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Old 23-06-2016, 15:06   #3472
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re: [Update] The UK votes to leave the EU

Just been listening to a group of 10+ college students discussing this in the pub. Sadly, the 'we won't be able to go on holiday in Europe if we leave the EU' argument was popular...

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Originally Posted by ntluser View Post
If the promises made by Cameron prove to be untrue, all we can hope for is that there is a massive switch to UKIP and other anti-EU parties in the MEP elections.

There is considerable opposition to the EU in other EU countries and if this can be mobilised maybe they can become the dominant force in the EU and change policy.


Policy certainly needs to be changed regardless of the result of today's vote. It's a ticking time bomb.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Yup, the election officer at my local polling station said it had been busy down there, and that really is saying something in our neck of the woods.

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I believe we do now have an Act of Parliament requiring a referendum before any new EU treaty can be ratified
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Let's hope they don't just decide we don't need that anymore while the parliamentary majority supports staying in...
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