Why was this decision even given to the British public?

Thats a bit elitist is it not?

The majority of people did not feel that they were prospering from globalism and this is what you seem completely incapable of swallowing. An expert who owns houses in every major global city has nothing to say to poor people who have been left behind by the system from which he is profiting.

I was a remain voter, but I'm not a naive fool.

Don't diverge the argument. That was a horrible thing to say. You have some major problems with your thought process. Not everything is black and white. If you don't want to live next to or with people because they aren't a similar race that's the very definition of racist... I just really can't understand how your brain works...

For now, with the amount of civil unrest and record number of migrants still entering Germany will crumble first.

Elegantly put from the A-level armchair economist

There is not an argument, I've just triggered a liberal leftie far from asafespace (although its not hard on TSR). Although, I'm unsure how me calling Germany Germanistan equates to me not wanting to live next to people of other races.

You remind me a lot of this guy aha

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Germany would never be stupid enough to vote to leave the European Union, so by default they are better than us. Not to mention the stronger economy, better education, better investment in science and technology, better appreciation for the environment, and so on.

You can carry on being proud to be British, but I'm not going to agree with you. For me, there has never been a more shameful and embarrassing time to be British.

Except I'm not. I'm an ex-Muslim coming from a middle-eastern background who has to constantly read your passive-aggressive racist comments. Calling Germany "germanistan" because they've let some Syrian refugees in screams out racism and ignorance. I'm actually relatively far-right in my political beliefs and don't consider myself a liberal. But your arguments are just malicious. And you're malicious. I'm not saying you should have the same political beliefs as me - all I'm saying is that reading your posts over the past few days you come across as:
Personal,insulting, immature and difficult to reason with. I hope you learn to empathise with others and I certainly hope you're not like this in real life. Never ever have I seen someone on TSR so degrading.

You're so stupid. The leave "campaign" on TSR have spent days trying to convince everyone we're not all racists and then you say something like that. Jesus christ. That does sound like something a chav would say... You're pathetic.

tanyapotter,having read your op I'm curious as to why you are so sure this is such a bad thing?

Do you have a degree in economics ?

The poor people were left behind by our OWN Tory government, and benefited from the EU the most. Everyone knows this. Turkeys wishing for Christmas.

If Germany has such a good level of education are only 4 German universities in the the world top 100 (with the highest being 60) wheres the UK has 18?

Germany would never be stupid enough to vote to leave the European Union, so by default they are better than us. Not to mention the stronger economy, better education, better investment in science and technology, better appreciation for the environment, and so on.

You can carry on being proud to be British, but I'm not going to agree with you. For me, there has never been a more shameful and embarrassing time to be British.

At least in Germany, half the country isn't struggling to get a C in GCSE maths. But Michael Gove's failures as education secretary is a whole other topic.

Why should they have had the power in the first place to undo 43 years of membership in the EU without being well informed about the consequences that would ensue? This matter should have been settled within parliament, where an overwhelming majority realised how terrible a Brexit would be for Great Britain - professionals who have studied law, politics, economics, etc. all their life. David Cameron is going to rue the day he ever gave into pressure from the Tory backbenchers. Even Boris Johnson and Michael Gove didn't want this to happen, but now "in the name of democracy" we're all going to suffer so unnecessarily.

Sure, I'll give you that. But they seem to be struggling to get a good degree.

you are correct that the experts were almost unequivocal on EU membership. however, this was on one issue - the economy.

this referendum was successfully won on the basis of national identity, democracy, and a vote against open door immigration. for me, short term market uncertainty is a price worth paying for the most fundamental of rights - the right to have a democratic government that is fully accountable for its policies. for instance, lower or raise VAT which we could not do due to an EU rule.

we would still be in the EU if all the eastern european countries had not been admitted. before that, the EU was not so much of an issue. british people's communities and livelihoods have been destroyed by this policy. it has caused the minimum wage to be a maximum wage for millions of people. zero hours contracts flourish because employers have free access to hundreds of millions of migrants from the EU.

we, as students, are not as affected by the consequences of mass unskilled migration. put yourself in the shoes of a builder who now works for a third of the wages he commanded 10 years ago, being lectured to by wet behind the ear students who have no life experience, let alone multi millionaire politicians and multi national corporations.

before you call me thick or xenophobic, i got a first in law, and am a descendent of SKILLED migrants who had to prove they offered skills in demand before being admitted to the UK.

You're so stupid. The leave "campaign" on TSR have spent days trying to convince everyone we're not all racists and then you say something like that. Jesus christ. That does sound like something a chav would say... You're pathetic.