Brexit discussion (EU referendum)

Should the United Kngdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union

  • Remain a member of the European Union

    Votes: 17 85.0%

  • Leave the European Union

    Votes: 3 15.0%
  • Total voters
    20
  • Poll closed .
Towns that voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the EU are among the first victims of post-Brexit manufacturing job losses.
Last week Forterra, one of Britain’s biggest brick makers, said it would mothball plants in Accrington and Claughton, both in Lancashire, ahead of a potential downturn in construction. The towns are in boroughs that voted 66% and 63%, respectively, for Brexit.
Lush Cosmetics, a maker of soaps and lotions, has offered to shift workers from its factory in Poole after the Dorset town voted 58% to leave the EU. Co-founder Mark Constantine said last week that the poll had shown many of Lush’s 1,400 workers, who come from 38 countries, that they were “not welcome and not wanted in Poole”.
The company imports ingredients from around the world and exports many of its products. It said sterling’s fall and customer unrest since the referendum had created a “living nightmare”.
Staff have been given the option to fill vacancies at a new factory it will open in Dusseldorf. Forterra blamed its decision to temporarily shut its plants on “current economic uncertainty”.
Stephen Rawlinson, an analyst at Whitman Howard, said: “There is some irony in that the plants to be mothballed are in the parts of Lancashire that voted ‘leave’.”
The brick factory closures could put more than 60 people out of work.
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I'm finding it hard to feel any sympathy here to be honest. A part of me wants to just point and laugh.
 
So Theresa May is officially the next British Prime Minister following David Cameron's resignation. She'll be taking office this Wednesday, and is the second female Prime Minister, the first being Margaret Thatcher of course.

I'm liking this to be honest. I'm just glad it wasn't Crabbe or Gove getting in. In case you didn't know, Stephen Crabbe has ties to a group that believes it can "cure homosexuals", while Michael Gove absolutely decimated the education system. I don't know much about Liam Fox, so I can't form an opinion on him.

Andrea Leadsom seemed like a nice lady, but I don't think she was as strong as May, and at a time like this, we need somebody as strong as May.

On the other side of politics, Jeremy Corbyn, who has faced a lot of pressure in the past few weeks to step down as leader of the Labour party, has stood his ground fantastically. I consider myself as Conservative, but I do like the cut of Corbyn's jib. He's shown strength, which is contrary to what a lot of the media has been saying about him, and I honestly think, come the next general election, that I'll be 50/50 on whether to vote Conservative or Labour.

Also I like how the two parties both have Remain Leaders, and we're actually leaving the EU.

Ironyyyyyyyyyyy!
 
Wasn't a fan of Andrea Leadsom, she ended up voting against gay marriage because "it'd hurt Christians", or something similar. Plus, she was only a minster of state, rather than a secretary of state, so I didn't feel like she'd be qualified enough.

I consider myself a floating voter, with Labour tendencies, but I'm really starting to dislike Corbyn at the moment, when you get a vote of no confidence like that, you should stand aside.
 
I still support Corbyn and a sizeable amount of the party members do. He's been a much stronger leader than Brown and Milliband (and managed to mobilise both young and Labour voters in the referendum) yet has still received a much harsher treatment than either from the party's MPs. It's like they've only just learnt how to lose confidence, or something.
 
Time Turner said:
I mean, there's still a large number of people within those towns who didn't vote to leave. I'd feel sorry for them.
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I suppose, but I'm still finding it really hard to sympathise with all these people who voted leave who are now getting fucked over.

Anyway, Corbyn's alright, and I'd prefer him to most of his contenders in the Labour party, but I really wish a lot of his supporters would fucking calm down. I've had so many friends that seem to think he can do no wrong. Also, his soft touch on organisations like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the IRA really rub me up badly.

I'm probably gonna go Lib Dem after their pledge to fight Brexit, and more importantly now that Nick Clegg's gone.
 
Exactly, Corbyn's doing well, vote of no confidence means shit all, he's staying

i'd rather have him leading the party than discount tilda swinton over there
 
We now officially have a new Prime Minister. I'm going to really miss David Cameron, but Theresa May is going to be absolutely pro at this.

Welcome aboard, Mrs. Prime Minister!
 
Don't worry - all the Labour Circlejerkers and Conservative haters will come around and shove thousands of lovely Theresa May memes in our faces while she attempts to save Britain

May is Bae ¯\_(ツ)_/¯