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Tech multinationals are almost by definition 24/7 operations.

The UK for an American tech company is a large stable country within 1-2 hours of the timezone of the largest single market in the world and has a shared language and culture.

If you want to sell into Europe then Britain made sense...until the fuckwits voted for leave (yeah I'm bitter, they fucked over everyone my age and under).

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> If you want to sell into Europe then Britain made sense...until the fuckwits voted for leave (yeah I'm bitter, they fucked over everyone my age and under).

I think this is where the 'Remoaner' labels come from.

You're right but 48% of us thought it was a terrible idea at the time and still haven't heard a good reason for leaving that doesn't involve vague patriotic ramblings.

Plus on top of that many of the pro-leave arguments have proved to be outright lies already ...and we still haven't even left yet.

If you're genuinely interested, Jacob Rees Mogg has articulated many good reasons for leaving [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUKjTPPcOdQ

48% who voted and don't for get many British citizens where denied a vote in a breathtakingly example of gerrymandering that would make a Sothern democrat blush.

oh and the Gross Incompetence of David Cameron in how they wrote the goddam question.

Tyranny of the majority. And a tiny tiny majority at that, perhaps just statistical variation.

I found it strange that such a big decision was allowed to happen without a super-majority of some type. Why not have another vote and switch back, and then another? And I heard, but did not research, that technically the vote was not really binding in any case.

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