Blog Post Week One: Viral Media 6/22/16

As an Englishman I thought it’d be best to write about the events of the ‘Brexit’ UK Referendum which occurred over the past week. The whole world has been shocked with the British public’s decision to leave the European Union. It all began in January 22^nd 2013 when (former) Prime Minister David Cameron says that the UK are opened to renegotiate the UK’s relationship with the European Union allowing the public to vote giving them a "simple choice". Last year on the 27^th of May, the Queen revealed the ‘European Referendum Bill’ which allowed the Referendum to occur. With further negotiations taking place with Brussels at the EU summit the Referendum was set to take place on the 23^rd of June. The British Public voted and the final outcome was that the UK has left the EU. 51.9% voting to leave and 48.1% wanted to remain. The result went viral on social media throughout the world, everyone questioning why on earth did the UK leave? This result has negatively affected the economy, society and possibly the future of the UK. One of the huge effects was the currency. The British Pound Sterling had decreased down in its value by a huge 10%; that was before the Stocks had opened. 

You don’t need a P.H.D. to know that the fairly obvious choice was to vote ‘Remain’ as the effects was clear. However those who voted out didn’t have an idea at what they were voting towards. Due to national pride many people voted ‘out’ due because they didn’t want the issue of immigration. Speaking from a British perspective I never knew that we had such clueless people in the UK let alone 17,410,742 of them. This will affect the youth in the future as everyone, including myself, voiced their opinions through many social media platforms particularly Facebook and Twitter. What I found remarkable is the amount of people who regretted their vote. They had no knowledge of what they were voting for and have quite possibly ruined four nations; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But hey let’s look on the bright side at least were geographically part of Europe, if I’m clutching on straws. In the long run it is a dark day to be British.

Questions:

What do you think of the UK Referendum?

Do you think that the public have made a mistake by voting to leave the European Union?

What do you think of British people after this? 

BBC's Coverage of the UK Referendum: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32810887