Jun 1, 2016 In short It will take years to negotiate new deals (e.g. trade) with the other countries ------- now all the deals with the third countries are signed on behalf of the UE. Not saying you would have to negotiate new deals with UE countries. It could lead to smaller GDP growth rate. When you finally come to an agreement regarding those multiple deals (the situation similar to current), you will not be able to change anything in UE's law so as to some things could have been achieved much easier than before. (so basically what's the point of Brexit, isn't it?) The immigrants may have huge problems with their legal status in UK and since you have plenty of them, the possible loss of, for example 500 000 of them could slower GDP growth rate (yeah I love that phrase). It could lead to referendums in other countries in UE such as France, Hungary, Spain or Poland and if the outcome turns out to be negative for UE membership, we're all pretty much f-----. Also, there are tons of things that we can't predict but based on the articles and reports I've read so far, you may lose more than you could gain. Sorry for the grammar mistakes but I am typing it insanely fast. When I find some good analyses I'll share them with you.
Jun 1, 2016 http://openeurope.org.uk/daily-shakeup/vote-leave-immigration-pledge/#section-2 This is only the tip of the iceberg that's why you should check out the whole site. There are a lot of short but incisive remarks about potential consequences of Brexit. @Winter
Jun 14, 2016 Brexit looking very possible. Bookmakers had chances of brexit at 25%, this has risen to 40%. Every poll is showing leave in the lead...
Jun 14, 2016 Really? Haven't kept up to date with it as much but thought vote stay was leading by a bit. Scotlands defo voting to stay, so if we vote leave then another Independence ref is on the card for us
Jun 14, 2016 Seriously though I heard so many bad consequences.. but what exactly is the upside of leaving?
Jun 14, 2016 Anyone know how is that gonna affect Northern Ireland? like am I gonna need to cross a border with my passport just to visit friends.
Jun 14, 2016 I guess people just want their country back. It's more a pride thing than anything. Both sides have been wishy washy with facts and have been appealing to emotion instead.
Jun 14, 2016 Thats why I think a referendum about something like that is lame and kind of pointlesd. How many voters actually know the facts? And do not base their vote on emotion/how they feel about the EU etc.
Jun 14, 2016 There's been stuff on the news recently here that they're gonna do a voting on united Ireland if the UK backs Brexit
Jun 15, 2016 http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/how-...land-and-northern-ireland?utm_source=vicefbuk I live on the border, really hoping people will vote against it..
Jun 15, 2016 Thats a good read, the Irish issue is very complicated. I can see Wales, N.Ireland and Scotland voting to stay, while England votes to leave, giving leave the majority. What a nightmare that would be
Jun 15, 2016 This is a lot more complicated than they think, realistically they would have to send in the soldiers to block the borders and apply passport checks. They cant just leave it as it is.
Jun 15, 2016 "There has been a major rise in Irish passport applications from England, Scotland and Wales in the run-up to the Brexit referendum."
