There's a reason Remain won in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland will not be joining Southern Ireland. They still see themselves as British first. Go over there, like I have and you'll see British Flags everywhere.
Also, have you see the situation in Spain lately? Gibraltar is staying put.
I do love hearing these fantasists hoping that the UK crumbles because it left the UK.
You do realise there are whispers within the STRONGER countries in the EU who are now thinking of having their own referendums?
The EU better be be careful as otherwise it's just France, Germany and a whole lot of smaller poorer southern countries and Germany goes bankrupt trying to bail them out!
Lets see what happens when Greece finally explodes!
> [N. Irish] still see themselves as British first. Go over there, like I have and you'll see British Flags everywhere.
I can't be bothered, the UK is not worth the burden of its visa, sorry. Also, you don't want strangers there, do you? But the flag argument of yours mean nothing. There are many areas where there is a flag without a majority identifying themselves with it (turkish Kurdistan, Catalonia, and maybe also N. Ireland?).
> Also, have you see the situation in Spain lately? Gibraltar is staying put.
No, I haven't. But Spain did offer shared sovereignty over Gibraltar, that means something. It will at least be discussed in the near future.
> I do love hearing these fantasists hoping that the UK crumbles because it left the UK.
The UK left the UK, that's a typo, but also a nice coincidence: The UK may indeed have left a part of it, in the EU, we'll see how the things go.
> You do realise there are whispers within the STRONGER countries in the EU who are now thinking of having their own referendums?
> The EU better be be careful as otherwise it's just France, Germany and a whole lot of smaller poorer southern countries and Germany goes bankrupt trying to bail them out!
An examplar of how good the Leave-guys had their facts before voting. I stalked your account too, you're a brexiteer and you try your hand at making some redditesque comments here, and I'd rather not answer, but I do because you're diffonding misinformation.
> Lets see what happens when Greece finally explodes!
Greece has already exploded, what we have is the remains.
The economy prospects are not looking good. Capital is flowing out of the UK, and plans for new investment's are being cancelled all over the place.
Why invest in country that might be behind a trade barrier at any point?
A country that is being consumed by a strong populist movement that is convinced that the EU is worse than the USSR?
Sorry, we have had 70 years of peace and prosperity, and I don't believe that that would be possible if the EU was the monster that the Brexit camp portrays.
The dislocations in the city have begun.[1]
Keep mind that there are 49%+ Britons aghast at what is happening. They didn't vote for this, and don't deserve this.
[1] - FT's pay-wall, just search for "Banks begin moving some operations out of Britain"
[1] - http://whatscotlandthinks.org/questions/if-a-majority-of-peo...
[edit: too soon]
I can't see that happening. Gibraltar has had that option for years and they strongly reject it. It causes some international tension - Spain think they should have it.
For one tiny example there are Wikipedia ArbCom sanctions around Gibraltar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests... And there are many archives on the talk page. (For a thing with a population of 30,000 people and an area of about 6.7 km^2 that's a lot of discussion and sanction)
People laughed when others mentioned potential confrontation and war. I don't think it would happen, but it has just become a bit less improbable.
By the way, the UK can easily win a trade war against Spain; but Spain is part of a bigger trade organisation which is called European Union - does it ring a bell? The UK is dead in the water against any EU country, because they'll go all together, specially against the UK after Brexit because they're willing to make an example out of the UK.
Either way, this is a fucking shame and I hope after a few years the UK population can take to court all the liars that tricked them into voting Leave. Voting Leave is a right, lying to people so they vote Leave or Remain should be a crime.
She'll have to do it if UK will leave, no? Gibraltarians will need a Schengen visa.
Doesn't Spain already have a problem with part of it (Catalans) trying to leave? I also seem to remember some thoughts of kicking them out due to being in the same boat as Greece. I haven't really kept up on this news, just curious.