BREXIT POLLS: The weirdest reactions to BREXIT

Weird things happen, but the shock of the BREXIT votes has revealed some weird tendencies even in the most renowned of nations. Was it that the expectation for a “stay” was so overwhelming that “leave” was not given a chance at the poll.

While the world reels from the shock which has since sent the financial market to its sickbed and the Pounds Sterling and Euro to a near comatose condition, the strangest things of the day are unfolding. Below are the weirdest revelations of the aftermath of the BREXIT.

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A.    In just minutes into the Brits waking up to the reality that awaits their future – that they may soon be severed from the rest of Europe – they bombarded Google, according to Tweets from @GoogleTrends, in search for answers to the following questions (these are actually the top queries to Google, variations of these may also exist):

   1.      What does it mean to leave the EU?

   2.     What is the EU?

   3.     Which countries are in the EU?

   4.     What will happen now that we’ve left the EU?

   5.     How many countries are in the EU?

The implication of this is that the voters may not have taken the issues seriously before referendum or did not even know what they were voting for. 

Actually, there is no logical inference to be drawn from the questions asked other than that the voters were ignorant. The voters were not actually well informed. Asking questions like “What is EU?” is quite absurd and least expected at that time.

If not anything, these queries would have best served the interest of UK voters before the BREXIT referendum. And as such, the scenario typically reflects what may be referred to as “medicine after death.”

B. Another weird revelation is the issue of an ongoing petition for second referendum on BREXIT which at the moment is said to have garnered about 130,000 signatures.

What is the motive behind the call? Do the signatories believe a second referendum would be called, as though the one of June 23 was a mock referendum?

The outgoing Prime Minister of Britain in the build up of the campaign for and against BREXIT had stated that the referendum shall be obeyed and would be permanent. Therefore, the signatories may not actually have come to terms with the reality. There is a possibility that the petition may garner even more than 1,000,000 votes since more 14 Million voters voted to stay. As such, they may as well form a bloc of petitioners.

But this is a very weird reaction to the BREXIT.

C. Amongst all the weird revelations following the BREXIT is the news about a voter who instead of ticking or thumb printing or indicating his aspiration in the conventional manner drew a “pen*s” on the “remain” box.

What was the voter actually thinking: that his votes will not count or was his expressing his dissatisfaction with the “leave” campaign? Whatever his intention could have been, it is not for the electoral body to conjecture. Rather, he ended up lending his voice to the “leave” clamour.

The pen*s vote was cast at West Dunbartonshire. Although the vote caused some wrangling at the collation centre, it was not voided because according to the rules, any mark that indicates the “positive endorsement” of the voter for any of the options would be respected.

In a comic reaction to the acceptance of the vote, one Mr. Mackay tweeted that the vote was accepted because the “pen*s” was “erect”.

Despite all these reactions due to the shock of BREXIT, it is not witnessed any time soon for Britain to leave EU. The outgoing Prime Minister of Britain while resigning stated that he would not trigger the Article 50 provision of the EU Treaty that would commence the exit process of Britain from EU before leaving office by October. Consequently, enough time will be afforded the confounded to come to terms with reality. Even if the provision is triggered any time soon, it is possible that the exit process may take up to 2years.

Article 50 essentially provides a timeline of not more than 2 years for the exiting country to negotiate its way out of the Union. This is commenced by an official notification of the Commission of the country’s decision to leave. Until this is done, the referendum is still an intention expressed by the people of Great Britain, and the Britain and Brits will still be regarded as part of EU in the interim.