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Re:UK votes to leave EU by DominikR on Friday June 24, 2016 @02:51AM (#11967288)
Of course the EU will continue to threaten the UK to "reconsider" its decision. But the fact remains that countries like Switzerland and Norway are much better off in economic terms by not having joined the EU in the first place.

Citizens of the UK have to ask themselves if they are going to allow the EU to threaten them into submission.

I am now 100% sure that the EU is done, this is it. Le Pen will win the next elections in France and then they'll leave too. Same goes for the Dutch.

Re:UK votes to leave EU by roel_v on Friday June 24, 2016 @03:59AM (#11967679)
"Same goes for the Dutch."

Eh, no. 58% wants to remain, 26% leave (numbers as of two weeks ago). The Dutch realize much more than the Brits how much we depend on tight integration with others (as a small country, as a heavy trader, but also as less inward-looking as the Brits).

Re:UK votes to leave EU by sievebrain on Friday June 24, 2016 @06:18AM (#11968452)
Those are very close to the polling figures at the start of the UK referendum process. Voting intentions changed significantly during the campaigns.
Re:UK votes to leave EU by nightcracker on Saturday June 25, 2016 @06:02AM (#11975831)
[citation needed]

I can't find those numbers, in fact the numbers that I did find are literally all over the place (for both Leave/Remain).

Re:UK votes to leave EU by sievebrain on Saturday June 25, 2016 @06:07AM (#11975842)
When I first started paying attention to this issue back around November time last year, I think the polls that I saw were about 30% to leave.
Re:UK votes to leave EU by notahacker on Friday June 24, 2016 @04:53AM (#11967987)
Switzerland and Norway have joined the EU in all but name (and voting rights) economically; all the trade-related EU directives apply and their borders are actually more open and let in more EU migrants per capita.

Of course the UK has the option of going for the same deal, but if they do, a lot of the Leave voters are going to feel very, very betrayed.

Re:UK votes to leave EU by bayesian_horse on Friday June 24, 2016 @03:49AM (#11967618)
Switzerland and Norway are better off by agreeing to terms which the Leave campaign explicitly does not want.

They also have significant strategic advantages which the UK is just lacking, and their economies are rather small. The UK can't get a better deal even if the EU wanted to give it to them. Which they don't by the way!

Re:UK votes to leave EU by seszett on Friday June 24, 2016 @04:15AM (#11967775)
> Le Pen will win the next elections in France

Yeah... not a chance really.

Re:UK votes to leave EU by bench_soup on Friday June 24, 2016 @04:22AM (#11967809)
>Le Pen will win the next elections in France and then they'll leave too.

They have no intentions to actually leave, their economic program doesn't even make sense.