Although ER II is a wee bit Scottish there probably won't be any Windsor clan in Edinburgh castle. The Horse Guards will pull up at the Tweed river . The sound of hammering will be the Corps of Engineers building a War Office in a new Edinburgh military tattoo. The first issue will be Scots Nuclear Policy and controlling the hotheads .

why is it when the people vote that the marxist spit the dummy so badly. Seems like many of them were not spanked as a child. They claim to believe in democracy and are like spoilt brats when they lose.

Listening to the commentary and news this morning I've been struck by how sorely the losers are losing. The hyperbole and invective is breath-taking. Apparently there are some Brits who want to run the vote again so they can have another chance at winning! So now we know who the real democrats are.

And we have our own Poirot, who has never been known as a champion of free markets, stock markets, or any other sort of market, apart from maybe a street market, berating us because the pound has taken a tumble and stocks are down.

The fact of the matter is that the EU is a one-of-a-kind beast, and there is no evidence that there will be any cost at all to the UK for not being part of it.

Most countries in the world are not parts of an integrating, polyglot, geographical and economic union, and there is no evidence that it has held any of us back. You don't have to have political union to have free trade. But the same people who tell us Free Trade Agreements are bad tell us the UK should stay in the EU.

Without the EU the UK will be just like Australia, except much closer to the action, and with the major financial centre of the world in its capital city. It will be able to be flexible, prompt and innovative in its dealings with the rest of the world, and will become even more of an economic powerhouse.

A lower pound will help (if in fact it doesn't bounce right back), and stock prices on one day mean nothing except that everyone is sitting on their hands and wondering whether to buy or sell because they (completely incompetently and amazingly) failed to factor in the possibility that the referendum question would be carried.

One other good thing about this is that it should put the EU on notice that it needs to change its ways. Apparently other countries, such as the Netherlands, and perhaps France, are also considering their positions. This will be good for world growth.

An excellent result, surely proving that 'ordinary' people are fed up with being dictated to by elites. And, as Graham says, the petulance of the losers was outstanding, but predictable.

The Brits have got back their country and sovereignty. Good on them!

This is a clear warning to the out-of-touch politicians in Australia and all other supposedly democratic countries. The people have had enough.

Yes Graham, and if it keeps one Muslim extremist from entering Britain, its a vote well placed.

John Howard got a kick in the form of the Tamper issue, this one will be a huge shot in the arm for the libs.

Poirot, smart investors have already factored in the carnage, and if they didn't, then I guess they're not smart investors. The ones who should be worried about their jobs are the pollsters because they can't take a trick.

I think this will ensure a libs win because all labor have is negative stuff to report on and people will fear that. Turnbull will win then he will be replaced, that's my tip. Just who by will depend on if and by how much Abbott wins his seat.

The academia would not let Geert Wilders speak in this country and tried to have him banned as an extremist. I wonder if they will try the same deceit with Boris shpould he become PM in Britian. Naturally they are always silent about speakers who call for the death of homosexuals etc. You know the sort Malcolm likes to dine with.