The reality as I see it is this:
52% of the voters voted out - so less than 37% of the population have voted to leave the EU and on such a small margin of voters, leaving is an nothing more than an ill-informed bet. There should be an immediate general election.
On the two main policies issues - economics and immigration, Brexit means the economic result is definitely negative an the second has no plan to deliver improvement from either side.
Johnson has seen the opportunity, taken a stance and manoeuvred to become PM, only taking a leave stance late in the day. He is a clever political player and very Machiavellian.
London financial services and Scottish Oil subsidise the rest of the UK - the population here voted in
As Mr capes points out, the largest recipients of EU funding (i.e. the regions) who are net recipients of funding voted out. London will demand more autonomy over the finances it generates and the regions will get less.
I work in manufacturing, we are sc****D. Any international investment will not come to the UK anymore, but to the free market and low cost EU. Hopefully I will survive for the next 10 years.
We depend on foreign investment to pay out negative trade balance - oops.
Every outer should have to subsidise a remainder for the economic damage done
. Those that did not vote get shipped to Syria (to help solve the over-population issue)
No side has come up with any credible delivery plan to reduce non EU and/or EU immigration, no political party has made a dent in the last 20 years.
The key question is of the circa 150,000 EU migrants, how will this reduce and so what will be the impact be on the 320,000/year today - we can already decide for 170,000 non-EU, so if they stop all EU, we only half it (but these people are from similar culture and largely skilled), realistically if we half EU migration, total goes from 320,000 to 245,000 - big deal!
Economically migration is slightly positive - there is no argument against that, economics is not everything and socially there are many more arguments against mass migration.
It does not feel like a brave act - more cowardly to run from the EU and quite shameful. We now hide away and delude ourselves that we are in any way important on the world stage or any nation or trading block will give us priority or special treatment.
Voting with the heart is OK, but will make generations worse off (but not likely the over 55s and the ones in the upper income bracket who dominated the "outs")
In 15 years time there may well be referendum MKII - less the old folks of today who would have popped their clogs by then. But the only option to get back in will be with all the bells and whistles - no veto, no special treatment or rebate. We will have little choice but to do this, so the leaves have actually voted to abolish the pound today.
For me it will make some negative economic difference, but not having children I should only care for myself, but I care for the long term prosperity of my country. I wish we had taken the braver path and a leading role in Europe to change it for the improvement of all, however today it feels like the darkest day for the UK since September 1st 1939.