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Vote Leave campaign leader, Boris Johnson, waves as he finishes delivering his speech in London, Britain June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives to address a joint news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (unseen) after their meeting the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 27, 2016.
U.S. Secretary of State: Britain’s Exit May Never Happen
London – Britain exiting the EU may be delayed for several reasons: Europeans want to take it slow and Britons are in no hurry given that they don’t want to activate Article 50 of Lisbon Treaty yet, or even have another referendum; Not to mention, early elections,...Caption:
A poster featuring a Brexit vote ballot with “out” tagged is on display at a bookshop window in Berlin on Friday. (John MacDougall/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)
Opinion: Britain’s Awful Vote May Be a Tipping Point
The British vote to leave the European Union may come to be seen as a tipping point in global politics, perhaps more consequential than anything since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It may mark the moment when Europe comes face to face with its own constitutional...Caption:
A man takes a copy of the London Evening Standard with the front page reporting the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron and the vote to leave the E.U. Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
Brexit Vote Sends a Message to Politicians Everywhere: It Can Happen Here
LONDON — If anyone still needed a reminder that the phrase “it can’t happen here” should be struck from the lexicon of 2016, Britain’s historic Brexit referendum provided one more dramatic piece of evidence. The question is how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and...Caption:
In this posed picture taken in London on June 25, 2016, a laptop screen displays a parliamentary petition on the website of the British government, calling for a 2nd UK referendum on the UK’s inclusion within the EU, following the pro-Brexit result of the June 23 vote to leave. More than a million people have signed a petition calling for a second referendum, after “Leave” voters won a shock victory to pull Britain out of the European Union, an official website showed Saturday. The result of Britain’s June 23 referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU) has pitted parents against children, cities against rural areas, north against south and university graduates against those with fewer qualifications, AFP