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EU referendum result: Britain votes leave – live updates EU referendum result: Cameron to speak after Britain votes leave – live
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EU leaders are going to meet in Brussels next week without the UK present to decide their stance for the withdrawal negotiations, Sky’s Faisal Islam reports.
Informal meeting of EU 27 next week without PM in the room to decide common negotiating position vs UK on exit negotiations
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Related: Britain votes to leave the European Union – in pictures
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Matthew Weaver
The former cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell has urged the government to delay invoking article 50 on leaving the EU. Speaking to BBC News, Lord O’Donnell, who led the civil service until 2011, also urged David Cameron to consider whether he is the right person to lead negotiations to exit the bloc.
He said: “On the political front we need to sort ourselves out to get a negotiating position …For example, when do we trigger article 50? If I were cabinet secretary I would be saying there is no great rush about that, because this is a two-year process – and believe me this is not a simple process. It was designed to make leaving very difficult for the leaving country … It took Greenland three years to sort out its exit and they only had one issue – fish – and rather fewer people than watch most football matches in Euro 2016.
On Cameron’s future, he added: “We need that negotiating position to be sorted out and the question is who is going to do that ... I think the prime minister will want to think about whether he is the right person to do that or whether he will want to say ‘look, the people have spoken, so I’m going to manage an orderly period where we will move on to a new set of people who might do this negotiation’. Who he leaves it to is a matter for the Conservative party.”
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Corbyn says government should use article 50 to start EU withdrawal process now
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, tells the BBC he thinks the government must invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty now, to start the two-year withdrawal process from the EU.
There are some difficult days ahead, he says. We must do everything we can to protect jobs and working conditions.
Q: So why do you want to invoke article 50 now? Why rush?
Corbyn says negotiations must take place. We must get the best deal possible.
Q: It has been said you were half-hearted. He said your enthusiasm for the EU was only seven and a half out of 10.
Corbyn says he was making the point that there were problems with the EU that needed to be addressed.
Q: You said there could be no upper limit to immigration in this country. Many of your supporters probably think the opposite.
Corbyn says he was talking about single market rules.
Q: What is your policy on immigration?
Corbyn says Labour will have to develop one. It will apply to Europe as well as to the rest of the world. But it is important to recognise that immigrants have a lot to contribute.
Q: Many people voted to leave because they think immigration is too high.
Corbyn says that may be the case. But these communities need to be helped, through policies like a migration impact fund.
Q: Isn’t it the case that people are worried about the numbers?
Corbyn says the government is underfunding areas affected by immigration.
Q: What do you want the PM to do?
Corbyn says he hopes the PM will steady the pound. He says he needs to negotiate a good deal with the EU. After that, what Cameron does is up to him.
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Farage says it is 'very difficult' to see how Cameron can stay on as PM
Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, is on the Today programme now.
He says he thinks 23 June should become a national holiday. There are 183 other countries in the world that celebrate an independence day. Now we can become the 184th, he says.
He also says it is “very difficult” to see how David Cameron could stay on as prime minister.
The first thing we have to do is have a government that is committed to Brexit. That is absolutely key. I think it is very difficult for [Cameron] to stay on as prime minister given that he involved himself so heavily in the campaign, told us that dreadful things would happen to us if we were to leave, recession, threats of war and all the rest of it. I find it difficult to believe that he could become a Brexit prime minister. I might be wrong, but I doubt it.
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David Cameron is due to give his statement from Downing Street at 8am, according to Sky. The stock market also opens at 8am, as usual, meaning that we will be able to see market reaction to what he says as he says it.David Cameron is due to give his statement from Downing Street at 8am, according to Sky. The stock market also opens at 8am, as usual, meaning that we will be able to see market reaction to what he says as he says it.
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Official referendum results announced in Manchester - video
All the referendum results are now in. Here are the key figures.All the referendum results are now in. Here are the key figures.
AreasAreas
Remain: 119Remain: 119
Leave: 263Leave: 263
VotesVotes
Remain: 16,141,241 (48.11%)Remain: 16,141,241 (48.11%)
Leave: 17,410,742 (51.89%)Leave: 17,410,742 (51.89%)
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Bank of England will take 'all necessary steps' to preserve monetary and financial stabilityBank of England will take 'all necessary steps' to preserve monetary and financial stability
The Bank of England has issued a statement this morning:The Bank of England has issued a statement this morning:
The Bank of England is monitoring developments closely. It has undertaken extensive contingency planning and is working closely with HM Treasury, other domestic authorities and overseas central banks.The Bank of England is monitoring developments closely. It has undertaken extensive contingency planning and is working closely with HM Treasury, other domestic authorities and overseas central banks.
The Bank of England will take all necessary steps to meet its responsibilities for monetary and financial stability.The Bank of England will take all necessary steps to meet its responsibilities for monetary and financial stability.
For full coverage of the business reaction to the referendum vote, do read our business live blog.For full coverage of the business reaction to the referendum vote, do read our business live blog.
Related: Global markets plunge after UK votes to leave EU – live updatesRelated: Global markets plunge after UK votes to leave EU – live updates
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Here is the scene in Downing Street, where David Cameron is due to make a statement.Here is the scene in Downing Street, where David Cameron is due to make a statement.
Waiting for the PM in Downing Street pic.twitter.com/Q35W8DrZuEWaiting for the PM in Downing Street pic.twitter.com/Q35W8DrZuE
And this is from the Daily Mail’s Quentin Letts.And this is from the Daily Mail’s Quentin Letts.
Atmosphere in Downing St like that before a funeral, media mourners arriving puffy-eyed, nodding to friends, steping with exaggerated care.Atmosphere in Downing St like that before a funeral, media mourners arriving puffy-eyed, nodding to friends, steping with exaggerated care.
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Matthew WeaverMatthew Weaver
The Labour leave campaigner Kate Hoey has urged the party’s leadership to address the “huge disconnect” it has with its supporters outside London, while insisting Jeremy Corbyn was not to blame the party’s problems.The Labour leave campaigner Kate Hoey has urged the party’s leadership to address the “huge disconnect” it has with its supporters outside London, while insisting Jeremy Corbyn was not to blame the party’s problems.
She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “There is this huge disconnect in Labour areas, the further out of London you get from the Labour leadership. A big discussion is going to have happen about what happens to our party if we are ever going to win these people back.She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “There is this huge disconnect in Labour areas, the further out of London you get from the Labour leadership. A big discussion is going to have happen about what happens to our party if we are ever going to win these people back.
“I actually don’t think Jeremy is responsible for this at all, for the last 27 years he has been voting in the same way as I did, very much against the EU. When he became leader of the party I think he felt he had to keep the party together, but it was very clear that he didn’t want to campaign on this issue.“I actually don’t think Jeremy is responsible for this at all, for the last 27 years he has been voting in the same way as I did, very much against the EU. When he became leader of the party I think he felt he had to keep the party together, but it was very clear that he didn’t want to campaign on this issue.
“There are people in my party who want to get rid of Jeremy whatever he had done. I don’t think this in itself will change the situation within the Labour party about our leader.”“There are people in my party who want to get rid of Jeremy whatever he had done. I don’t think this in itself will change the situation within the Labour party about our leader.”
But Hoey said Corbyn should have been more relaxed about Labour MPs campaigning for leave. “I think the Labour party should have had a clearer view that they were quite happy for people to be campaigning on both sides, and I’m disappointed that Jeremy didn’t take that view. Of course he was under huge pressure from the shadow cabinet who are on the whole 100% pro-EU, whereas outside London there is this huge difference which has not been reflected by our party and we are going to have to look at it.”But Hoey said Corbyn should have been more relaxed about Labour MPs campaigning for leave. “I think the Labour party should have had a clearer view that they were quite happy for people to be campaigning on both sides, and I’m disappointed that Jeremy didn’t take that view. Of course he was under huge pressure from the shadow cabinet who are on the whole 100% pro-EU, whereas outside London there is this huge difference which has not been reflected by our party and we are going to have to look at it.”
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The FT’s Jim Pickard has more from the script that Labour MPs are being told to use this morning. It says that Labour is “far closer to the centre of gravity of the British public than other other political parties”. It also says Jeremy Corbyn is “uniquely placed” to represent the nation’s views because he is a “critical remainer”.The FT’s Jim Pickard has more from the script that Labour MPs are being told to use this morning. It says that Labour is “far closer to the centre of gravity of the British public than other other political parties”. It also says Jeremy Corbyn is “uniquely placed” to represent the nation’s views because he is a “critical remainer”.
Here is some of the script that Labour MPs have been ordered to quote from on the airwaves today... pic.twitter.com/6gSjlMZgNCHere is some of the script that Labour MPs have been ordered to quote from on the airwaves today... pic.twitter.com/6gSjlMZgNC
In Labour circles this has attracted some criticism, according to Sky’s Tamara Cohen.In Labour circles this has attracted some criticism, according to Sky’s Tamara Cohen.
Labour source re Corbyn lines pic.twitter.com/m4J9EWkVp6Labour source re Corbyn lines pic.twitter.com/m4J9EWkVp6
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Severin Carrell
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, will now be gauging the strength of feeling among the Scottish National party’s most senior figures, particularly her predecessor Alex Salmond, on whether she should now call clearly for a second independence referendum or simply demand that this option is put on the table.
Salmond, by far the second-most influential SNP figure after Sturgeon, made clear a month ago he believes there is a powerful case for a quick second referendum within two years of an EU exit vote. He told the Victoria Derbyshire BBC referendum debate in late May a new referendum “would have to be [held] within the two-year period of the UK negotiating withdrawal; it would have to be.”
Many SNP activists will take heed of Salmond’s views. The question now is whether Salmond takes that position given the UK has voted to leave despite Scotland giving the largest pro-EU vote of any part of the UK.
The latest SNP manifesto on which it won a third successive Holyrood election said a Brexit vote would be the “material change” which could justify a second vote on Scotland’s constitutional future.
Sturgeon’s instinct will be to tread carefully since few recent Scottish opinion polls show a majority of voters want a second referendum even if there was a Brexit vote, and she also knows the Scottish economy is very fragile, making her government’s spending heavily reliant on UK support.
Some senior SNP figures believe they need polls showing consistent 60% support for independence before calling for one.
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Oliver Holmes in Bangkok has rounded up some perspective from east Asia on the UK’s referendum result:
There has been little reaction to the UK’s Brexit vote so far from east Asian leaders, but the widely anticipated tumbles in global stock markets have already begun to play out.
A senior Bank of Thailand official told the Bangkok Post that Brexit would have minimal domestic impact, but could pose a long-term threat.
In the Philippines, newspapers were warning of the potential financial repercussions of the referendum result. Annual remittances from overseas Filipinos in the UK amount to more than £1bn, nearly 6%, of all money wired home by south-east Asian expats.
Hong Kong’s chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, said earlier this week that the city – home to about 600 British companies should brace itself for a large fallout following Brexit. “As a highly open and internationalised small economy in a globalised market, the impact on Hong Kong will be relatively large,” he said.
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The FT’s Jim Pickard has a copy of the script that Labour MPs have been told to use when giving interviews overnight.
SCRIPT: Those poor Labour MPs...so many words to remember...so little time to mug up...this is one of many pages.... pic.twitter.com/rAQ1MEz94D
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John Redwood, the pro-Brexit Tory, told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “This has to be a Brexit government.” But he sidestepped questions about who he would like to see as prime minister.
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Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, has told ITV’s Good Morning Britain that he thought it was a mistake for the Vote Leave campaign to say that it could save £350m a week by leaving the EU and that the money could go to the NHS.
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German foreign minister, has said this is a sad day for Britain and for the EU.
FM #Steinmeier: The early morning news from #GreatBritain are truly sobering. It looks like a sad day for #Europe+the #UnitedKingdom. #UK 🇪🇺
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Reuters in Sydney has this reaction from Australia’s Malcolm Turnbull on Brexit.
Australia’s prime minister said on Friday he expects a period of uncertainty and some instability in global markets as Britain was on the verge of Brexit but the immediate impact on Australia will be limited.
‘The impact on Australia immediately, directly, from a legal point of view, will be very limited because it will take some years for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, to negotiate an exit,’ he told reporters.
‘However, we’ve seen already large falls on stock markets and there will be a degree of uncertainty for some time.’
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Matthew Weaver
Green MP Caroline Lucas described the referendum result as heartbreaking and called for voting reform to allow the public to better express their anger.
Speaking to BBC News she said:
I think this is an absolutely devastating result. Personally, I feel pretty heartbroken. It has revealed massive divisions within our country. There is such levels of alienation and anger and frustration which is real wake up call to Westminster. We have got here basically people rebelling against 98% of MPs.
The anger that we are hearing from around the country actually was less to do with EU per se and more to do with a sense of just having been un-heard, un-listened to for so many years.
In a statement, she added:
We’re calling on all sides to come together to fix our democracy here in Britain – starting with electoral reform for the House of Commons. The democratic deficit will not be fixed by leaving the EU – we need to look closer to home too.
The prospect of shutting down the right to free movement is frightening, as are the consequences of a campaign that has at times pitted neighbours against one another, whipped up fear and allowed lies and myths to take the place of truth. Britain deserves better and I am pledging anew to fight against division on behalf of my constituents.
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Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right Front National party, has welcomed the result of the referendum. She says she wants a similar 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