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@sixpenceee Because you are such a popular blog I thought you can share this and many people will see and it kinda fits with ur blog but its very important and it needs to be spread
STAY SAFE!
I want everyone of you to be safe
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BREXIT: what the heck does it all mean?
A lot of people have no clue why Europe is currently in a state of uproar and the only word people seem to be saying is “Brexit” so here’s a not-so-quick and easy-breezy explanation on the past 24 hours of CHAOS that has ensued:
The European Union (EU): an organisation of European countries that follows similar laws, allows for freedom of movement/labour, easy travelling (@people who planned on doing Eurotrips, not sure if you can count the UK in that anymore!) and trade with each other. The EU is important because before it was formed, the European continent was ravaged by 2 world wars, and a division because of the Cold War. This organisation has provided all the stability we’ve seen in the past 40-odd years.
So what the heck is a “Brexit”? Basically, the UK has just voted to leave the EU. Now this doesn’t seem like a TERRIBLE thing, but there are some serious political and economic consequences.
Economic implications:
- The British pound crashed from 1.5 to 1.3 in 6 hours, the lowest value in 30 years, which in turn affected the US dollar which affects all other global currencies. I wish I was joking but I’m not: South Africa, Poland, Norway, Mexico. Hungary, Australia, Switzerland all saw their currencies plummet. Countries that don’t rely on exports as their means of production cannot have a devalued currency. IT’s not good. The Japanese Yen which has been strengthening reached an all-time high which is terrible because Japan is trying to reverse its deflationary state. The Bank of Japan is now out of options and Japan literally STOPPED TRADING IN BRITISH STOCKS/INVESTMENTS.
- A devalued GBP means that the Bank of England is going to have to hike interest rates to prevent inflation (domestic prices going up even further) whicH WILL CAUSE A RECESSION. SOUND FAMILIAR ANYONE? YEAH. FINANCIAL CRISES.
- The UK leaving the EU means its market has gone down a LOT in size making them a less attractive destination for trade partners/investors. They’re going to have to draw up new trade agreements with basically the whole world since all their trade was previously tied to the EU. This will be tricky because countries liked having a market with a population of ~500 million compared to the UK’s size of ~50 million.
- GDP will go down. Retirement income will go down. The British economy is in a state of panic. The global economy is basically, fucked. For now at least.
The thing is, given the precarious nature of the economy right now with markets out of control and stagnant growth practically everywhere, it was a really really bad time to have this referendum - a lot of countries have been banking on a “Bremain” before making their next move when it comes to monetary/fiscal policy. The IMF has predicted that 2016/2017 will see the worst years for growth, but we might see upward growth trends from 2018 onwards.
So how does it still get worse?
- Scotland showed an overwhelming majority of votes to remain in the EU. It’s likely that they’re going to call for a referendum (again) to leave the UK so that they can join the EU as an independent country.
- Northern Ireland also wanted to stay in the EU. It’s likely they’re going to join the Republic and join the EU.
- Not sure about Wales. They could go “haha fuck it mate” and potentially leave the UK too.
- David Cameron has just announced that he will be resigning in 3 months which means that extreme conservatives who managed to sway the vote in favour of Leave could come to power. That’s right. We’ll be stuck to suffer with the likes of Farage and Johnson.
- Brexit triggered a lot of nationalist/extreme right-wing movements in the rest of Europe. Some leaders already calling for “Frexit” (France), “Itexit” (Italy) and..”Dexit” (Netherlands)? We may see more in the next few days.. A disintegration of Europe is risky business because Europe has not been able to remain stable until the EU was formed. This could give way for an aggressive Russia too, who would want to take advantage of weak/vulnerable European states. An aggressive Russia will trigger US skepticism and we all know how that goes.
SO HOW DID THE GOVERNMENT LET THIS HAPPEN?
Basically David Cameron came up with the idea for the referendum because he was desperate to gain support from anti-EU parties like UKIP during the general elections last year. Except now he’s resigning. So.
During the campaign, Michael Gove, Boris Johnson (conservatives) and Nigel Farage (UKIP) stressed on immigration laws if the UK leaves the EU because immigration/refugees have been a big problem for the UK as its reducing jobs being given to UK locals/residents and they think the UK is becoming “overcrowded” so the Leave campaign was like WE WILL TIGHTEN OUR BORDERS! YEAH! Except now they’ve displaced millions of UK citizens living/working in the rest of the EU. Let’s see how they figure that one out.
Additionally, they talked about the economic benefits because if the UK were to leave, they would be able to allot the money that goes to the EU to other things like the NHS (national healthcare) etc. The Leave campaign went on about how the UK spends 350 million pounds a week on the EU but actually it spends less than half of that, so really, their campaign was built on scaremongering and lies.
Article 50, aka the means of exiting will be triggered in 3 months when the new Prime Minister is announced (most likely one of the extreme conservatives/Farage who are riding high on their “Independence Day” fuckery which is even more proof of xenophobic, colonialist bullshit) after which the UK will have 2 years to complete its official withdrawal so hopefully that will provide short-term stability.
But the world is in a dark place right now and everything is terrible.
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saw this on twitter
reblog for your Texas #LGBTQ followers who may be going to Houston Pride!
What the hell is up with this?!
no idea but its scary shit
Reblog for your friends.
Everyone reblog this.
I don’t care if you don’t live in Texas or if you are skeptical about this post PLEASE REBLOG THIS! I live In Fort worth Texas which is only four hours away and the fact that something could happen so close to home and to my fellow Texans is heart wrenching.
@boyonetta
Does anyone have any information on this? Is it legitimate, or a hoax, or what?
It’s being investigated
http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016/06/houston-police-investigating-tweet-that-threatened-massive-shooting-at-pride-parade.html/
http://abc13.com/news/fbi-probing-threatening-tweet-aimed-at-houstons-pride-parade/1387595/
- Leafeon
Thanks for the info.
Just in case this isn’t a hoax, I’ll be contacting my friends who I know may be attending Pride and telling them to stay well away. I sincerely hope nothing comes of this. LGBT+ folk in Texas already have enough to worry about without threats like this.
@seethestarsablaze pls be careful
I’m sorry to bring something so horrid to this blog, but PLEASE be careful texas followers!! <3
Greg: Wirt is a success.
Beatrice: Wirt is crying and he won't come out of the bathroom if that's what you call a success.
imagine the aph nations watching antiques roadshow and being like wait…shit…that was mine. how did those fuckers get that
Score for Peggy.
“Do you know that Jesus loves you?” by David Lopez
IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY
I T S T H E M I D D L E O F J U N E
I T I S H A L L O W E E N T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y
ok who the fuck got this on my dash it’s still june
get spooky
My daughter is 8 now, but when she was 2, I taught her to say behold instead of look. We’d be at the store or something and she’d go to point out whatever damn thing she saw, “Daddy, behold!”
im having a great time in this thread abt kids doing kid stuff (via deermouth)
The portal home
but… five more minutes?
Wait for it…
Dear Australians
Alright I just want to make one thing clear. AUSTRALIANS, WE DO NOT HATE YOU. At all. And seriously your entry was so freaking nice. (I want her dress omg) But despite the fact that you watched it for quite while, we forget that you didn’t experience the severe shade we throw at each other during Eurovision. And I mean SHADE. It’s why we always joke about Eurovision being the Hunger Games because this is war. Besides that it’s filled with ridiculousness and we always vote for our neighbours. (Also don’t worry nobody likes the English or French either and it’s fun to see which one gets more points) SO if you felt insulted or hated by all the Eurovision posts: please don’t take them too seriously. This amount of shade is normal and if you don’t believe me, please listen to Graham Norton’s commentary next year, he shits on EVERY COUNTRY. And the interaction between the German and English buzzfeed was also not without some well aimed barbs. It’s all in good fun. We love you <3
This Song Contest is about LOVE and FRIENDSHIP… until voting time.
Don’t repost: here is the original tweet
Germany right now
things are getting heated in the eurovision fandom
