User:Mgt98/Brexit

On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom held a non-binding referendum to gauge support for their membership in the European Union (EU). British citizens voted to either remain or leave the EU. 51.89% of votes were in favor of leaving the EU, with a turnout of 72.2%. This page details the opinions of members of Mindcrack, HermitCraft, the defunct MindCrack Fan Server, and the wider community. Such opinions can be added to the respective person's page under the "Personal life" subheading.

For context, the nationality and country of residence for each person is given, and their references are categorized into whether they were published before or after the results of the referendum were finalized. Those that have a dedicated page on the wiki but do not appear on the list below made no comment on the referendum, or perhaps did not have an opinion. The list may be incomplete.

Name	Nationality	Residence	Opinion	References and notes
C418	German	Germany	Remain	Before "UK friends! Please vote remain! It means a lot to the world. Open borders are not a bad thing." "@Nigel_Farage racist twat" "I guess I kind of deserved all the twitter hate I’m getting, but, c’mon, Farage is a racist twat" After "I am very disappointed in the UK’s vote. Anarchy and fear won over logic and reason." "to be completely reasonable: the UK just fucked itself up because it’s economy depended on EU trades. Those will be dead soon" "I expected the Pound to take a dive; stock market always reacts to recent news with wiggles. I didn’t expect it to seriously dive this hard." "I still have no idea how the UK came to the conclusion that the EU is terr- oh, filthy immigrants, gotcha."
Dinnerbone	English	Sweden	Remain	Before "I'd vote Stay if I could, but I'm an expat and wasn't able to register in time. My mistake and I hope I don't pay for it." "Considering the main laws that UK wanted that EU didn't let happen was the ability to destroy our privacy, I disagree sorry." "Do you remember voting for the right for UK to censor your internet? Something EU tried to stop, incidentally." After "Oh butts." "Legitimately wondering if keeping UK citizenship is a good idea for the future. Nobody knows what'll happen to british expats yet." "For now I will, but nobody is sure if this means expats have to renegotiate their living terms or not. I'm here as a european citizen." "I really honestly think a decision like this should need a supermajority. If it's 52/48, we're clearly not certain as a whole country." "It's a decision that once made, has drastic impacts on the country. But can always be made later if we need. Why do it when we're not sure?"
Docm77	German	Germany	Remain	Before "I would like the Brits to stay in, I like em;-)" "If the UK leaves EU, they would get merciless treatment. No way back in, follow all trade rules and no saying in making the rules anymore." "As of now, 8-12% of UK economy is banking. World wide banks reside in London to get "passporting rights",which means access to euro zone" "If UK leaves the Eu, those banks would move to either Paris or Berlin. I fear it would cause dramatic economical stagnation in UK." "Haven't found any pro Brexit arguments yet. The often mentioned regulations in the EU, according to OECD euro zone is one of the least regulated in the world. What are pro arguments according to pro Brexit peeps?" "The EU needs reforms, not sure if a Brexit would lead to that. I rather forsee Germany would lose our most important partner, France who want to regulate way more as Germany and UK would become way more influencial." "Another thing about Brexit: Premiere League Teams wouldn't be able to sign EU players anymore, if the didn't play at least 30% of the international matches in one year for their national teams. Right now, any EU player can be signed just like English players." After "It will take 2 years to finalize #Brexit and around another 5 years after that to renegotiate the trade deals between UK and EU. Good luck." "Interesting question is now: What will Scottland and Ireland do? Potentially Scottland will go for independence again I assume." "Reading some UK newspapers, it's so unreal to me. People finally realize what #Brexit means for the economey and their own wallet. #TooLate" "The irony of it: Many older people voted for #Brexit, UK pensions fund lost 110 billion GBP since, now is in the hole for 900 billion GBP."
GreatScottLP	American	US	Remain	After "Oh Christ... what have you done, UK... I'm looking at you like a grown child looks at their crazy retired parents getting drunk at 9 am #SMH" "Real talk. A strong EU and a strong NATO is good for the West and the world. The UK is kinda turning its back on the post-WWII order" "As a student of IR theory and international political economy, this is... not good."
greenpencl	English	England	Remain	Before "those in the Leave camp need to actually listen to accademics" "The fact is we leave the EU higher education and research will suffer." "Really sick of Leave going on and on about science funding, mate youre arguing with people who are highly educated and know their job" "a vote that should have never been given to the public. Q: "Do you think the UK should shoot it's self in the foot?"" After "I can't believe so many people willfully voted to shoot ourselves in the foot..." "Looks like Europe's financial center is heading to Paris as we lose our place as the 5th biggest economy to France... Good job Leave"
Keralis1	Swedish	Sweden	Remain	After "Better stack up on some extra crumpets, tea and marmite UK peeps! Why UK? Why? :(" "Wouldn't say morons but people who might have voted exit for the wrong reasons. Immigration. So much more to this then that."
16px LyrePat	Scottish	Scotland	Remain	After "After all this voting talk... #isitok to ask @adamhillscomedy what Auz is like this time of year?" "if boris, gove, osborne and may are our options, I vote #govANARCHY" "Stories like these are why certain people shot us all in the foot. Well done, guys. Good job."
Millbee	Welsh	Wales	Leave	After "i voted to leave purely because I was curious what would happen. Chaotic Neutral baby." "This is pretty crazy, never really expected leave to win. Now the prime minister resigns, im interested to see how the future unfolds." "Not much point getting your rage on over the result, it's done. Gotta roll with the punches and see how things go I guess."
Mumbo	English	England	Remain	After "The next few months are going to be very 'interesting' for the UK. I am very afraid of the impact this vote will have on our frail economy." "I just hope everyone voted for the right reason. The number who voted OUT 'because immigrants' is both staggering and worrying." "There will now be fewer jobs, and a bigger strain on our economy." "Can't wait for when the UK population discovers that maybe the EU wasn't the root of our problems, and that we're in fact just rubbish." ""If I could go back, I would vote to stay" Infuriating. Could you not have had this epiphany 24 hours ago?" "We heavily rely on the EU for our military anyway. We have a relatively small army, we couldn't win a war without our allies." "There is NO difference between protecting your country and protecting your country + surrounding countries. Arguably more noble."
16px olmok	Swedish	Sweden	Remain	Before "I will always have love for my island dwelling friends, so please stay with us <3"
Pyrao	Irish	N. Ireland	Remain	Before "Glad to be Irish as the #Brexit polls move towards leave. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪" "I will be voting Stay myself. EU is responsible for a lot of peace restoration projects here in Northern Ireland." "So many people fed up with the current government but voting to leave the EU doesn't solve anything." "I want to emain but would be lying if I didn't say part of me was curious to see the chaos of a leave result." After "Feeling really let down by the UK tonight." "Disappointed tonight but curious for the future. We're witnessing history that'll be spoken about for centuries." "RIP United Kingdom"
The Mob Cave EddCase OddyC	English	England	Remain	After "I'm not angry, UK, I'm just disappointed."
Starrlett	English	England	Remain	After "I'm freaking out, I honestly never thought it would lean this way :(" "There's always an immediate overreaction - things will settle a lot more while things are verrrry slowwly decided <3" "Guys. The referendum results are awful, yes. But there's always going to be a huge spike in overreaction. Things WILL settle more than now." "Is it scary? Yes. Am I mildly terrified? Yes. But it's not the apocalypse. It's a big change, but we WILL get by and it won't be as bad as people are freaking out about it. Things are dropping, but it'll pan out. Scaring others by overreacting doesn't help <3"
Vechs	American	US	Leave	Before "The EU is a sinking ship, a husk, and the UK is far better off being governed by its own people that bureaucrats in Belgium." "Switzerland and Norway are not in the EU and they are doing great." "Hopefully today the UK figures out they have great trade deals without giving their sovereignty to an anti-democratic oligarchy in Belgium." "The EU needs the UK way more than the UK needs the EU."
W92Baj	English	England	Remain	Before "They are saying it is unfair to label Leave supporters as old or stupid but so far everyone I%ve spoken to who voted Leave is old or stupid" "It depends on the facts you use. Claiming leaving Europe will stop immigration, for example, is false..." "People are too stupid for the responsibility. I hear referenda are not legally binding anyway so maybe Cam will tell the Leaves to FO" "“It is an outrage that people as ignorant as me are being asked to vote. This is a complicated matter of economics, politics, history, and we live in a representative democracy not a plebiscite democracy. You could make a case for having plebiscites on certain issues ... but not on something as involved as the European Union. This should be a matter for parliament.” Richard Dawkins" "If we leave the EU, immigration will not change unless we shut the borders. No free movement, no free trade. So fucked" "Normally at elections, it swings one way, I go to bed and on the morning its gone the other way. As Leave is winning, I am going to bed!" After "I am ashamed to be British" "people are stupid. They have been panicked about immigrants and think this will stop it." "I voted Remain and I have not voted Labour. My mother voted Leave and she doesn't vote Labour"
Xisuma	English	England	Leave	After Previously supported the Remain movement Wasn't expecting Leave to win Voted Leave as he opposes capitalism and privatized healthcare Says his vote wasn't racially motivated
ZombieCleo	English	England	Undisclosed	After "I am in camp don't talk politics on social media ;) It never ends well ;)" "<3 Just rest assured that I did my research and my vote reflects my sincerely held opinions ;)" "everything will be fine after the dust settles no doubt"