Monday 27 June 2016

The Brexit vote results are in!





The results of the historic Brexit vote are finally in and Britain has voted to leave the EU. As expected, everyone was stunned and that apparently include, United Kingdom Independence Party leader Nigel Farage who was, the main driving force behind the pro-Brexit movement.

Some are hoping that he’s at least stunned and that that’s the reason why he made the shocking and tasteless comment that the “Leave” campaign won the vote “without a single bullet being fired.”

This of course being said days after the horrific murder (by bullet and knife) of the young British Member of Parliament Jo Cox, by a man who believes Jo Cox was a traitor by Cox’s pro-immigrant and anti-Brexit stance. This motivated the man to murder Jo Cox and that left Farage’s “victory speech” in bad taste.

One can only hope that it was nothing more than an unfortunate but innocent gaffe on Farage’s part but, as Farage’s has made many disrespectful, out right racist and inflammatory statements in the past, one can assume that this reference to a bullet being fired was anything but innocent.

And as you have most likely have guessed, the press and social media are skewing him for his “crass” statement and blaming his poos choice of words on him being stunned or tired after a long night of poll watching, as if the past isn’t any guide.

After all, the best demagogues know that one of the most important skill anyone can have, is the ability to play off your most offensive and outrageous statements like it’s nothing more than a simple slip of the tongue or unfair misinterpretation by the media, just in case the backlash against your statement gets a little too hot.

As we’re all a little stunned and tired after the long night of Brexit poll watching, we’re not quite sure that anyone is tired enough to truly be convinced that Farage’s statement was an innocent mistake.

On other news, David Cameron, the Prime Minister has resigned after Britain voted to leave the European Union. Shocked by the results of the votes, Mr Cameron addressed the Britain nation in an emotional speech to announce that he, would be stepping down.

Statements are expected to be made by Sinn Fein and the SNP later today, calling for a breakaway from the EU. Meanwhile, on the markets the FTSE 250 index has plunged a banging 11.7pc. The index of so-called mid-cap companies has also dropped a whopping 2,017 points to 15,309 in the first few minutes of trading. Clearly, this vote shook the world too.

Donald Trump the US presidential hopeful, arrived in the UK and said that he’s very happy about the Brexit vote. He believes it’s a great thing that people of the UK have taken back their country in voting to leave the EU.

Trump said that he thinks it’s a great thing that happened, it’s an amazing vote and very historic. When asked why people voted for Brexit, he explained that people are angry, all over the world people are angry, angry about borders and angry over people coming into their countries and taking over and nobody notices.

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