dennis@home wrote

It looks as though nearly all the youngsters, that is the people that will
be most affected by the referendum, voted to stay in.

Even if that is true, it is far from clear if they have any real basis
for that preference. Yes, quite a few of them prefer the situation
where they are free to move anywhere they like in the EU for
work or just for a few year for the change of scene etc, but it is
far from clear that that is a very viable basis on which to make
such an important decision.

And plenty of them do that to all over the world, not just the EU anyway.

Same with the farts that want to be able to retire to Spain if they choose
to etc.

So loads of old codgers have voted on a major issue that has no effect on
them at all

That's a lie with those like Tomlinson who want to move out of Britain.

and left a mess for the next generation or two.

That assumes its a worse mess than with Britain remaining in the EU.

So it would be likely that all that has happened is that the UK will
reapply in a few years time when the old codgers have gone

That wont happen because the old codgers
will have been replaced by new old codgers.

and rejoin at but with worse terms.

Very likely. But maybe the eurozone will have imploded
by then, so mandating being part of that may have gone.

And it is even possible that the entire EU has imploded
and has returned to something much closer to the EEC,
and that that suits Britain much better than the EU too.

That is assuming there is a UK and not a little England.

Its still the most economically important part of Britain,
particularly now that the North Sea oil and gas is gone.

I can just imagine Scotland going independent

Its far from clear that it will get a referendum on that
now that it is likely to succeed. You dont often see a
polly like Cameron prepared to have referendums on
leaving. None of the other EU countrys which have
chunks than want to leave have ever had one.

and then joining the EU and vetoing England's application.