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Post-Brexit - The What Now?

Out of 46,500,001 electorate 17,410,742 voted to leave, which is a mere 37.4% or just over a third. [source]. On my books this is not a clear expression of the UK wishes.

The reaction that the results have caused are devastating. The Scottish First Minister has announced plans for 2nd Scottish Independence referendum [source]. Londoners are filing petitions calling for Independent London [source, source]. The Prime Minister announced his resignation [source]. Things are not stable.

I do not believe that super majority of the electorate are in favor of leaving the EU. I don't even believe that those who voted to leave have considered the break up of the UK as the inevitable outcome of the leave vote. There are numerous videos on the internet about that, impossible to quantify or reliably cite, but for example this [source]

So What Now?

P R O T E S T

I urge everyone to start protesting the outcome of the mistake that happened last Thursday. 4th of July is a good symbolic date to show your discontent with the UK governemnt and a tiny minority who are about to cause the country to fall apart with no other benefits. Please stand up and make yourself heard.
  • General Strikes 4th & 5th of July
There are 64,100,000 people living in the UK according to the World Bank, maybe the government should fear and listen to the unheard third. The current "majority" parliament was only elected by 24% of electorate.

It is time for people to actually take control, we can fix our parliament, we can stop austerity, we can prevent the break up of the UK, and we can stay in the EU. Over to you.

ps. How to elect next PM?
Electing next PM will be done within the Conservative Party, and that's kind of a bummer, given that the desperate state the country currently is in. It is not that hard to predict that Boris Johnson is a front-runner. If you wish to elect a different PM, I urge you to splash out 25 quid and register to be a member of the Conservative Party just for one year =) this way you will get a chance to directly elect the new Leader of the Conservative Party and thus the new Prime Minister. You can backdoor the Conservative election here.
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