Britain voted on a referendum to either leave the European Union of nations or remain part of the network. The conventional wisdom was that England would never vote to leave, yet that's exactly what happened yesterday, sending shockwaves around the world as the pound sterling decreased in value overnight, and markets responded to the new uncertainty by falling around the globe.
Perhaps the most disturbing part of the Brexit were those who admitted on the news that they though their "protest votes" to leave wouldn't matter, that London would vote to remain and that would save the empire - or something like that. In effect, the voters sounded ignorant and regretful that their votes mattered.
Brexit is a cautionary tale for the world - elections have consequences.
Final results from #Brexit referendum are in: https://t.co/7iDIn2Y3wJ pic.twitter.com/UO2VeLbT1l
— CNN (@CNN) June 24, 2016
British Prime Minister David Cameron announces his resignation following Brexit vote: https://t.co/kVpb3cBTLy pic.twitter.com/PrXgByKcKW
— ABC News (@ABC) June 24, 2016
Here's a look back at @David_Cameron's career, who resigned as Prime Minister yesterday following the #Brexit vote https://t.co/JNfjwSWvZp
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 25, 2016
I knew I could count on the Huffington Post for a good #Brexit headline. pic.twitter.com/deRKvVU4FR
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 24, 2016
Boris Johnson, Brexit figurehead, booed as he leaves house https://t.co/bpqSckCm9q pic.twitter.com/UKYN7P5FBc
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 24, 2016
Boris Johnson is getting to work at the Channel Tunnel already. pic.twitter.com/GHAetsqhSs
— Elizabeth Windsor (@Queen_UK) June 25, 2016
Saturday's Independent Digital: "Welcome to Boris Island" #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/u7E4IL7luZ (via @hendopolis)
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 24, 2016
"See EU Later!" The #BrexitVote was a big win for British tabloids https://t.co/PpbyJPTL4H pic.twitter.com/L7MP7q1HEL
— CNN International (@cnni) June 24, 2016
Quite a lineup of British press. pic.twitter.com/O8CHfIm3FC
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 24, 2016
When I saw the news this morning. #eureferendum https://t.co/KuwcZpmN3Y
— Hollipoop~ღゝ◡╹)ノ♡ (@Hollipoop) June 24, 2016
Sarah Stewart says people are "glued to the screens at Heathrow in shock". What's it like where you are? #Brexit pic.twitter.com/FFM0fWR50x
— BBC Business (@BBCBusiness) June 24, 2016
An early look at next week's cover, “Silly Walk Off a Cliff,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/brZjcbpbbZ pic.twitter.com/LJ1kZjABpg
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 24, 2016
The Disunited Kingdom (ht @KarlreMarks) pic.twitter.com/qljQBGnZOu
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 24, 2016
.@lamonicabuzz discusses the effect of #Brexit in the U.S. as Dow plunges 500 points https://t.co/U6aNFfOiAF https://t.co/FsH01dLFmy
— CNNMoney (@CNNMoney) June 24, 2016
£120bn wiped off UK shares in 10 minutes #Brexithttps://t.co/wOfiaYpulT pic.twitter.com/YVPemxwImw
— TheBusinessDesk YK (@BusinessDesk_YK) June 24, 2016
That ladies and gentleman ... is the Great British Pound falling off a cliff #EURefResults #EUref pic.twitter.com/lKFtXBfTHi
— Mikey Kay (@MikeyKayNYC) June 24, 2016
Tomorrow’s front page
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 25, 2016
PENNY WISE, POUND FOOLISH: Markets rocked by Brexit, Cameron resigns https://t.co/06tB6uXIzZ pic.twitter.com/rvBlQw0Flg
Closing summary: Dow ends down 611.21 points on the highest volume day of 2016 » https://t.co/9d3pppCYTF pic.twitter.com/bZH01cW61K
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) June 24, 2016
"It is a madhouse in here. It has been a bloodbath. Carnage." https://t.co/JQF45aC8m9 #Brexit
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 24, 2016
Currency traders worldwide right now. pic.twitter.com/otpOPZf9X7
— David Feith (@DavidFeith) June 24, 2016
BREAKING: Moody's changes outlook on UK sovereign rating to negative from stable, affirms AA1 rating
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) June 24, 2016
Fed statement on Brexit. https://t.co/IGpUmsc5rP pic.twitter.com/ebwi3PpaDt
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) June 24, 2016
Britain votes to leave EU in historic "Brexit' vote https://t.co/bikXulnaE0 pic.twitter.com/ZDvn6nqWAQ
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 24, 2016
Hours after the #BrexitVote, Donald Trump was in the U.K.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 24, 2016
Talking about how he, personally, would benefit.https://t.co/YEt5LozDpt
Christiane Amanpour highlights how Trump-like demagoguery and xenophobia fueled Brexit: https://t.co/dSuqoyKW3M pic.twitter.com/YzUYGBWhKd
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 24, 2016
In Dublin speech, @VP Biden responds to #BrexitVote & rise of Trump w/ words of caution on "reactionary politicians"https://t.co/07pTG2Ey23
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 24, 2016
#BrexitVote Shorter --> pic.twitter.com/M8caTB1bCJ
— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) June 24, 2016
Brexiters still telling everyone to stop 'scaremongering' about economic shock; once it's actually underway, it's called 'reporting'
— Gaby Hinsliff (@gabyhinsliff) June 24, 2016
BREAKING: Pres. Obama says US respects UK referendum result pic.twitter.com/XnPH67qQ8v
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) June 24, 2016
VOTERS: we want to give a boat a ridiculous name
— Boze Herrington (@SketchesbyBoze) June 24, 2016
UK: no
VOTERS: we want to break up the EU and trash the world economy
UK: fine
Scotland will seek independence now. Cameron's legacy will be breaking up two unions. Neither needed to happen. https://t.co/4MDj7pndcq
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 24, 2016
We had a headache, so we shot our foot off. Now we can't walk, and we still have the headache.
— Philip Pullman (@PhilipPullman) June 24, 2016
@PhilipPullman pic.twitter.com/wMVzqRxsKl
— Anne Petrie (@Anne296Anne) June 25, 2016
Spoke to 'Leave' voters who say result wasn't meant to happen. They hoped to make a point, show frustration with EU, not cause Brexit #EURef
— Edward Hardy (@EdwardTHardy) June 24, 2016
This made my day. Nicely done Spain. :)))#BrexitVote pic.twitter.com/Oh7BQ57UfK
— Labhair Gaeilge liom (@biancatesfaye1) June 24, 2016
#Brexit #BrexitVote pic.twitter.com/bnWX19aPGg
— Don Mathews (@MathewsDomingo) June 24, 2016
It's beginning already! We're in Greece, no cash exchange & no cash machine withdrawals for Brits. Great #brexitfail pic.twitter.com/9dG0LnhSCB
— Matt Rooney (@mattrooney) June 24, 2016
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