It is my kids that are frightening me Hoof, I don't think you are keeping up. I am listening to them, it's a shame more people don't do that.

Lucky old you, you bought a house when is was worth 1/21st of the current value. You won't find many 23 year olds now that will be able to buy a house, and fewer in the future.

You seem to imply that EU immigration is the major driver for house price inflation which of course is completely wrong. Migration is to blame but that is complex. London's economic growth has been greater than the rest of the country, reductionism won't cut it with me although of course I am only a student and not a master.

Edited by Mapletree (25 Jun 2016 2.55pm)

Had the margin between leave and remain votes been wider I think people would have taken it with better grace.

It's a shame that some leavers and remainers could have been more magnanimous.

As it is I think we need to wait a few more days before people calm down a bit.

17 year olds have the happy knack of asking questions Rubin. They have a right to their views, which are often well informed. Social media can help this, albeit needs to be treated with caution.

But only one of my children is 17. If you read my thread I spoke of my children not just one child.

The reasons for the high price of property are multiple but not especially driven by EU immigration. There is, for example, an enormous bank of unused building land in London that is being stockpiled by speculators. There has also been speculation, mainly by Russian and Middle Eastern buyers, on houses themselves. And London has 10 times as many job vacancies as the other large cities in the UK, drawing people to it.

My children will not be happy with the decision that has been taken, of that both they and I are quite sure. Let's hope we can keep the damage to the minimum.

Over a million have signed an online petition calling for a second referendum. That might be EU style democracy, when they were ordering Ireland to revote because the first result of their referendum was not to their liking, but it won't happen here.

The Remainers lost, by over 1.2 million votes, and they will have to accept that. Being made to hold a rerun is just not democratic, and would cause even more uncertainty. What if a second referendum still ends up with Leave in the majority, will the Remain camp demand yet even more referendums until they get result they want? No chance.

Likewise, if the Remainers had won, Farage would just have had to take it on the chin, and accept the people had chosen, and not demand a rerun.

I agree, but at this moment there appear to be few positives to the overall outcome. Overnight the opportunity for our children to freely travel, work and even live in 27 countries in the future has been removed, based on what, broken promises already about additional NHS funding, and unspecified immigration limits and controls?

The world will keep spinning, and in a few days I'm sure 'normal' life will return and we will face into the challenges ahead and make the best of it, and I sincerely hope my current concerns and reservations are proved wrong. However, it's not going to happen overnight as a lot of people seem to think, and it could be at least 10 years before we can really judge if this was the right decision for the UK, and Europe.

Please let the season start soon so we've all got something to really moan and worry about 😉😉😄