Will Vapers Decide The UK Brexit Referendum?

@Lotta , the UK voted LEAVE the EU, and the prime minister David Cameron resigned. Markets have reacted violently as predicted !

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PS, not sure if vapers were the extra 2% that tipped the balance, perhaps the OP will let us know

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PPS FTSE100 dropped 500 points (8%) on open this morning on Brexit news, reports are that FTSE250 dropped nearly 12% ... seems nobody though UK would be dumb enough to vote leave ! ...

Currently XE.com I'm having problems accessing, not sure if they've been overwhelmed by people checking currency rates ...

 

We have, for a few weeks, a Prime Minister who entered negotiations with the EU after telling them he was desperate to stay in, showing his hand. So despite what he had promised the electorate, he asked for little and received far less. In the referendum, the remain side couldn't find anything positive to say about the EU, only scary bogeyman stories about the risks of leaving.
I've been hitting the refresh key on the SCB exchange rate page all day. Brexit will hit my family hard in the immediate future, but we are not quite on sticky rice and pla ra. Long term, I'm quite confident. If we don't hit Churchill's "sunlit uplands", at least we've got out of Buchan's "slough of despond".

 

@-V- , sounds probable, although I have no way of measuring. The EU regs were bollocks, most vapers agree and disliked being told how to vape by people who mostly aren't even their own countrymen.

@farangmick , with my market trader hat on, what normally happens is a big spike on speculating hedge funds profiteering and people panicking and then back to trading as usual. So long story short, I don't think it's time just yet, to be bulk buying essentials, markets have recovered somewhat since start of trading, and hopefully (for me as well as GBPTHB affects me directly), we'll be headed back to 55 to the pound. Although, we don't know yet, the next few days will show the course of the pound, so don't count on it.

I didn't follow either side's political arguments, that stuff bores me enough to pull my own finger nails out. So, I was still an undecided vote, if I had been interested in voting which I wasn't. Although, would have slightly preferred remain in some ways, as it's less interruption and less risk to me personally.

Bogeyman aside, there are some substantial and real economic risks with leaving the EU, but hopefully the risks will pay off in the UK's favour.

And yes, totally agree, whilst marginal, UK has voted with it's feet, decision made, brave new UK not longer part of EU, historic.

 

Sounds right -V- ... and makes me think market reaction even more of an over-reaction than I already thought it was ... a change is good as a rest they say ...

 

See EU later.