- Final result: Leave - 51.89 percent; Remain - 48.11 percent.
- Pound hits record 31-year low.
- British PM David Cameron steps down, to continue till October.
- Ex-Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, may become the new UK Prime Minister.
- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faces a motion of no confidence.
- Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says a second Scottish referendum ‘highly likely.’
- EU plans to hold its first meeting without the UK next week.
- RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said India is prepared for Brexit.
- With 46,500,001 recorded votes, the turnout for the referendum was 72.2 percent.
- This is the third nationwide referendum in UK history.
Mayor Sadiq Khan Says Europeans “Are Very Welcome” in London
Mayor Sadiq Khan said that there are people from all over Europe living in London and they contribute a lot in the progress of the city.
Hillary Clinton Reacts to Brexit
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she respected the United Kingdom’s vote on leaving the European Union and was committed to maintaining America’s relationships with both Britain and European countries.
Our first task has to be to make sure that the economic uncertainty created by these events does not hurt working families here in America.
(With inputs from Reuters)
The EU Plans on How to Deal With Brexit
Leaders of the 27 countries remaining in the European Union will on Wednesday hold their first summit meeting on how to deal with Brexit after British Prime Minister David Cameron has left, an EU official said.
Cameron is due to attend the first day of a scheduled two-day EU summit on Tuesday to inform the other 27 of the outcome of Thursday’s British referendum to leave the EU. He will then return to London and the remaining leaders will confer in what will become a regular format on Brexit on Wednesday.
(With inputs from Reuters)
Don’t Depose Jeremy Corbyn, Says a Joint Statement
A joint statement put out by the main trade unions affiliated to the Labour party said the MPs should not try to remove Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn from office, reports The Guardian. The statement, according to the report, does not specifically mention Corbyn, but said a row within the party is something the party cannot afford.
The Prime Minister’s resignation has triggered a Tory leadership crisis. At the very time we need politicians to come together for the common good, the Tory party is plunging into a period of argument and infighting.An excerpt from the statement.
The statement has been signed by the General Secretaries of 12 unions, said The Guardian.