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June 24, 2016 07:25 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/j5qvzSvMZjs/brexit-a-timeline-of-the-comi.html
Brexit: a timeline of the coming slow-motion car-crash
Charlie Stross is in excellent form this morning about the likely outcomes from last night's Brexit vote, hitting all the highlights: collapse of the finance sector when Euro-denominated derivatives trades relocate to an EU state; collapse of the London property market (a big deal as 40% of the UK's national wealth is property in the southeast); sucession risks for Scotland and Northern Ireland; the increased legitimacy of the reactionary right and xenophobia and racism as the "shy UKIPpers" realise (or claim) that they were more numerous than they had believed. (more…)
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/j5qvzSvMZjs/brexit-a-timeline-of-the-comi.html
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