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On June the 23rd, the UK made the decision to vote on whether to remain an EU member or to secede from the Union. The UK voted Brexit as a whole, and whether that was the right decision, I shall discuss below. In terms of the UK as a whole, that doesn't tell the whole story. Scotland overwhelmingly voted to remain in the EU (all 32 local authorities voted to remain within the EU), and as was made apparent in the last independence referendum, that played a huge role in voting; however, given the current circumstances, Scotland are now faced with being taken out of the EU regardless, and as such, many of those voters who voted "no" last time, have changed their mind, with the most recent surveys showing as much as 68% favour independence now, not including the 16-17 year-olds who can vote in Scotland, but not for UK wide elections like the EU referendum, who have been shown to be even more in favour of independence and are pro-EU, as much as 80% are pro-independence, and 90% are pro-EU in other surveys. In terms of Northern Ireland, recent protests and surveys have shown that there may well be a unified Ireland, 100 years after they first split, with around 70% of the Republic of Irish favouring a united Ireland, and a 46%-39%-4%-1% (Unify Ireland-Remain in UK-Don't Know-Other) figures for Northern Ireland, it is very much possible. Gibraltar also faces an issue with the vote, given their location and dependency on the UK to prevent things such as annexation of Spain. Many solutions have been put forward, the most favourable is to become either an independent Scotland's foreign territory, or an Irish foreign territory (although is less favoured due to the situation with the Crown). This all means that the UK could only consist of England and Wales very soon, meaning the end of Britain and Great Britain with the secession of Scotland. When it came to the referendum, the main arguments backing leave were the following: Immigration Money spent on EU Undemocratic Immigration: The issue with this argument is that it's not entirely correct. Many of the rhetoric was focused around Islam, refugees and jobs. Islam: The Muslim population of the EU roughly 4%, and the leave campaign played into the fears of Islamophobia, but as one mp cleverly put it: "since when did Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Albania and Azerbaijan all join the EU?". Almost all Muslims come in from outwith the EU, which those aspects of our borders we have total control, nothing to do with the EU. And those preaching to get rid of Mosques, Muslims and ban entry, forget there's something called the Geneva convention, which we cannot break. Whilst we're mentioning Turkey, we should also bring up the issue surrounding new member states: Turkey, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro. Out of those 4, only Montenegro meets all the criteria required to join the EU, and are a quite well off nation. The issue with Serbia and Albania is both economically and politically; mainly down to the disputed region of Kosovo. Kosovans ask for independence or unification with Albania, however Serbia denies their independence and persecutes Kosovans as a result. Macedonia is far too poor economically and due to disputes with Greece, it's unlikely they'll be getting to join at all. Turkey however are only really a candidate due to the crisis with refugees which I'll discuss next. Refugees: Here's where the issue comes in. If the EU accepted every single refugee from Syria and Iraq, the Muslim population of Europe would increase from 4% to 5%. Not much at all. It's the illegal immigrants that are the problem. However this doesn't really affect the UK for many reasons. To begin with, every illegal immigrant and refugee must cross the Channel to get to the UK, making it far more difficult to get in. We are also not part of the Schengen area, meaning a passport is required for anyone to cross the border into the UK, an EU country passport that is, otherwise a VISA is required with a few exceptions. There is also many advantages too when it comes down to the EU against refugees, such as the spread and sharing of EU intelligence, which once could take months to process, but with the EU would take minutes, as well as EU protections and limits, as well as treaties within the EU such as the Le Touquet treaty: this treaty effectively makes England's border in Calais, and France's border in Dover; this prevents any refugees and illegal immigrants from crossing the channel, and also allows the UK to send any refugees, asylum seekers and illegal immigrants to Calais, again keeping them off UK soil; which the UK can no longer do. And thus, will see a huge increase of immigrants, illegal immigrants and refugees as a result. When it comes down to Turkey, they are currently blackmailing the EU with refugees and ISIS trading. The EU wants to create stability in the Middle East by doing the following: forming a Kurdistan and Palestine, returning Armenia's and Cyprus' lands and power, sanction Turkey for its actions against Russia, the Kurds, the EU, Cypriots, Armenians and its own people; so Turkey are blackmailing the EU to prevent this from happening, however, this won't last very long, as the minute ISIS are defeated, Turkey will begin to falter (if you'd like a full explanation on this, look at one of my prior posts discussing future nations). Jobs: One of the huge concerns of immigrants is the fact that they're taking the jobs of the British. EU immigrants are often well educated and actually are able to work as nurses, consultants, plumbers and electricians (the 4 highest EU migrant jobs), whilst almost all of them use no government issued benefits, and pay full taxes. Thus are beneficial to the economy. However, it is often forgotten that EU immigrants are a minority, as that's majority of immigrants come from outwith the EU, and again, that is controlled by the UK Parliament, not the EU. As a result, the EU is falsely blamed for causing high numbers of immigrants that are a drain on the economy which is simply and completely untrue. Money spent on the EU: Anyone who's paid any attention to the debate will have heard £350m per week mentioned. However, this figure is very wrong, and doesn't tell the full story. In 2015, the actual figure was only £300m per week, and even then, it's still reduced further. The EU has a rebate, meaning some of the money doesn't even get sent to the EU but is spent on our economy. Some of that money is instantly spent on the private sector as well as EU projects. This all reduces the original figure to just less than £70m per week when completely worked out. This figure again does not include EU benefit funding as well as economy investment, which actually results in a £43m per week surplus. This actually means that we get £43m back from the EU every single week. The majority of which is spent on poorer regions that require funding on top of EU benefits, such as Cornwall. Many hospitals, schools and jobs are actually funded by EU projects and economy investments. It was even admitted to by Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and many other pro-leavers, that the campaign arguing that the money spent on the EU membership would be spent on the NHS was a lie, and given the EU funds many hospitals and supports many hospitals, it's highly likely hospitals will soon see a budget drop further than the English, Welsh and Northern Irish (with the exception of Scottish, as their budget has increased by £500m) governments have caused. Undemocratic: Many have argued that the EU is u democratic and introduces laws and regulations we don't have a say on, which isn't true, at all. The UK has the third highest number of representatives within the EU, whilst all representatives are democratically elected by the UK. Those representatives debate ALL laws and regulations put forward, and can decide to alter, change, and sometimes VETO certain laws and regulations if it does not suit the British public. One of the biggest arguments from Boris Johnson was about tariffs on Chinese steel, and that they should increase, however, the UK and their representatives voted against higher Chinese tariffs when the bill was put forward to the EU, this is because the UK benefits from cheaper steel, as it results in higher profits and produce. This does mean that the EU is democratic, and many who have argued otherwise seriously must not know much about the EU nor how it's political system works. Many remainers, as well as those who, post-vote, want Scottish independence, Irish unification etc, have all made the clear comparison with the UK, showing how u democratic the UK is in comparison with the EU. Many have argued things ranging between the fact that the House of Lords, how shape laws for example, are appointed for the majority, not elected, whilst many powers are undevolved in other regions of the UK outwith England, meaning they have no say in the law and regulations, sound familiar? Furthering that the EU is indeed democratic, compared with the not-so-democratic UK. Whilst if we're going to discuss the UK being Undemocratic, feel free to remember that thanks to leave voters wanting democracy, which already was a thing, also knew they'd have a resigning Prime Minister (it was pretty obvious given he only said he wouldn't resign when the rogue poll came in putting the remain ahead), and thus would have an undemocratically elected new Prime Minister, most likely to be either Boris Johnson, Theresa May or Michael Gove; although many have argued that a democratically elected leader like Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland could potentially temporarily take over, or Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, could take control of English Conservatives too, but this is still all still theory. The UK is currently suffering as a result of the Brexit decision, which many leavers have regretted as a result, whilst many are adamant that the problems are not caused by Brexit at all (must be a coincidence then). As to whether the UK will survive is unknown, but from the way things are going currently, it won't be for a long time till the UK begins to see some light, if any. Whilst enduring the economic decline, the loss in billions (currently set at £550bn, with billions lost every hour and counting), which equate to far more than the UK has spent on the EU (not including rebate nor EU funding), within its entire membership duration, it also has to prepare to leave the EU, set up trade negotiations, organise trade agreements, and understand and respect how much power, money and problems this decision will cause, but who knows, maybe this will work out in the long term, but right now, it looks like it won't. Whilst there's one major point that must be touched upon. Many leavers have argued we can remain in the EEA like Norway; which if any of them had took the time to research, would understand how much worse that is in comparison with being in the EU. The UK would still have to pay the EU money, as well as accept EU immigrants, would end up losing many of its protections and agreements like the Le Touquet regardless of whether it was or wasn't within the EEA, and would have to abide by many of the EU laws and regulations, and this time it would be how the leave campaign described it as, we'd have no say in it. So this all is beginning to look very similar to Bill Maher's interpretation of the vote: "the EU referendum results are in. 48% voted on sense and sensibility. 52% voted on pride and prejudice". So we're the remain all about the future, intelligence and diversity, and the leave all about jingoism, xenophobia and gullibility? That's your call to make. However one thing to take from all this is that Brexit may be the destruction or the prospering the UK, or somewhere in between, because as Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland put it: "this is uncharted territory". So what's your take on the EU referendum? Do you agree with the vote, and why? Do you believe the UK will end up being better off? Would you change your decision if you could, and what to? What do you think will happen to the UK?

American girl who likes to know what's happening in the world. EUR, UK all that stuff trending. I know there's a split of something or something happening. Someone from Europe or just someone who is KNOWLEDGEABLE of this subject especially if you live there, please educate me on what's happening. Why is what's happening a bad thing? Or good thing? But I'm hearing it's. A very bad thing so. Yeah. Apparently someone resigned. Idk. I'm confused. I'm just trying to learn and educate myself but not a lot online articles are making sense to me. Please let me know what's happening. I know it doesn't matter to me but I just like knowing what's happening. So please, someone educate me a little!

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