Let june 23rd go down in our history as our Independence Day he as a message for the future of the European Union. Im thrilled that weve done this. I believe the other big effect of this election is not what happened to britain but the rest of europe, the rest of the eu, other countries vefr talked about leaving the eu now they are. An opinion poll of the netherlands said they want to leave. We maybe close to nnexit and similarly in a majority of there, in favor of leaving. Im told the same may apply to swedingen, austria and italy too. The eu is failing. The eu is dying. I hope we knocked the first brick out of the wall. I hope this is the first step toward a euro of sovereign nation states, neighbors, friends but without flags, anthems or useless unelected president s. One of the other leaders of the leave movement called for calm during this news. I think it is incumbent on all of us to be very calm remember that our responsibilities to the future of the United Kingdom and Work Toge
Time for britain to cut itself from the eus complicated bureaucracy. Its independence day. The ordinary, decent people of this country have overturned the establishment, the big banks and big businesses. Reporter whats next . A long period of negotiations as the worlds fifth largest economy tries to disentangle itself from the European Union. The concern now is, will the contagion spread to other European Countries . Will we eother countries try to leave the eu . Weve already heard from right wing leaders in the netherlands and france demanding their other refer rend da. Incredible, the Ripple Effect this might have. Thank you for uall of that reporting. And sending the british pound into a tailspin. For the latest on global money reaction, alison kosik what are you seeing . Seeing the Global Financial markets in crisis mode. Going right to them, youre seeing worldwide just how the markets reacted. Asian markets are closed but fell deep into the red. In tokyo the nikkei falling almost
Down 500 points. And how about this . British Prime Minister David Cameron with blockbuster news of his own will sit down for a private meeting with Queen Elizabeth this morning. You can only wonder what the two of them will say to each other about the two of this. He has announced he will resign. 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 who tries to steer our country to its next destination. This is not a decision i have taken lightly. But its in the countrys interest to have a period of stability. Bill the stab lloyds say it all. We are out and well see eu later. They just ignored the will and wishes of for so long. This is the kick they deserved. We want england to come back as it was years ago. Martha sound familiar . The antiestablishment movement. The strong feeling on immigration. Many say there is a mirror of parallel with what we are seeing in this coun
The majesty of the process whether or not you like the result, the reality tonight, is that british people have voted. To leave the European Union. All the Major Networks called it. It will be the smallest of majorities. The ballot has spoken. It appears tonight, that brexit has won. The british exit from the European Union looks more likely than ever. The brexit camp will be victorious. This is what it came down to, performed better than expected across england and wales, and it has made the leader jubilant. Independence day is what he is calling it we dont have him. Earlier in the evening, it seemed more uncertain, later on it, sounded like a victory speech. Remember, this is not like a parliamentary election or u. S. President ial election. 51. 6 , remain at 48. 3, leave actually has a small, persistent gain at the moment. It is all you need. One person, one vote and a referendum. We have reporters in the two camps, max foster is at downing street, where the Prime Minister has been
Polls are wrong. The betting figures were wrong. That turned out to be completely wrong. The pollsters got it wrong. Every prediction has been wrong. They were wrong. They were wrong. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. And over and over and over and over and over again. In the words of britney spears, oops, we did it again. Brexit lesson number one, never trust your bookies. They all said it would never happen. The word was shocked this morning by the news the brits voted to depart from the European Union. Were going to cover the story from all angles from the eu to what it might foreshadow at the president ial race. John, yougov had remain up. You, yourself, earlier this week thought in all likelihood, you will remain. What did we miss . The answer is we missed a lot. Its interesting, i was able to give you credit. Yesterday i came on the program. You kept on pushing what happens if we leave. We wanted that side. We said its probably not goin