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Photo A protest against the so-called Brexit in Parliament Square in London on Saturday. Credit Adam Ferguson The New York Times LONDON — Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union is already threatening to unravel a democratic bloc of nations that has coexisted peacefully together for decades. But it is also generating uncertainty about…
“If we are victorious in one more battle … we shall be utterly ruined.” Like the good intellectual that he’s vigorously pretended not to be of late, Boris Johnson will probably know that line. It’s from the Greek historian Plutarch’s account of the battle that gave us the phrase “pyrrhic victory”, the kind of victory…
The football was predictable. Nil-nil at half time, little drama. The politics were a different story, shock still reverberating from the Brexit vote among fans of all stripes at an ex-pat pub in New York on Saturday. Related: Gareth McAuley’s own goal takes Wales past Northern Ireland at Euro 2016 Many had voted against type….
Scotland’s government began moves Friday to hold a new referendum on independence from the U.K. after the “Brexit” vote, saying it faced being taken out of the European Union against its will. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was among the majority of Scots who voted to “Remain” the European Union. ROBERT PERRY / AFP…
We now know how the country voted as a whole in Thursday’s referendum, but how were demographic factors like age, income, and education reflected in the result? An eve-of-result poll released by YouGov at 10pm last night (which, admittedly, gave Remain a four-point lead) confirms the age/voting intention correlation shown by polls throughout the campaign: EU referendum…
EU referendum full results – find out how your area voted Britain has voted to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%, but Scotland, London and Northern Ireland all had a majority for remain. Find out how each local authority voted Watch: how Britain voted for Brexit Thursday 23 June 2016 16.24 EDT Last modified…
Mexico announced it would cut federal spending by 31.7 billion pesos ($167.9 billion), reducing the country’s international funding needs as emerging-market assets worldwide tumble following the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union. A decision on whether to increase the country’s key interest rate will be made next week at a June 30 board meeting…
LONDON/BUDAPEST Britain’s vote to leave the European Union fired up populist eurosceptic parties across the continent on Friday, giving fresh voice to their calls to leave the bloc or its euro currency. Right-wing and anti-immigrant parties in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and France demanded referendums on membership of the union, while Italy’s 5-Star movement…
Yesterday, 17 million Brits voted on a referendum to leave the European Union after a decades-old alliance. One of the chief architects of the #Leave movement was Nigel Farage, a British politician and head of the UK Independence Party. Farage has long championed the so-called Brexit, and triumphantly spoke to supporters after the vote saying,…
After months of campaigning, the “Leave” camp has won and Britain will be leaving the E.U. The Post’s Adam Taylor talks about what that means for the country and Europe. (Adam Taylor,Jason Aldag/The Washington Post) The whole world is reeling after a milestone referendum in Britain to leave the European Union. And although leaders of the campaign to exit…