# Brexit poll **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 19, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547 "2016-02-19T13:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/61 "2016-06-12T23:42:59Z")
I’ve still not decided which way I’ll vote but I’m predicting a solid majority for Remain. Simply because it’s the status quo and people fear change. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/62 "2016-06-15T11:56:25Z")
Bump: Anyone not following [the shenanigans surrounding the Brexit flotilla](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/15/nigel-farage-and-sir-bob-geldof-go-head-to-head-in-brexit-flotil/)is missing some quality British-style comedy. Nigel Farage vs Bob Geldof on the Thames, complete with racism and firehoses and stroppy fishermen and a lot of brilliant tweets. I recommend Michael Deacon’s twitter stream (mentioned in the article) for a good running narrative. One of the better tangential ones: > [@Michael Deacon](#): > > I ask Nigel Farage why he’s taken up cigarettes again. Farage: “I think the doctors have got it wrong on smoking” Good old Nige - when reality disagrees with your viewpoint, deny reality. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/63 "2016-06-15T14:15:52Z")
The battle of the Thames has been a rare moment of joy in a referendum that alternates between horrifying and depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/64 "2016-06-15T15:13:18Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > ASEAN eventually plans a currency union and open borders. Where did you hear this? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/65 "2016-06-16T16:31:17Z")
Labour MP Jo Cox shot and killed by man yelling “Britain First” [http://www.businessinsider.com/breaking-news-jo-cox-has-been-shot-and-stabbed-2016-6?&platform=bi-androidapp](http://www.businessinsider.com/breaking-news-jo-cox-has-been-shot-and-stabbed-2016-6?&platform=bi-androidapp) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/66 "2016-06-16T18:09:44Z")
Non-British readers need to know that there is a political party called Britain First which is part of the loony right. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/67 "2016-06-16T22:07:40Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Non-British readers need to know that there is a political party called Britain First which is part of the loony right. [Why does that not surprise me?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Party_(2002)) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/68 "2016-06-17T20:10:31Z")
I’m not British, but agree with POTUS both that it would be in the UK’s best interests to remain in the EU, and in the US’s best interests if it did: [Barack Obama says Brexit would leave UK at the 'back of the queue' on trade - BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36115138) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/69 "2016-06-18T14:40:31Z")
I’ve just voted. I’m still expecting a Remain victory. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547/70 "2016-06-20T16:47:04Z")
Here’s NPR on how the Brexit vote looks in Dundee, Scotland: [Brexit Vote Reignites Debate Over Scottish Independence : NPR](http://www.npr.org/2016/06/17/482521378/brexit-vote-reignites-debate-over-scottish-independence) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-poll/746547.md?page=3)