“There is still a massive disconnect between Westminster, SW1, and real communities”, he said, referring to the postal code for Westminster.
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A bigger than expected vote against European Union membership in Labour’s traditional heartlands helped tip the result towards Leave.
The Out campaign passed the winning post with a lead of more than one million votes – a margin of 52% to 48%.
But Mr Grayling refused to follow Mr Farage in predicting the result.
Despite the division between Remain-backing Scotland and Brexit-supporting England, Mr Johnson said the result “doesn’t mean that the UK will be in any way less united, nor indeed does it mean we will be any less European”. “I hope we’ve knocked the first brick out of the wall”.
“Not because we don’t have a special relationship but because given the heavy lift of any trade agreement, us having access to a big market with a lot of countries rather than trying to do piecemeal trade agreements is hugely inefficient”. “I doubt whether this referendum will resolve things for that long”, he says. “I think perhaps I’ll wait and see what actually happens when the votes are counted”.
“It was like civil war in the Tory party, not a debate about the economy”, Mr Livingstone told Sky News.
In an apparent victory speech in central London just after 4am on Friday, Farage said he believed the Brexit campaign had won, adding that June 23 would “go down in our history as our Independence Day”.
Outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron faced pressure to speed up “divorce” talks with the EU as Brussels made it clear it wants the United Kingdom out of the union as soon as possible.
Leave chairwoman Gisela Stuart said: “People were given the impression they had no choice but to Remain, but they voted to Leave”.
Former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who quit the cabinet weeks before the referendum, did not sign but said he thought Mr Cameron should stay on.
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Sinn Fein sources also said Brexit should lead to a poll on Irish unity, after Northern Ireland voted by 56% to 44% to Remain.
