A vote to leave would send decades of European integration into reverse, marking the first time an independent nation has broken away. The result suggested that concerns about levels of migration into the United Kingdom over the past 10 years, their impact on society, and what might happen in the next 20 years were more widely felt and ran even deeper than people had suspected.
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The sharp disconnect has revived the idea of Scotland declaring its independence from the United Kingdom – and of Northern Ireland leaving to merge with the independent Republic of Ireland, which is an European Union member. A ComRes Polls conducted for the Daily Mail newspaper and ITV television showed Remain at 54 per cent versus Leave’s 46 per cent.
And pro-Brexit Northern Ireland Secretary Ms Villiers told Sky News: “My instinct is that Remain has won”.
“Let June 23 go down in our history as our independence day”.
The outcome plunges into doubt the future of the Prime Minister David Cameron, who campaigned for Remain after calling the referendum. The London Fire Brigade said it took more than 550 weather-related emergency calls and attended over 400 incidents caused by heavy rain and thunderstorms in a matter of hours.
A Scottish Vote Leave spokesman said: “The former first ministers are out of touch with ordinary voters by saying we shouldn’t worry about uncontrolled European Union migration”. “I hope this victory brings down this failed project”.
But others in the party raised questions over Mr Cameron’s future.
Paul Friel said: “I’m very disappointed”.
General elections have a pretty tried-and-tested pattern.
More voters think they will be worse off if Britain leaves, while Tory voters are evenly split between voting In and Out.
Brexit was a rare but fateful miscalculation for a politician who has a reputation for thriving under pressure and astutely judging political risks. “It’s in the hands of the people now”, he said when asked how he felt about the vote. At the same time, Nuneaton and Bedworth, whose demographic makeups appear to favor Remain, will announce their results.
“On average the last six internet polls. have put Remain on 49%, Leave on 51%, while the last six phone polls reckon that Remain are on 51%, Leave on 49%”. “Labour faces that responsibility too”.
Nevertheless, it’s set to be an exciting couple of days for the nation, and we’ll be keeping a keen eye on the latest developments as and when they occur.
But former Cabinet ministers Owen Paterson, Cheryl Gillan and David Jones did not sign, along with influential backbenchers David Davis and Bernard Jenkin.
Victoria Honeyman, a lecturer in British politics at the University of Leeds, said Cameron had seen European Union battles poison the leaderships of former Tory leaders John Major and William Hague and “feared a civil war in the Conservative Party”.
“We need to take back control of our country”. “We are completely behind him staying, we want him to stay and that letter is a statement of commitment to his leadership”.
In total Scotland voted 1,661,191 (62 per cent) to 1,018,322 (38 per cent) for Remain which has prompted First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to start investigating a second independence referendum. All 32 of Scotland’s local authorities backed the Remain campaign. “If you are the Prime Minister, you’ve called this referendum, you’ve laid your reputation on the line and your arguments, I think it’s going to be very hard”. “If Leave wins there will be carnage for cable”, he said, referring to the sterling/dollar exchange rate.
He’ll update you on what happened overnight and what the result means for the country. Areas with higher percentages of older voters saw more people voting. He estimates that the finishing post for one side to win is 16,813,000 votes.
Kevin Gilfillan said: “I’m furious, frustrated and disappointed”.
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Whichever way the result went “we will need to knit our country back together and recognise that whoever wins, one in two people will have voted for the side that didn’t come out on top”, said Ms Greening.
