#Brexit aftermath

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The UK voted and voted to leave the EU.  The British pound and the stock plummeted immediately after the announcement of the results, and the stocks around the globe followed the trend.  The economic consequences of losing the single market of 500 million became apparent.

The voter participation rate was sufficiently high.  The voting pattern, however, shows clear pro-EU preference of the younger generations and of some parts of the UK, such as London, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.  #NotMyVote, says the young voters, claiming their future with the EU is deprived by the older generations.  As that the immigration issue weighed much for this referendum, they claim they voted for #Brexit out of xenophobia.

Now the people in Europe -- minus the UK -- are angry about Brexit, and perhaps rightfully so. 

We have our own say, and we struggled and worked for the better for the whole community, probably is the message.  Those who have been complaining silently and aloud now are finding the scapegoat, a target for attacks: the UK, the quitter.

The vote difference is slight.  How should that be is 'clear' voices of the people?  Yet the air is cold, as the British Prime Minister headed for the summit.

Companies based in the UK are planning leaving the nation.  Many British people applied for Irish passports.  Thousands protested outside the Parliament.  There are people regretting voting for Brexit -- termed as #Regrexit.  Superb use of the language.  English, however, may no longer be an official language of the EU.

Millions signed for the online petition for another referendum.  The British Prime Minister David Cameron flatly refused the request.  Some of those vying for his post, are outspoken on that issue.  The political parites in the UK, however, are seemingly in turmoil.  There had been some discussions online on the timing of the general election be held in case of Brexit -- within days, weeks, months?  Well, the British Prime Minister announced his resignation within hours.