[ 2016-06-24 ]

David Cameron to resign after Britain votes to leave EU
Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by
October after the UK voted to leave the European
Union.

Mr Cameron made the announcement in a statement
outside Downing Street after the final result was
announced.

He said he would attempt to "steady the ship"
over the coming weeks and months.

He had urged the country to vote Remain, warning
of economic and security consequences of an exit,
but Leave won by 52% to 48%.

England and Wales voting strongly for Brexit,
while London, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed
staying in.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage hailed it as the UK's
"independence day" but the Remain camp called it a
"catastrophe".

The pound fell to its lowest level against the
dollar since 1985 as the markets reacted to the
results.

The referendum turnout was 71.8% - with more than
30 million people voting - the highest turnout at
a UK-wide vote since 1992.
Wales and the majority of England outside London
voted in large numbers for Brexit.

Labour's Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said
the Bank of England may have to intervene to shore
up the pound, which lost 3% within moments of the
first result showing a strong result for Leave in
Sunderland and fell as much as 6.5% against the
euro.

'Independence day'

UKIP leader Nigel Farage - who has campaigned for
the past 20 years for Britain to leave the EU -
told cheering supporters "this will be a victory
for ordinary people, for decent people".

Mr Farage - who predicted a Remain win at the
start of the night after polls suggested that
would happen - said it would "go down in history
as our independence day".

He called on Prime Minister David Cameron, who
called the referendum but campaigned passionately
for a Remain vote, to quit "immediately".

Source - BBC

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