At a glance, here are several insights and effects from the UK's vote to leave the European Union.
If the vote had been only among those under 50, the United Kingdom would have chosen, by a comfortable margin, to remain in the EU. If it had been among voters 18-24, that would have been a landslide, according to a YouGov poll. As the polling group concluded: "Those who must live with result of the EU Referendum the longest want to remain." Others noted that those with a longer exposure to the EU wanted to leave.
"Those who must live with result of the EU Referendum the longest want to remain" #EUref pic.twitter.com/xR02Z711jS
— David Beard (@dabeard) June 24, 2016
Their regions are among the most economically dependent on Europe in the UK. Why did they vote with such margins to leave the EU?
Regions with the biggest votes for Leave are also the most economically dependent on the EU https://t.co/vL2D3SkEIP pic.twitter.com/gUjDX64OY3
— Financial Times (@FT) June 24, 2016
Top Google searches after the vote in the UK found people with an astonishing lack of understanding about the European Union and how it is interconnected with the UK. Also trending: Searches on moving to Gibraltar and Canada, and the highest-ever search interest in the British pound (more on that later).
"What is the EU?" is the second top UK question on the EU since the #EURefResults were officially announced pic.twitter.com/1q4VAX3qcm
— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) June 24, 2016
+680% spike in searches for "Move to Gibraltar" in London since polls closed #EUref https://t.co/aMkqjxXH2i pic.twitter.com/wXa1Rk7zjE
— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) June 24, 2016
Markets immediately tanked. By midday, the pound was at its lowest against the dollar since 1985, and the one day fall is the worst since 1971. Even the pathetic Zimbabwe dollar spiked against the pound. Poland's currency did even worse. Japan suspended trading for a while and the Dow was down about 500 points at noon.
Sterling falls by most on record vs dollar to $1.33 lowest in 30 years: down more than 10% vs 4.1% on 1992 Black Wed pic.twitter.com/ujp3KSxzJV
— Linda Yueh (@lindayueh) June 24, 2016
@umairh even the Zimbabwe $ is gaining ground on Sterling pic.twitter.com/RCPZHLLQkg
— Mark O'Shea (@markoshea75) June 24, 2016
Nearly all markets felt the impact.
Damage done by #Brexit to stock markets worldwide pic.twitter.com/VLkrl4hOOK
— Kuang Keng Kuek Ser (@kuangkeng) June 24, 2016
Scotland's leader announced that she wanted to have another independence referendum. Also the deputy prime minister of Northern Ireland and the head of Ireland's Sinn Fein party both expressed hope for Irish reunification talks.
Here we go: Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon says new independence referendum is "highly likely" #indyref2 #EUref pic.twitter.com/NEJ6BD8U7j
— Ivana Kottasová (@IvanaKottasova) June 24, 2016
Here's a nation-by-nation look at all the Brexit wannabes. European Council President Donald Tusk has said Britain's exit could seriously threaten "Western political civilization."
These countries could be next now that Britain has left the E.U. https://t.co/jzvpQXXr5U
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 24, 2016
Is France next? #brexit https://t.co/y8Tr0jVRBz pic.twitter.com/4VOOUpXAPz
— Steven Davy (@sdavy) June 24, 2016
Just because.
See how the UK's vote to leave the EU unfolded overnight with @MashableUK's Lego Brexit map. pic.twitter.com/Q4LABg8ALA
— Mashable UK (@MashableUK) June 24, 2016
From PRI's The World ©2016 PRI
