Brexit voter who voted “Leave”: Reality has now hit me and I regret my choice

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Allah:

If you’re wondering why you should care, well, you shouldn’t. This was the biggest vote Brits are ever likely to cast; those who couldn’t be bothered to do their homework before taking the test learned a hard lesson about preparation. You shouldn’t care — but your media does care, because they loathe Brexit and are looking to delegitimize it through any available means, including by raising the possibility that “Leave” won because its voters were simply too ignorant to know better. The woman you see below is already Internet-famous for her statement of regret, and has been featured in multiple British papers. The second clip, of a Leave voter expressing his worry to the BBC, is circulating online as I write this. Within the last few hours,this was posted at CNN. It’s not every day you get to watch the media build a narrative openly, in real time:

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There’s an upload button at the link and a WhatsApp number for people to share their stories. It’s open to those who voted “Remain” and now regret their choice too, but there’s little reason why anyone would feel remorse about being on the losing side of a vote they’re now glad to have lost. This is obviously aimed at “Leave” voters who are wringing their hands this afternoon about the shock to global markets and decline in the pound. The only way to purge yourself of your culpability in upsetting the transnationalist dream is to confess your sins to CNN.

At least WaPo used something vaguely resembling scientific data for their “Were these voters just stupid?” storyline:

That confusion over what Brexit might mean for the country’s economy appears to have been reflected across the United Kingdom on Thursday. Google reported sharp upticks in searches not only related to the ballot measure but also about basic questions concerning the implications of the vote. At about 1 a.m. Eastern time, about eight hours after the polls closed, Google reported that searches for “what happens if we leave the EU” had more than tripled…

[D]espite the all-out attempts by either side to court voters, Britons were not only mystified by what would happen if they left the E.U.— many seemed not to even know what the European Union is.

That last sentence was followed by this:

How many people googling that were 15-year-old kids? How many were people who didn’t bother to vote? How many were “Remain” voters? There was reportedly plenty offearmongering from the “Remain” side aimed at nudging voters to accept the status quo lest the sky fall. How many people voted “Remain” without having even a faint idea of what the EU does because they were told they might be out of a job if they didn’t?

One thing to note about both of the clips below is how young the two “Leave” voters are. That’s unusual for their age demographic, which went heavily for “Remain.” Lord only knows how much pressure they might have come under from friends their age after the vote to repent publicly.

The age divide was widely noted among grumpy young “Remain”-ers last night to imply that it was somehow unfair for older Brits who won’t spend a majority of their lives dealing with the consequences to be involved in such a momentous decision. I’d answer that like Charles Cooke did: What’s the limiting principle on that logic?

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Perhaps they haven’t done their homework. Why should Great Britain have to go to Germany or Belgium to get their policies on immigration (to name one)? This is the first day of their independence from the elitists and liberals who are steaming. I would bet their media is just like ours and are telling the populace how stupid they were. It will be tough for a while, but it will get worked out. Anything worth having is worth the wait. Good luck to all those who are going to be part of making their country great again.

The age divide was widely noted among grumpy young “Remain”-ers last night to imply that it was somehow unfair for older Brits who won’t spend a majority of their lives dealing with the consequences to be involved in such a momentous decision.

The elders who spent their lives building to watch the children chuck it away with all the understanding and wisdom 20 years or so brings

Muslim mayor of London out did this.
In one hour he garnered 100,000 Londoner signatures on a petition to let London secede from the UK!

Will they want Sharia, too?