Remain hold a narrow lead in the final poll of the knife-edge European Union referendum campaign. But torrential rains, especially in the “remain” stronghold of London, raised fears of diminished turnout.
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Ukip leader Nigel Farage even came close to conceding defeat, admitting he believed that Remain had “nicked it” and vowing to fight on for withdrawal from the EU.
But he added: “The British people have made a very clear decision to take a different path and as such, I think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction”. But it’s all about turnout and those soft Remainers staying at home.
This is the norm, not the exception: almost every poll in the days ahead of the vote have been within a few percentage points of one another.
He added: “66 per cent of the result (for Remain) is a pretty strong result and frankly to be lectured by the Labour Party which lost nearly every single seat in Scotland, I don’t think they’re really qualified”.
At the close of the poll, thousands of sealed ballot boxes are collected from schools and church halls which have been doubling up as polling stations and transported to one of 382 counting venues across Britain.
Local media said two polling stations were closed by Kingston Council because of flooding, and voters were instructed to cast their ballots at alternative locations. According to a report in The Guardian, Cameron by the former prime ministers Gordon Brown and Sir John Major, the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, and the Green MP Caroline Lucas, “in a final display of cross-party unity as the polls pointed to a close finish”. However the REMAIN lead is set against the big picture of momentum being on the side of LEAVE that appears to be ACCELERATING.
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd said Mr Farage had to respect the result, whatever it was.
After months of campaigning, TV debates, “mud slinging”, passionate campaigning and various polling, the day of the EU Referendum has finally arrived. They have put up posters of thousands of immigrants standing at the border.
“There is just a chance that the debate which the Referendum has caused will make all members of the European Union re-evaluate their position within Europe”.
Meanwhile, dozens of celebrities have intervened during the course of the campaign to make their feelings known.
The territory on Spain’s southern tip voted 95.9 per cent “Remain”, against just 4.09 per cent – 823 votes – for Brexit.
Figures from the Electoral Commission showed a record of 46.5 million people are entitled to take part in a nationwide referendum of this country.
Fieldwork for Ipsos Mori’s survey of 1,592 people was carried out until 9pm on Wednesday night.
Social research body NatCen also published a survey that found Remain on 53 percent and Leave on 47 percent, using a method that took on recommendations by an official inquiry into why pollsters got last year’s election wrong, although its research was conducted from May 16 to June 12.
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Ballot boxes are on the way to more than 380 count venues after the European Union referendum in Britain closed at 10 p.m. local time.
