Well, that's that then. With 97.4% of the votes counted, the score is 48.3% (15,575,878) in favour of remaining and 51.7% (16,681,877) in favour of leaving.
At first I looked at the decision with a Schadenfreude befitting of a person of German extraction like me. Befitting, that is, if this was May 1945. Now I feel sorry for the millions of lower and middle class British. As usual, the members of the upper crust will be OK. They'll hardly be in dire straits if their assets have depreciated (guessing here) by 10 or 30%. When the economy tanks, people will not loose 10 to 30% of their jobs. 10 or 30% of people will lose 100% of their gainful employment, and that will have a rather disastrous effect on the rest of the workers.
I see referenda on the horizon for Scotland (again) and Northern Ireland - perhaps even Wales. "Little England" is a distinct possibility now, provided the parliament does not baulk at implementing the decision of the people.
