UK vote to leave the EU ['BREXIT'] - 23rd June

[JR8]

p.s. the last time the UK voted on the EU [then EEC] in the 70s it was to join a plain-vanilla trade block of 9 countries.
This was the first time they got to vote on what the EU has become, an undemocratic superstate.

[x9200]

This will turbo-charge the Leave vote in several other EU countries; so the question becomes 'who is next?'

NL

[Mexikaner]

..."every country has the government it deserves"

so what now?

[JR8]

..."every country has the government it deserves"
so what now?

Maybe that's the problem, no one gets to vote for the 'EU government'. This is the disconnect that is now starkly revealed.

What's next is you'll have the media writing 'Who's next?' articles, likely starting today.

[Brah]

The lion has roared. It reveals the vast disconnect between the people and the people who supposedly represent them.

Not to derail this thread but perhaps shades of things to come for the US, an equally divided country.

[JR8]

The FTSE is just opening, approx -8.5%, but the German DAX index is -10%... lol, shows you who this vote hurts the most.

[Wd40]

This is with the pound 10% down. Gold in GBP is up 15%! Soros was buying Gold. I bet he has made a fortune again

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[Barnsley]

Cameron on his bike in October!!

General Election??

A single policy issue , it would be a right laugh

[Barnsley]

The lion has roared. It reveals the vast disconnect between the people and the people who supposedly represent them.

Not to derail this thread but perhaps shades of things to come for the US, an equally divided country.

Two Candidates that the majority of the country dont want.

Thats going to be a right laugh also

The World is going mad!

[JR8]

FTSE -6.7% DAX -7.7%

[nanana]

My question is somewhat relevant I suppose... I have some US dollar that I want to change to SGD....with the exit of Britain from the EU...I guess worldwide currency will be somehow affected?... Should I change the dollar now or wait for few more days?

[PNGMK]

I woke up and felt sick when I saw the news. The long distant sound of war drums in Europe is slowly become audible again.

[PNGMK]

My question is somewhat relevant I suppose... I have some US dollar that I want to change to SGD....with the exit of Britain from the EU...I guess worldwide currency will be somehow affected?... Should I change the dollar now or wait for few more days?

'Safe harbour' currencies are going up... Yen/USD and Gold.

[JR8]

My question is somewhat relevant I suppose... I have some US dollar that I want to change to SGD....with the exit of Britain from the EU...I guess worldwide currency will be somehow affected?... Should I change the dollar now or wait for few more days?

That rate was circa 1.343 at midnight (London) last night, and 1.3550 as I write. 0.9% of a move, so probably nothing to get concerned about.

You might conclude that both currencies have a safe-haven aspect to them [vs the Euro/£/EU].

[JR8]

The FTSE is just opening, approx -8.5%, but the German DAX index is -10%... lol, shows you who this vote hurts the most.

France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Austria - all now lower than the FTSE-100. The other 'major' exchange in Europe is Switzerland [non-EU/safe-haven], and that's +0.65%