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Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein hints at support for a 2nd Brexit referendum

"Here in UK, lots of hand-wringing from CEOs over #Brexit. Better sense of the tough and risky road ahead," he tweeted.

  • Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein tweets his support for a second Brexit referendum.
  • Blankfein said he favoured a "confirming vote" on what he called a "monumental and irreversible decision" by the British people.
  • Blankfein has now intervened several times on the Brexit debate through Twitter.
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LONDON — Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on Thursday hinted at support for a second Brexit referendum in a 264-character tweet.

Taking advantage of Twitter's new 280-character tweet limit, Blankfein said he favoured a "confirming vote" on what he called a "monumental and irreversible decision" by the British people.

"Here in UK, lots of hand-wringing from CEOs over #Brexit. Better sense of the tough and risky road ahead. Reluctant to say, but many wish for a confirming vote on a decision so monumental and irreversible. So much at stake, why not make sure consensus still there?" — Blankfein tweeted.

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Here in UK, lots of hand-wr... @ Lloyd Blankfein

The British government has consistently said that there will be no second Brexit vote, and the opposition Labour Party's official position is that it does not want a second referendum. However, the smaller Liberal Democrat party has consistently called for a second vote, and fought June's general election with another vote as it's main policy.

Thursday's tweet is the third time in just a few weeks that Blankfein — one of the most influential figures in banking — has taken to the microblogging site to comment on Britain's upcoming exit from the EU.

"Just left Frankfurt," hetweeted. "Great meetings, great weather, really enjoyed it. Good, because I'll be spending a lot more time there. #Brexit."

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Eleven days later he posted again about the bank's post-Brexit plans in the UK, saying that "so much" is outside its control when it comes to the UK's exit from the bloc.

"In London. GS still investing in our big new Euro headquarters here. Expecting/hoping to fill it up, but so much outside our control.#Brexit" — he said in the tweet.

Blankfein's 264-character tweet appears to contradict his own views on Twitter doubling its character limit last week. On November 7th, he said he liked "the discipline of 140," alluding to Twitter's old character limit.

New at this but like the di... @ Lloyd Blankfein

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