well todays the day the UK public decide whether to stay in or leve the EU. it appears the in vote is slightly ahead if the papers and bookies are to be believed. i am still none the wiser as to the correct decision. after the fiasco with people trying to register online to vote at the last minute a couple of weeks back what are the odds that come 10pm when the poll closes their will be queues of people waiting to still to cast their vote. a note on the entance to my polling station stated that provided you are in the queue before at 10pm then you will be able to vote.

a guy in my polling station was quite vocal about wanting a pen to register and not a pencil it seems that the hash tags #pencilgate and #usepens have been trending on twitter, the conspiracy theory being that pencils have been provided so that leave votes can be erased and the intelligence agencies are involved. apparently members of the public at a couple of polling stations who have been handing out pens have been spoken to by the police.

so it will be at least breakfast before a clear picture will be known though unlike the general election their is no exit poll that may have givena  clear indication at 10pm and 9.55pm when both itv and bbc respectively begin their overnight coverage.

what ever the outcome the uk and europe will not be the same one wy or another things will change and probably will be tougher for a while. whether an brexit win will bring the resignation of cameron and other key politicians remains to be seen surely a remain vote will lead to the demise of ukip.

Keep the 23rd of June 2016 free as this is the date that has been announced by Prime Minister David Cameron for the UK Referendum when the UK public will decide whether the UK will stay in or leave the EU.

The media have coined the phrase #brexit

So what can we expect:

1. i) No doubt lots of scare mongering; esp around immigration, jobs, security and financial implications
2. ii) divisions within the main political parties when it becomes clear what side of the fence the politicians will sit. The main parties have declared it will be their own choice

iii) 4 months of media speculation

1. iv) potential for flash points between people with different views

So what is the main question

What do you need to know and will we actually know the truth before deciding what to vote

As it currently stands I have no idea how I will vote I have many thoughts but have seen little conclusive evidence to backup the ideas being muted at the moment.

The scare mongering has begun especially around immigration already there is talk of if we exit then the French Authorities will not allow UK border checks at Calais et al (on French soil) so we will be powerless to stop the migrants from crossing the channel so the migrant camps will spring up in the UK.

The referendum date was announced after Cameron announced he had secured a good deal with Brussels and afford the UK a special status within the EU so as to ensure the UK has more controls over its own laws and policies. Already several media and political figures are disagreeing over how effective in practice this deal is.

There are two choices i) Stay In and ii) Leave, already it seems there are at least two Leave camps Grassroots Out and Vote Leave the latter being a Tory led group. At some point the Electoral commission will anoint one official group for In and One for out. Let’s hope that some sense prevails and the Out groups merge into one before then. If they don’t then it’s possible in my view they will not be seen in a united front and will be less likely to persuade people to join their cause.

What do we know so far of public opinion; it seems quite tight according to the polls but what do they know given the polls being wildly out for the general election. Prior to the referendum in May there are council and police commissioner elections to be had I doubt there will be much public appetite for that esp the police commissioner one.