The 'Leave' campaign has won the UK's EU referendum making it the first country to vote to leave the European Union.
The 'Leave' campaign has won the UK's EU referendum making it the first country to vote to leave the European Union.
The final tally shows 51.89% for 'Leave', 48.11% for 'Remain'. Leave got 17,410,742 votes while Remain got 16,141,241 votes.
The
vote - which saw an extremely high turnout of around 72% - reverses the
public verdict back in 1975, when the UK voted to remain a member of
then European Economic Community, which later became the EU.
Britain will become the first fully-signed up member of the European
Union to leave after voters backed Brexit in yesterday's historic
referendum.
Only Greenland has left the union and that was more than 30
years ago, when the union was called the European Community
Regional Counting Officer Sue Stanhope announces the turnout for
Sunderland as 64.9 per cent and Leave emerge victorious with 61.3 per
cent of the vote.
On the counting floor in Sunderland, there are scenes of joy as the huge win is announced
As the result in Sunderland gives Brexit a huge win, Leave campaigners
in London celebrate with utter jubilation at a victory so big it
indicates in the early stages that they may have the edge
The atmosphere at the Leave.EU campaign party in London is jubilant as
voters in the early stages give them a larger lead than expected and
they win key battlegrounds
Ukip leader Nigel Farage claims a historic win for the Leave Campaign, saying the
vote is 'a victory for real people, a victory for ordinary people, a
victory for decent people'
A Leave campaigner celebrates in London amid scenes of utter elation with a commanding lead and just a few areas left to declare
At 10 Downing Street, reporters wait outside for David Cameron who is
expected to announce the official result as politicians call for his
resignation after a failed Remain campaign
After Brexit,David Cameron announces October Exit
David Cameron said he would resign as Prime Minister by October after Britons ignored his pleas to stay in the EU and voted in a Referendum to leave on June 23,2016
"I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that
steers our country to its next destination," Cameron told reporters on
Friday June 24,2016outside his Downing Street office
Scotland votes overwhelmingly to stay in the EU
All 32 local authorities in Scotland vote to stay in the European Union
Almost two thirds - 62 % - of Scots who voted had backed staying part of the EU, with 38 % opting for Brexit.
But Scotland is set to be 'dragged out of the EU' against its will as majority in England and Wales back Brexit
First
Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland had delivered an 'unequivocal'
vote to stay in Europe and said it was 'clear that the people of
Scotland see their future as part of the European Union'.
It
suggests she is already planning a second independence referendum after
the SNP manifesto for the Scottish elections last month said they would
demand another vote if there is 'significant and material' change in
circumstances, such as Scotland being taken out of the EU against its
will
Newspapers and politicians across Europe express shock at Britain's decision to leave the EU
Germany Tabloid newspaper Bild expressed their shock at the result with a
picture of dejected Remain campaigners with the headline 'Britain OUT'
France Liberation featured the picture of a married couple on top of a wedding cake holding Union flags saying 'Britain opts to leave'
Denmark Politiken opted for a picture of two dejected Remain supporters holding their heads in shock
Belgium Le Soir also chose to illustrate their shock at the result chosing a picture of a Remain supporters looking worried
Italy Corriere della Serra were running a Brexit special and summed up their coverage with a picture of a jubilant Nigel Farage
Spain Newspaper website El Pais showed the two sides of the vote featuring a
celebrating Farage and a Remain supporter commiserating with themselves
The vice chancellor of Germany Sigmar Gabriel was quick to tweet his dismay and the result saying: 'Damn! bad day for Europe!'
French far right politician Marion Le Pen declared that the British result was a victory
Former Finnish prime minister Alexander Stubb predicted the result would mean chaos on the continent.
He wrote on Twitter: 'Please tell me I'm still sleeping and this is all just a bad nightmare!
'Usually
these things advance in three stages 1. Crisis; 2. Chaos; 3.
Sub-optimal solution. Don't know where we are at this stage.'
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull predicted instability on the financial markets in the wake of Brexit.
He
said: 'The impact on Australia immediately, directly, from a legal
point of view, will be very limited because it will take some years for
the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, to negotiate an exit.
'However, we've seen already large falls on stock markets and there will be a degree of uncertainty for some time.'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed 'great regret' at the UK's decision to leave the
European Union and said the bloc must never forget that the foundation
of European unity was the 'idea of peace'
French President Francois Hollande said the UK's vote to leave the EU
must act as a 'jolt' to the bloc to implement the 'profound change'
needed to address its troubles
European Council leader Donald Tusk has led the stunned continent's
reaction to Brexit insisting: 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker insisted on
Friday that Britain's decision to leave the EU was not the beginning of
the end for the bloc
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he 'deeply regretted' the decision but 'European co-operation will have to continue'
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen changed her Twitter picture to a
Union Jack and told her followers the result was 'victory for freedom'
Pound Collapses to Lowest Since 1985 on Brexit Shock
The pound collapsed to its lowest level since 1985 as the unit takes a
beating on fears that Britain will vote to leave the European Union, in
what critics warned would be a hammer blow to financial markets.
The
unit tumbled to $1.3466, its weakest level in three decades, according
to Bloomberg data, as results in the EU membership referendum showed the
"Leave" camp posting big wins.
Eurosceptic parties across the continent are intensifying demands for their own referendums in the wake of the Brexit vote
Eurosceptic
parties across the continent are intensifying demands for their own
referendums in the wake of the Brexit vote, as the repercussions of the
political earthquake gradually become clear.
Shortly
after the result was announced, Marine Le Pen, the leader of the Front
National in France, called for a ‘Frexit’ vote on Twitter
while the
far-Right Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders called for a ‘Nexit’
Following the Brexit vote, Wilder's tweeted, ‘hurrah for the Brits! Now it’s our turn. time for a Dutch referendum!’
Margot Wallstrom, Sweden’s Foreign Minister, said she was concerned that
Brexit would mean the collapse of the EU. ‘That might affect other EU
member states that will say, well, if they can leave, maybe we should
also have referendums, and maybe we should also leave'
Beppe Grillo, leader of the populist Five Star movement, said: ‘The mere
fact that a country like Great Britain is holding a referendum on
whether to leave the EU signals the failure of the EU'
Austria’s new chancellor, Christian Kern has said that
Brexit could mean the ‘slow goodbye of the European idea’ unless serious
reform is carried out
And
there are fears that Brexit could also trigger a Czexit, a Swexit, and a
Grexit in the Czech Republic, Sweden and Greece. Even if the union
holds, the political earthquake that has erupted in Britain will have
far-reaching aftershocks.
A survey by the Pew Research Center suggested that Poland is the most enthusiastic member of the EU
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