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against ethnic minorities. The UK will have less talented people from abroad arriving to work or study, which in turn will inevitably reduce labour productivity and its productive potential in the long run.

It is simply impossible to fully predict what is going to happen to the UK following the referendum, but the impacts are definitely huge and will last for many years to come. The referendum has shown how divided the UK is as a nation, and it is blatant that we need to unify to move on and achieve greater heights from multiple perspectives.

References

1. Factsheet 2-Benefits of EU membership outweigh costs

http://news.cbi.org.uk/reports/our-global-future/factsheets/factsheet-2-benefits-of-eu-membership-outweigh- costs/

2. Swinford, S. Costs of EU membership ‘outweigh benefits’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12072128/Costs-of-EU-membership-outweigh- benefits.html

3. EU referendum results

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/eu_referendum/results

4. Robertson, G. How to stop Brexit: get your MP to vote it down

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/27/stop-brexit-mp-vote-referendum-members- parliament-act-europe

5. Cooper, C. David Cameron rules out second EU referendum despite popular online petition

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-what-is-eu-referendum-petition-david-cameron- a7105596.html

6. Ruparel, R. The mechanics of leaving the EU – explaining Article 50

http://openeurope.org.uk/today/blog/the-mechanics-of-leaving-the-eu-explaining-article-50/

7. Brexit: EU spells out procedure for UK to leave

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36632579

8. Allen, K. Treanor, J. Goodley, S. Pound slumps to 31-year low following Brexit vote

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/23/british-pound-given-boost-by-projected-remain-win-in-eu- referendum

9. The economic consequences of leaving the EU

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