy the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (which is not far-right) just won big.

It is clear that the Far Right has been rising in Europe, and the reason for this is also clear - the EU, and European leaders, completely ignores the will of the people. The likes of Merkel, Cameron, Brown have been delivering 'fuck you' after 'fuck you' to their people and the people have had enough.

That is why Britain voted out. Britain's Brexit vote was not achieved by Tory scum in Surrey, nor was it the Berkshire cunts - nope, they voted Remain because they are alright jack - this election was won in Peter Mandelson's Hartlepool (70% for Brexit), Dennis Skinner's Bolsover (71% for Brexit), Ed Miliband's Doncaster (69% for Brexit), in Michael Foot's Merthyr Tydfil, in Aneurin Bevan & Michael Foot's Blaneau Gwent (62% for Brexit).

The fuck.eu was delivered by the Labour voters of Britain.

No I voted leave after a lot of research and perfectly happy I made the right choice

My vote was for the long term future of my children not the here and now

I knew it would send shock waves leaving and we would have a storm to ride out but I know in 10-20 years the UK will be a fair better place and that's what my vote was for

Do you know, op, I just couldn't give a shit about your feelings. It's idiots like you'd feelings . You should be disenfranchised if you can't understand the importance of voting.

OP - have you checked the voting stats for your local area?

They will probably show that your one vote for leaving did not sway the final result. I hope this makes you feel a bit better.

I think calling either side 'idiots' or 'racist' or other insults is NOT ON . There are non-racist reasons for voting leave. And you could vote leave even if you considered the economy might be in for a rough time.

We live in a democracy.

Winston S. Churchill — ‘Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.’

One of the big problems I think was that the debate on both sides escalated into gigantic and often misleading statements. If someone only got their information from sound-bites and newspaper headlines they could easily be misled.

People who are 'naive' politically would not be able to work out what was actually feasible / promised versus 'sound-bite'. (e.g. 350million available for NHS - Leave is not a party in government, so they could no way actually ensure an extra £1 to NHS let alone £350m). There were also similar on the Remain side (e.g. emergency 10% on tax etc). These naïve people (and I suspect OP is one of them) have been FAILED by the politicians and the popular media.

People weighed up arguments on each side and made a decision. Just because some else's came down on a different side doesn't mean you can't be friends with them.
We now need to work together to make leaving work for everyone. Not rush into snap decisions, and just be sensible .

In the last few weeks I made it my mission to try and inform as many Brexiters as possible to change their vote to remain. I managed to convince a few. I regret not doing more.

When people finally wake up from this, start thinking properly and start to see through some of the lies, then we should have another referendum. We need to make this happen somehow. There is far too much at stake for it not to happen. I have a feeling of doom about WW3. I hope I am wrong about that, but I've been right about everything else so far.

I voted remain and do not regret it.
I am not surprised that you regret it now that you realise what it means for our children's futures.

Katie I do see your point, but people are mainly not brought up to be 'political', and also have lots going on in their lives.

Information on the reality behind the numbers was available, I came across it via my regular listening to radio 4. But the politicians and the media know how people in general get their information, and instead of ensuring those sound bites were reasoned and sensible, they descended into ever more outlandish statements. People are credulous, the politicians and media know that.

One of the problems here is actually also complacency. People don't believe anything 'bad' will happen either way, so maybe don't look into it as deeply as maybe they could. We have a good economy, in a good democracy. We look at e.g. Greece and say 'it would never happen here'.

you have given the awful far right racists the confidence to verbally abuse brown people in the street.

Not just the brown skinned, white people who don't look right (including me and my irish looks) got it round my way. I don't blame people who voted brexit for thought out reasons for this, I blame the campaigners for not doing enough to distance themselves a long time ago. And I cannot abide the backtracking that's happening with it now, the campaign got into bed with them now own it, apologise and work to put tolerance back at the heart of our society.

There are going to be a LOT of leave voters feeling the way you do right now
Does t help the fact our country is fucked though, sadly
Private healthcare and 1970s recession here we come.....

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.

This vote was the most important decision of your life and if you have children theirs too. More important than buying a house, choosing a school, going for a new job.

And you didn't research.

The only thing I regret is telling anyone how I was voting when we were chatting ages ago because the irritating 'leavers are thick racists' refrain from the remainers means people feel free to be rude.
Half the voters (and turnout was good) cannot be 'thick racists'. People aren't saying they voted leave because why would you? I cba to listen to offensive assumptions. Tbh I wish MN would stick all these theads in the same place and we could just get on with it.

I guess in fairness to those who have regrets from voting leave now, they were shafted to some extent as T&T said. To see Farage admitting that the 350 million figure shouldn't have been used was pretty depressing albeit not surprising.

As for whoever it said about the Remainers accepting the result, I personally am as it was democracy in action so I'm not signing the petition. There was nothing about the win needing to be a certain margin so as far as I'm concerned it should stand.

But Farage said before the vote that if the result was close (and I think he used the example of 48/52) then that would be a small defeat, referred to it as 'unfinished business' and said he would be calling for a second referendum. So it isn't really surprised that some in the Remain camp are calling for a second, especially after Farage admitting the 350 million figure was wrong and the various clips of people saying they didn't realise their vote would actually count or thought they were voting against the Government.

I have no regrets about my vote, just a huge amount of sadness for DD's generation who are about to launch off into the world and are very angry about this as feel their choices were taken from them. I personally think as 16 year olds were able to vote in Scotland for the Referendum there, 16 and 17 year olds should have been able to vote here, most of them felt pretty passionate about it.

Did you not question why the leave campaign was being pushed by the extreme right wing?

(Who are now calling to scrap the NHS: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-nhs-might-have-to-be-replaced-by-private-health-insurance-9988904.html)

Did you not question why every single economist was against leave?

I know so many people who were voting leave because of the £350m/week lie. They wouldn't believe me when i explained it was bullshit very very misleading.

OP - have you checked the voting stats for your local area?

They will probably show that your one vote for leaving did not sway the final result. I hope this makes you feel a bit better.

I don't usually say this, but that is just bollocks. This was not a vote for parliament. This was not by constituency.

Every bloody vote counted!

Lulu, NOW you are remain? Are you kidding me?!!! NOW you are remain?!

Btw, the way the Leave campaign worked, focusing on migration and lying about basic and important facts, did promote divisiveness and mutual hate.
It's one thing to have different opinions about outcomes or how to interpret data. It's altogether different to despair at people being fed lies, and believing them, and being fed racism and voting with these people

I don't think it's the end of the world if the UK leaves, but it has caused some difficult times ahead. And guess who'll suffer? As usual the most vulnerable in society.