Many people felt out of control and didn't like change. They have just unleashed massive changes for all of us

Last night I got back late from a work trip, voted, watched some trash TV then sat down for a night of doxing and occasionally waking to see the results come in

Around 10pm it look like remain would win as the pound went up against the Euro and Dollar

But, once the results started to come in it started to dawn on em that the UK would vote out. By the time the sun came up it was all over

I voted to remain. But, we need to look at why this has happened and where we go on from now. No point in crying over spilt milk

There's two themes for exit that I've heard

1) The EU in not democratic
2) Immigration

Looking at the democracy angle. There's some truth in this. But we all get to vote for MEPs and the commissioners are appointed by our elected politicians. But there is certainly an element of the EU not being open to change and it has not succeed in engaging people in the machine of EU politics. I have some sympathy with this argument. But it's not a big enough issue to leave

Now on to immigration. My paternal grandparents moved to the UK from Austria and Eastern Europe (it's a bit complicated exactly where, but many Liputs now live in Poland...) after the second world war. So I'm from an immigrant background, as are many other people. So I'm naturally biased to think that immigration is generally good

If we look at at immigrants that have been in the UK for decades then I really don;t think there is much racism in our country now. There definitely was when many people arrived in the UK (and this includes the Irish). So I really believe that we are not a racist country

But, we are a country that does not like rapid change. People also want to feel in control. If we look at the last 10-15 years of immigration in the UK we had many people move from Eastern Europe that settled in concentrated areas in medium sized towns. Some of these had previously had many immigrants from the Indian Sub-continent, but many had not. As a country we were not prepared for this, and did not react quick enough. Schools got full, hospitals busier, and there was a lack of housing. Many people in certain industries saw an influx of new languages and cultures at work. Though I don't think UK citizens lost work on any large scale due to immigration

Immigration brought changes that happened quickly, and we did not react in the provision of public services. Our public debate also didn't discuss the problems due to a fear of racism. However, in the long term I truly believe that the many immigrants to the UK would become more integrated and be accepted by (almost) all of the UK population

Of course, by being in the EU we had no way to press the big red stop button on the changes that were happening in many town across the UK. It is this that has led to the vote to leave the EU

We voted leave due to being afraid of change we could not control. But now we've left there will more change and it could be massive

• Will other EU countries see this as an opportunity to leave as well?
• Scotland will want a vote on independence
• Northern Ireland is a bit complicated
• Gibraltar: don't think they will join Spain, but they may go independent
• We have no idea what future trade and political relationships with Europe will be. If we negotiate limits in immigration then we may stay loosely linked to the EU...
• Oh, and we'll now get a new prime minister

I voted to tay in the EU, and I know many people who are shocked and dis heartened by the result. But the decision has been made. We need to accept this and now build a new UK that fits the views of all of the country and addresses the concerns that many people have. Whilst also embracing a modern view of what Britain is in a global economy.

One thing is for certain, there will be a lot of change in the next decade