So 19% in 18-24 and 17% in 25-49 brackets didnt know/wouldnt vote. That likely swung it.

According to some BBC reports, Morgan Stanley is moving 2000 jobs from England to Dublin and Frankfurt.

More to follow.

If they have a HNC and accept half my paycheck then sign them up!

Although there was a reason all the outsourced engineering work came back to Britain. Mainly because the work was indeed cheap, but the quality of the work was piss poor.

Well it's a scary time...

What more can I say? I'm sad that my countrymen have made this decision. It's sad for me and it's sad for them. Nothing they want from the brexit will happen. Immigration will be mostly unaffected, we have no idea of the effects on small businesses (especially during the two year period before brexit when many may go out of business) and our economy will be pretty negatively affected as larger businesses move jobs out of the UK.

The British people have been conned into supporting a power play by the extreme right. The US is not far behind. If Trump wind he will have done so on the ignorance of the American people who will have believed his false promises.

It'll take a while for the right to realise what they've done here of course. But as the leave campaign's promises continue to remain unfulfilled they will. In the meantime this can be seen as a great opportunity. Although a lot of bad will come of it we can make it work for us with the right leadership. I hope that, by the time the next election rolls around, the blowback from the extreme right's inability to fulfil the promises on which many people made their decision to leave, will cause Britain to vote more sensibly next time around. We need good leadership under someone who cares about education, health, welfare etc. There will be a huge rejig of our finances and we need to make sure that schools, universities, hospitals and social care programs are better off and not worse when it's done.

The difference between Brexit and voting Trump ofc is that now we have a chance to see how the nationalist's manage things before deciding whether we want them to lead us in the next general election. Once you guys vote Trump you're stuck with him for 4 years.

This post was edited by Scaly on Jun 24 2016 08:12am

The pound is down to its lowest mark in 31 years and the FTSE 250 index dropped 7.5%, the most since the recession in 2008. Not good.

All of this seems like a rash and emotionally charged decision rather than a smart and considerate one. Nigel Farage's defining issue to leave the US was immigration, but is it worth all of these potential economic losses in their currency, stock market, and with jobs?

Honestly, it feels like the UK had a little Trump fever sweep across it with this decision. Are they really so scared of brown people that they are willing to risk the entire economy of their country? It really seems like the older generation screwed over the younger generation here, but we will see if the market corrects itself soon. I have my doubts. It looks really bad so far.

What the hell is going on, my British friends? What are the pros and cons of this decision? Why did this happen? Why is Cameron resigning now? What is going on?!

If America elects Trump (whose defining issue is also immigration/cultural identity/getting back to "American" heritage), I suspect a similar result. Shock, regret, a lot of "WTF, did we actually just do this?!" moments, and economic downturns in our currency and stock market.

As an expert in a field of work, you don't really need to leave your home country for purely financial reasons. If you're good, you'll be good everywhere and sooner rather than later you will get the credits for your work.

On the other hand, if you are concerned that un(der)skilled foreigners will steal your jobs and vote them out, you probably are in England

This post was edited by B4al on Jun 24 2016 08:18am

there are ~700,000 people working in financial and related services in london
a lot of those because other countries use that as base to deal with the eu
so it is quite likely that half of those jobs will move in the next few years to eu countries

Trump isn't going to win... Americans are more moderate than UK voters apparently.

When have I ever said that foreigners are stealing my job?

I agree, and I hope so. I really do not think is Trump is qualified to be our president. It would be an absolute embarrassment and would be awful for our country, especially our economy and international relations. He would be likely one of the worst presidents ever.

Hey, that would make the 2000s contain two of the top 5 or 10 worst president ever! All in a relatively short time span, and both from the same major political party.