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The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union after 43 years in a historic referendum. The referendum turnout was 71.8% – with more than 30 million people voting. Wales and the majority of England outside of London voted in large numbers for Brexit.
In the next step the prime minister will have to decide when to initiate Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which gives the UK two years to negotiate its withdrawal.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage – who has campaigned for the past 20 years for Britain to leave the EU – told cheering supporters “this will be a victory for ordinary people, for decent people”. The UK Independence Party, founded in 1991, is a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. In 1975 a referendum was held on the country’s membership of the European Economic Community (EEC) was in favor of the UK continuing to be a member of the EEC, which was later named the EU.
Britain’s exit will affect the British economy, immigration policy, and global markets.
United Kingdom Independence Party Leader, Nigel Farage, reacts to results of the historic referendum which will decide if the UK leaves the European Union.
The referendum casts a spotlight on the social and cultural gap between London and provincial England. The referendum is the highest turnout at a UK-wide vote since 1992.
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