If we vote for Brexit what happens

tommysaver

A much more interesting bet market I have recently found for those of you who like a punt, is the % turnout market.

The general election was a 66.1% turnout according to the BBC.

Who thinks this referndum should be slightly higher?

Odds of 1.72 for over 68%. I'm tempted to put a lump on, but I'm worried that because so many people are unsure of how to vote, that they won't bother....

Still quite safe though I think, what's your views!?

Scarpacci

Yolina wrote: »

Is there somewhere a list of companies in favour of Brexit? I'm aware of Weatherspoon, Dyson, Phones4U, Reebok too I think. I just want to make sure I don't give them my money

This is one reason why I can't understand why any business on either side is getting involved. With the stroke of a pen you've annoyed about 40% of your customer base and perhaps a similar share of your employees. People have short memories and many might not be bothered to boycott, but it seems ill-advised to stick your neck on the line for something each business is ultimately going to have little influence over.

TrickyTree83

Scarpacci wrote: »

This is one reason why I can't understand why any business on either side is getting involved. With the stroke of a pen you've annoyed about 40% of your customer base and perhaps a similar share of your employees. People have short memories and many might not be bothered to boycott, but it seems ill-advised to stick your neck on the line for something each business is ultimately going to have little influence over.

And it's that petty attitude that sullies debate like this.

Not buying Dyson because you disagree with what he thinks. Not buying Toyota because they've threatened to pull out if we vote to leave.

Common sense and pragmatism has been replaced with ideological rhetoric and bigotry. In much the same way that Christian B&B owners tried to stop !!!!!exuals renting a room for the night. Can they not see the irony?

michaels

ruggedtoast wrote: »

They do need to be chastised for their intolerance but they aren't being.

Possibly because the political party that is fronting leave, UKIP, and the main personalities for secession, Gove, Johnston and Farage, are knows as being just a wee bit intolerant themselves.

I have only heard one side suggest an amnesty for long term ilegal immigrants - and I'll give you a clue, it wasn't remain.

michaels

TrickyTree83 wrote: »

And it's that petty attitude that sullies debate like this.

Not buying Dyson because you disagree with what he thinks. Not buying Toyota because they've threatened to pull out if we vote to leave.

Common sense and pragmatism has been replaced with ideological rhetoric and bigotry. In much the same way that Christian B&B owners tried to stop !!!!!exuals renting a room for the night. Can they not see the irony?

I thought the whole point was that despite what remain are projct fearing, no car makers had threatened to pull out of the UK if we vote leave but most had said they would on balance prefer remain.

Yolina

Scarpacci wrote: »

People have short memories and many might not be bothered to boycott

Oh I have a *very long* memory. Once I have a company on my sh*t list, it's there for eons to come

michaels

tommysaver wrote: »

A much more interesting bet market I have recently found for those of you who like a punt, is the % turnout market.

The general election was a 66.1% turnout according to the BBC.

Who thinks this referndum should be slightly higher?

Odds of 1.72 for over 68%. I'm tempted to put a lump on, but I'm worried that because so many people are unsure of how to vote, that they won't bother....

Still quite safe though I think, what's your views!?

I'm hoping the Jo Cox intervention being hyped by the media as making remain odds-on backfires for remain in that the grudging remains don't bother to vote, supressing the turnout and leaving those who really care about the issue over-represented and scrapping a surprise result.

michaels

Yolina wrote: »

Oh I have a *very long* memory. Once I have a company on my sh*t list, it's there for eons to come

Hopefully for the sake of UK manufacturing industry you are not a regular JCB purchaser....

And are you confident you will have the right to stay in the UK to buy anything after the vote anyway?

Yolina

TrickyTree83 wrote: »

And it's that petty attitude that sullies debate like this.

I'm French, so I'm not allowed to vote - choosing to not give money to companies that favour Brexit is something I can do. Had I been allowed to vote, I probably wouldn't care much about what side various companies support...

TrickyTree83

michaels wrote: »

I thought the whole point was that despite what remain are projct fearing, no car makers had threatened to pull out of the UK if we vote leave but most had said they would on balance prefer remain.

I seemed to recall seeing an article where Toyota said they would. I might be wrong about that but it detracts from the point I was attempting to make. The debate has settled in the gutter and the campaign figureheads have not done enough to stop it from happening. Probably because the figureheads are the wrong people in my opinion.

As I was saying, common sense and pragmatism have been replaced with ideological rhetoric and bigotry, particularly on both sides of the campaigns as portrayed by the media.