✣ Britain votes to leave European Union
What happened?
Britain voted to leave the European Union in an unexpected result whose effects were felt across the world. David Cameron resigned as Prime Minister after leading the remain campaign, which was defeated by a margin of 52 to 48 per cent. The leave campaign leader Boris Johnson said the result affirmed “the very principles of our democracy, the rights of all of us to elect and remove the people who make the key decisions in their lives”. Britain faces months of political uncertainty.
