I was surprised to see the results this morning. The big government big money types were pushing hard for them to stay. I'm always amazed so many liberals vote against their own best interests but it looks like enough people had enough and France may be next.
Loved how Cameron decided to take his ball and go home, what a puss. I guess doing the will of the people wasn't his jolly cup of tea.
It's actually a brilliant move, politically, by Cameron. The Parliament has to trigger Clause 50 to begin the process of leaving. He's resigned without doing that, leaving it to his successor.
Technically, Britain hasn't left the EU, and the vote is non-binding so there is no obligation on the part of the government to invoke Clause 50. Once Clause 50 is triggered, they have 2 years to negotiate the terms of the exit agreement.
I sincerely doubt it will happen. It's not practical or easy to unravel all of the agreements and threads of the EU and the Yes side is now walking back many of their promises to the public now that they've won, making many Britons reconsider their votes. It will take a lot longer than 2 years to negotiate the exit.
Many of the promises made were quite obviously not going to happen, but the Brexit people lied to get the votes. Somewhat like Donnie promising a wall and mass deportations that ain't gonna happen even if you're dumb enough to elect him President. Now those voters have buyers' remorse.
