Sentences with phrase «shock referendum vote»

Nine months after the shock referendum vote to leave the bloc, Britain handed over a momentous letter to the EU president in Brussels, triggering Article 50 of the bloc's Lisbon Treaty and firing the starting gun on a two - year countdown towards Brexit.

May formally notified the EU on March 29 of Britain's intention to end its 44 - year - old membership, following the shock referendum vote for Brexit last June.

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The failure of coalition talks is unprecedented in Germany's post-war history, and was likened by newsmagazine Der Spiegel to the shock election of U.S. President Donald Trump or Britain's referendum vote to leave the EU - moments when countries cast aside reputations for stability built up over decades.

Many have criticised Corbyn for running a half - hearted campaign for Britain to stay in the EU leading up to Thursday's referendum, in which the UK shocked the world by voting to leave.

There was the shock Brexit vote in the UK, Donald Trump's victory in the US Presidential election, a failed Italian referendum and many more factors that provided countless opportunities for forex traders to profit.

The shock value of the «No» campaign's baby unit posters in the Alternative Vote referendum, or the Leave campaign's Breaking Point» poster of a long queue of migrants show that, under the current free - for - all, campaigners find that courting controversy is worthwhile if there are votes to be won.

Having risen close to GBP1: USD1.50 by referendum day from less than GBP1: USD1.39 at the end of February, we believe the shock caused by the Brexit vote will cause sterling to drop sharply again before stabilising in a range of GBP1: USD1.25 — USD1.35.