More worryingly, markets are now starting to price in the impact
of a Leave vote on the rest of the European Union.
There's certainly much more to be said about the economic repercussions
of the Leave vote, which, alongside changes in party leadership is a genuine «leap in the dark,» but it is important to address directly and forcefully the question of popular anger that led to the success of Leave.
Shapps said concerns about the uncertainty
of a Leave vote had settled what he described as an «agonising choice».
On a trip to Derry the former premiers warned of the risks
of a Leave vote.
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During the referendum David Cameron pledged to invoke Article 50 on the morning
of a Leave vote, [34] and there was speculation that he would do this on the morning with Eurosceptic MPs calling for caution to assess the negotiating position [35] and Jeremy Corbyn calling for immediate invocation.
Redhill, Reigate South, Preston, Merstham and Horley would have probably have had most
of the Leave vote, with the other areas being remain I expected it to be close.
«As far as Canadian investors go, I think that in the event
of a leave vote, other investors will probably try and find safe havens around the world for their pounds.
In the event
of a leave vote, government of Canada bonds would be the big winner.»
However, in the fallout
of the leave vote, it has been called into question whether the referendum result makes it legally necessary for the United Kingdom to trigger Article 50.
Despite the former Prime Minister David Cameron's commitment to commence withdrawal negotiations in the event
of a leave vote, in his resignation speech he suggested that this decision would be left for his successor once he steps down in October.
One can see the hint of that change in an early pronouncement that immigration was not a reason for the success
of the Leave vote.
«Overseas banks currently using the UK as a base for accessing the EU market and employing an estimated 115000 staff are likely to be looking closely at their operations in the UK in the context
of the leave vote.
Not exact matches
Nearly 70 percent
of Americans who
voted for President - elect Donald Trump and 89 percent
of Hillary Clinton voters support mandatory paid family and medical
leave, according to a post-election poll
of 2,000 voters by the Center for American Progress.
At last year's general election the party fell short
of gaining the sort
of Leave -
voting Labour seats they needed for a majority.
«Watch out for Remain -
voting areas swinging towards Labour and
Leave -
voting areas swinging towards the Tories, much as happened last year,» said Curtice, professor
of politics at the University
of Strathclyde.
The NDP needs to regain the union
vote as it tacks back to the
left and will likely oppose much
of the deal unless it is radically changed to protect Canadian jobs, something no one here has signalled.
Theresa May's Conservatives hope to pick up most
of the benefit, particularly in
Leave voting areas.
Ford posted a record $ 1.2 billion profit in Europe last year but warned the impact
of Britain's
vote to
leave the European union would put a dent in 2017 earnings.
This photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D - Ky., shows Democrat members
of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D - Ga., center, and Rep. Joe Courtney, D - Conn.,
left, participate in sit - down protest seeking a a
vote on gun control measures, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the floor
of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The billionaire said «there must have been a lot
of people who believed» the infamous slogan on the
Vote Leave campaign bus, which said Britain's weekly # 350 million EU membership bill should be spent on the NHS.
At the beginning
of 2016, before the U.K.
voted to
leave the European Union, the headline confidence measure was +8.6.
More than half
of the French electorate want a
vote on whether France should be a member
of the European Union but many more do not want to
leave the euro, research from Citi showed Tuesday.
As a county, 57 percent
of people in Cornwall
voted to
leave the European Union.
And it means distilleries need to have long - term plans for investments and financing — all
of which could be thrown into turmoil in a single day, Sept. 18, when Scotland
votes on whether to
leave Britain.
The foreign secretary was pictured in front
of a
Vote Leave bus with a message emblazoned on it reading: «We send the EU # 350 million a week.
Rosengren, an historically dovish Fed policymaker who has become more confident about hiking rates this year, cited Britain's
vote to
leave the European Union as an example
of U.S. resistance to shocks from abroad.
Why he could
vote no: Similar to Flake, Corker has been part
of a public feud with Trump and is also set to
leave the Senate after 2018.
The Bank
of England Thursday raised U.K. interest rates for the first time since 2007, in an effort to support the pound and head off inflationary pressures caused by a slump since the U.K.
voted to
leave the EU 16 months ago.
The hollowing out
of British industry could unnerve a population that just
voted to
leave the EU because it felt it lacked control
of its economic destiny.
But without the
votes, Democratic opponents and a handful
of Republicans who crossed party lines to oppose the measure, were
left only to deliver emotional pleas to block it.
The trip is Trump's second trip overseas since declaring his campaign, the first being a June visit to the United Kingdom to mark the opening
of one
of his golf courses just days after the UK
voted to
leave the European Union.
In Newcastle, 65,404 people
voted to remain in the EU, while 63,598
voted to
leave, a split
of 50.7 % to 49.3 %.
Isle
of Wight, the largest and second most populous island in England, has spoken — it's a resounding «
Leave»
vote.
Federal judges found more problems in Texas»
voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power
of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before
leaving office.
The United Kingdom, which includes Northern Ireland,
voted in 2016 to
leave the European Union, but the Republic
of Ireland remains within the bloc.
The polling gap between Clinton and Trump right now is a bit wider than final polling between the
Leave and Remain camps showed, but after a shock
vote like this, it is worth keeping your guard up ahead
of the actual
vote.
On the Friday after Britain
voted to
leave the EU, the S&P 500 and the Dow both wiped out all
of their gains for 2016, while Nasdaq fell by over 4 % — the biggest one - day drop since 2011.
In the run - up to the Brexit
vote, the easy parallel to make from an American point
of view is that the
Leave camp shared many similarities with the Trump campaign.
To provide something
of a bellwether
of how
voting may go, HSBC's chief UK economist Simon Wells and his team have provided a useful table showing some
of the key areas that could help determine whether Britain stays in or
leaves the EU.
Assange and his attorney said Britain's
vote to
leave the European Union could complicate his situation by limiting his ability to appeal to the European Court
of Justice or the Council
of Europe, a European human rights body.
Ahead
of the referendum, analysts across Wall Street circulated research on what they thought would happen in the event
of either a «Remain» or «
Leave»
vote.
But while the markets may have seen violent swings in the immediate aftermath
of the
vote to
leave, the longer - term political ramifications
of a Brexit are interesting to consider, too.
The famously successful investor Warren Buffett — who has raked in billions guided by his motto to «Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful» — probably took a big loss like the rest
of us after the U.K.
voted to
leave the European Union last week.
The odds
of Britain
voting to
leave the European Union in a June referendum narrowed on Tuesday as attacks in Brussels were seen boosting the Out campaign.
Add a potential multi-billion dollar entertainment industry merger to the long list
of economic casualties from the Brexit less than a week after the U.K.'s historic
vote to
leave the European Union.
A
vote to «
Leave» marked the first big reversal
of European efforts at political and economic integration in 60 years, casting big doubts over the EU's future direction.
But a
vote to
Leave would almost certainly force a change
of leadership in the Conservative Party and a new Prime Minister, given Cameron's leading
of the Remain campaign.
Cabinet ministers have been at odds over policy, including citizenship laws, the national
vote on same - sex marriage and competition reform, as well as being
left out
of the decision loop on a series
of «captain's picks» by the prime minister.
Leader
of the UKIP and
Vote Leave campaign Nigel Farage arrives to speak to the assembled media at College Green, Westminster following the results
of the EU referendum on June 24, 2016 in London.