British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced plans to resign as prime minister following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union after confirmation that the UK citizens had voted to leave the EU.
“I do not think it would be right for me to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination.”
“I think it’s right that this new Prime Minister takes the decision about when to trigger article 50 and start the process of leaving the EU.”
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron speaks after Britain voted to leave the European Union, outside Number 10 Downing Street as his wife Samantha looks on in London, Britain June 24, 2016 © Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
Originally appeared at RT
Britons have voted to leave the European Union by 52% to 48% in a national referendum. The pound has plummeted and the news has triggered panic on the markets.
The ‘Leave’ campaign garnered 1,269,501 more votes than those who wanted to see Britain remain part of the European Union.
Stock markets from Tokyo to London collapsed on Friday as the UK’s major media networks projected a victory for the “Leave” campaign.
The British pound plunged 10 percent, the most since 1985, the euro fell the furthest since its introduction in 1999, while the Japanese yen had its biggest surge since 1998. Oil fell to $47 per barrel. Gold soared along with US Treasuries as panicked investors sought a safe haven from the markets.
“Investors are just trying to get out. You sell first and ask questions later. There was a massive miscalculation of risk and now you’re seeing all that unwind,” head of investment strategy at Perpetual Ltd. in Sydney, Matthew Sherwood, told Bloomberg.
The outcome of the Brexit referendum has caused reaction at home and worldwide. Sinn Fein has said: “The British [have] forfeited any mandate to represent [the] economic or political interests of people in Northern Ireland.”
The leader of the French National Front Marine Le Pen hailed the success and called for a similar EU referendum in France.
Victoire de la liberté ! Comme je le demande depuis des années, il faut maintenant le même référendum en France et dans les pays de l’UE MLP
— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) June 24, 2016
“Like a lot of French people, I’m very happy that the British people held on and made the right choice. What we thought was impossible yesterday has now become possible,” she said as cited by the Guardian.
Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilder also wants the Netherlands to decide on whether to stay in the EU.
Hurrah for the British! Now it is our turn. Time for a Dutch referendum! #ByeByeEUhttps://t.co/kXZ0aQtgmx
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) June 24, 2016
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, a fierce proponent of staying in the EU, has announced he will step down by October.
“The British people have made a very clear decision to take a different path and as such, I think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction,” Cameron told reporters.
“I will do everything I can as prime minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months, but I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination,” the British PM said, stressing that the country needs stability and new leadership.
“There is no need to have a precise timetable today, but in my view we should aim to have a new prime minister in place by the start of the Conservative Party congress in October,” Cameron said.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been among the first in Europe to react, calling the Brexit result“truly sobering and sad.”
FM #Steinmeier: The early morning news from #GreatBritain are truly sobering. It looks like a sad day for #Europe+the #UnitedKingdom. #UK ??
— GermanForeignOffice (@GermanyDiplo) June 24, 2016
Now for the march of liberation from the Zionist-EU to continue. Greece and France and Germany and Italy need to be next. Along with dissolving the evil-NATO-socialist-club. European nations should sign alliances with Iran and Syria and Lebanon for a much better future
I had a dream 14 years ago and in that dream I saw EU fell apart. I thought it was just a dream but it came to pass as a prophetic dream. UK is just the first, there will be more until it is completely disintegerated. Such was the dream………………….Am compiling a book on EU again. Did one long time ago but Tony Blair government threatened to prosecute me so I did not published it now I will publish it. We love R T news it is the common man news and channel.
What a big relieve for UK it become more independent from USA one man show.No more free access for Algaida and ISIS the Obama brotherhood.British people will move around in their sovereign country without hostage or being rape by a imigrant or refugee.
You’re not serious, right? UK has always been the “Trojan horse” of the US in the EU. I belive that they’ll strenghten their relationship with US now, that they’ll leave the EU. EU of course will try to put tariffs on british goods, and seek generally confrontation with the UK to put pressure on those who want to leave the EU aswell. That’s the wrong way of course, but our politicians are usually don’t show respect to the needs of the common people when they see their own power at stake.
Not sure why many people think its a done deal. The referendum is only advisory. The UK Parliament has to vote to invoke the withdraw process under the Lisbon Treaty.