:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Ten - the voters decide that, after four decades,
:00:08. > :00:11.it's time for Britain to leave the European Union.
:00:12. > :00:17.As the results were declared, there was jubilation among those
:00:18. > :00:21.who'd campaigned for years to leave the EU.
:00:22. > :00:29.For Nigel Farage, it's the realisation of a lifelong dream.
:00:30. > :00:32.More recent converts struck a slightly different note.
:00:33. > :00:35.I believe we now have a glorious opportunity.
:00:36. > :00:39.We can pass our laws and set our taxes entirely according
:00:40. > :00:49.We can control our own borders in a way that is not discriminatory.
:00:50. > :00:52.For those who'd fought for the UK to remain in the EU,
:00:53. > :00:56.there was utter dejection and a sense of disbelief.
:00:57. > :00:58.Within hours of the result, an emotional David Cameron
:00:59. > :01:04.emerged from Number Ten to announce his resignation.
:01:05. > :01:07.I will do everything I can as Prime Minister to steady the ship
:01:08. > :01:11.over the coming weeks and months, but I do not think it would be right
:01:12. > :01:14.for me to try to be the captain that steers our country
:01:15. > :01:21.There was turmoil on the financial markets, as sterling plunged
:01:22. > :01:26.and some company shares fell by almost a third.
:01:27. > :01:29.In Scotland, where a clear majority voted to remain,
:01:30. > :01:34.the First Minister declared that independence was back on the cards.
:01:35. > :01:36.It is therefore a statement of the obvious that the option
:01:37. > :01:39.of a second referendum must be on the table -
:01:40. > :01:46.And we'll be looking at how 17 million people took the biggest
:01:47. > :01:55.political decision in the UK in half a century.
:01:56. > :02:01.We'll be analysing the results in detail, after this historic vote.
:02:02. > :02:04.We'll show you the final numbers across the four nations of the
:02:05. > :02:25.United Kingdom. Stay with us on BBC News.
:02:26. > :02:27.Good evening from Downing Street, after a tumultuous day in
:02:28. > :02:33.Early this morning came confirmation that voters had decided that Britain
:02:34. > :02:36.should leave the European Union, ending a relationship
:02:37. > :02:43.A few hours later David Cameron appeared outside Number Ten
:02:44. > :02:47.to announce his resignation, which will take effect in October.
:02:48. > :02:54.52% voting to leave, 48% voting to remain.
:02:55. > :03:01.The vote now sets the UK on a very different path,
:03:02. > :03:05.raising many fundamental questions about the way ahead.
:03:06. > :03:06.Our first report tonight is from our political
:03:07. > :03:20.David Cameron, a lucky politician whose luck just run out.
:03:21. > :03:24.A vote he offered on our place in the world - a vote he lost.
:03:25. > :03:27.I was absolutely clear about my belief that Britain
:03:28. > :03:32.is stronger, safer and better off inside the European Union,
:03:33. > :03:36.but the British people have made a very clear decision to take
:03:37. > :03:40.a different path and, as such, I think the country requires fresh
:03:41. > :03:45.leadership to take it in this direction.
:03:46. > :03:48.I will do everything I can as Prime Minister to steady the ship
:03:49. > :03:52.over the coming weeks and months, but I do not think it would be right
:03:53. > :03:56.for me to try to be the captain that steers our country
:03:57. > :04:03.A defeat so big, the consequences so complex, the Prime Minister
:04:04. > :04:07.and maybe his family, too, have had enough.
:04:08. > :04:11.I've said before that Britain can survive outside the European Union
:04:12. > :04:17.Now the decision has been made to leave, we need
:04:18. > :04:20.to find the best way, and I will do everything
:04:21. > :04:27.I love this country and I feel honoured to have served it,
:04:28. > :04:30.and I will do everything I can in future to help this
:04:31. > :04:41.But, as that door closes, what lies next?
:04:42. > :04:49.Boris Johnson, whose decision to push the Out campaign gave it
:04:50. > :04:51.pulling power that might have made the difference...
:04:52. > :04:58...walked into hostility, not a victory parade,
:04:59. > :05:06.The winning side, a campaign office, not a Whitehall address, but maybe
:05:07. > :05:13.Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, eager to praise their friend
:05:14. > :05:17.and rival, David Cameron, and soberly mark the scale
:05:18. > :05:23.To those who may be anxious, whether at home or abroad, this does
:05:24. > :05:29.not mean that the United Kingdom will be in any way less united.
:05:30. > :05:35.Nor, indeed, does it mean that it will be any less European.
:05:36. > :05:39.And I want to speak to the millions of people, directly to the millions
:05:40. > :05:42.of people who did not vote for this outcome,
:05:43. > :05:46.especially young people, who may feel that this decision
:05:47. > :05:51.in some way involves pulling up a drawbridge or any kind
:05:52. > :05:58.of isolationism, because I think the very opposite is true.
:05:59. > :06:01.As we move forward, we should be in no doubt that Britain
:06:02. > :06:05.is embarking on a new chapter, but one that is in line
:06:06. > :06:13.Now, we have a new chance to extend that openness even further.
:06:14. > :06:16.We can build a new, stronger and more positive relation
:06:17. > :06:20.with our European neighbours based on free trade
:06:21. > :06:26.It was nearly 5am before the result was final.
:06:27. > :06:31.The British people have spoken and the answer is, we are out.
:06:32. > :06:35.But an early push for Out in Sunderland had given a taste
:06:36. > :06:43.Across the north of England, in markets and coastal towns,
:06:44. > :06:50.Only sad faces for Remain-held London, Scotland
:06:51. > :06:59.From tears to cheers they'd been waiting so long to raise.
:07:00. > :07:03.Nigel Farage, the first party leader to emerge, up and early.
:07:04. > :07:06.It's a victory for ordinary people, decent people.
:07:07. > :07:10.It's a victory against the big merchant banks, against the big
:07:11. > :07:12.businesses and against big politics, and I'm proud of everybody
:07:13. > :07:17.that had the courage, in the face of all the threats,
:07:18. > :07:20.everything they were told, they had the guts to stand up
:07:21. > :07:26.But, as the Prime Minister said he was off, doubts spread
:07:27. > :07:32.What is your reaction to the Prime Minister resigning?
:07:33. > :07:35.Awkward - he now faces a vote of confidence.
:07:36. > :07:39.The unions back him but many MPs believe he hung back rather
:07:40. > :07:45.I campaigned the length and breadth of this country on a party position,
:07:46. > :07:48.which was that we should support remaining in Europe,
:07:49. > :07:51.recognising the many deficiencies of the European Union in order
:07:52. > :07:56.I made the points about working conditions, the points
:07:57. > :08:01.about jobs, the points about environmental protection.
:08:02. > :08:05.But Remain smiles in Scotland could lead to another split.
:08:06. > :08:09.As they warned, with England choosing Out and Scotland voting In,
:08:10. > :08:14.the SNP is calling for another vote on Scottish independence.
:08:15. > :08:17.It's a statement of the obvious that the option of a second
:08:18. > :08:23.referendum must be on the table, and it is on the table.
:08:24. > :08:26.People are coming to Westminster to witness this day,
:08:27. > :08:30.perhaps to make sense of what's really going on.
:08:31. > :08:32.In the last 24 hours, we've decided to leave
:08:33. > :08:36.the European Union, an institution that's been part of the fabric
:08:37. > :08:42.As a result, the Prime Minister has resigned.
:08:43. > :08:45.There will be someone else in charge in Number Ten from the autumn.
:08:46. > :08:48.In some of Labour's MPs are trying to force their leader,
:08:49. > :08:54.The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has said
:08:55. > :08:59.there must be a second referendum on the other union,
:09:00. > :09:02.the one between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
:09:03. > :09:05.It's not so much that this result has turned politics upside
:09:06. > :09:12.down as it's shattered its established conventions.
:09:13. > :09:14.This flag will become a British souvenir -
:09:15. > :09:21.But our decision might trigger so much change.
:09:22. > :09:30.We may watch for years before the banner is final.
:09:31. > :09:33.Some of the areas which recorded the biggest votes for Leave
:09:34. > :09:36.were traditional Labour heartlands in Wales, the Midlands
:09:37. > :09:40.And while some sharply criticised David Cameron for calling
:09:41. > :09:44.the referendum in the first place, there's also been criticism
:09:45. > :09:48.of Labour from some Remain campaigners for failing to generate
:09:49. > :09:52.more support for the EU in traditional Labour areas.
:09:53. > :09:54.Our correspondent Jeremy Cooke has been speaking to voters in County
:09:55. > :10:10.Do you mind me asking how you voted?
:10:11. > :10:16.Around here disillusionment with politics is palpable.
:10:17. > :10:20.Down the chippy, it's hard to find anyone who voted to remain.
:10:21. > :10:23.I think it's a class divide, to be honest.
:10:24. > :10:34.I think they should really bring the government up
:10:35. > :10:37.to the middle of the country, let us all have a say,
:10:38. > :10:40.because we get sick of the way things are.
:10:41. > :10:45.I could have been persuaded both ways, with possibly
:10:46. > :10:49.leaving if we leave, but to me I think the best
:10:50. > :10:50.option was obviously just to leave and look
:10:51. > :10:58.This is a rejection of mainstream politics,
:10:59. > :11:05.I've never seen any Labour people in here.
:11:06. > :11:11.A momentous day but, on the factory floor,
:11:12. > :11:20.They are making water coolers and export to the EU but, again,
:11:21. > :11:24.most here backed Leave, from the workers to the boss.
:11:25. > :11:27.History will prove we made the right decision.
:11:28. > :11:30.I think that in two years' time we'll say, thank God we got out.
:11:31. > :11:33.I think people have become disillusioned.
:11:34. > :11:36.All the money is piled in down south, any businesses,
:11:37. > :11:39.anything like that, it just seems to be in the south of England.
:11:40. > :11:43.They take care of themselves and leave us in the wilderness.
:11:44. > :11:46.I used to always vote Labour but I haven't been recently
:11:47. > :11:51.This country's sinking because there's too
:11:52. > :11:55.We need these workers to make our factories functional.
:11:56. > :11:58.We'll always keep a lot of the foreign workers but it's
:11:59. > :12:07.In the City, it's easier to catch up with some of the 42.5%
:12:08. > :12:15.It kind of shows that the older generation who mainly voted
:12:16. > :12:20.voted Leave but most of the younger generation who voted voted to stay.
:12:21. > :12:24.I think it kind of shows there's a real difference in our future has
:12:25. > :12:28.I think the north of England generally has taken the opportunity
:12:29. > :12:35.to get back politically at Cameron, because of all the austerity.
:12:36. > :12:37.But the Labour strongholds here were not taking much notice
:12:38. > :12:43.You are better off asking Jeremy Corbyn.
:12:44. > :12:50.The message flowing from here is the same across the heartlands
:12:51. > :12:55.They voted above all for change, and change will come and shape
:12:56. > :13:08.So Mr Cameron emerged from Number Ten at just after eight
:13:09. > :13:10.this morning to announce that he was stepping
:13:11. > :13:15.It's just 13 months since he was re-elected, securing
:13:16. > :13:18.the first Conservative majority in two decades.
:13:19. > :13:21.Whoever replaces him faces the challenge of trying to unite
:13:22. > :13:25.the Conservative Party - still sharply divided over Europe.
:13:26. > :13:27.Our deputy political editor John Pienaar has this report
:13:28. > :13:30.on Mr Cameron's resignation, and considers his legacy
:13:31. > :13:42.Well, the crowd, or at least those who wanted out
:13:43. > :13:49.There's a removal van waiting at the back of there actually,
:13:50. > :13:54.Get all this cleared away so he can get straight in, the big man in,
:13:55. > :13:57.For the Camerons, it had ended in tears.
:13:58. > :14:01.He had taken his last and greatest gamble and lost and his obvious pain
:14:02. > :14:05.was shared by colleagues who had been by his side in his last battle.
:14:06. > :14:09.This is a true body blow because he led from the front
:14:10. > :14:15.and he comes out and he's shown as ever this beautiful composure.
:14:16. > :14:18.This remarkable leadership, this great courage, to admit look,
:14:19. > :14:21.I put my neck on the line and here we are.
:14:22. > :14:23.David Cameron also fought alongside his predecessor,
:14:24. > :14:25.who felt he was made of the right stuff.
:14:26. > :14:28.Sir John, first of all briefly your reflection
:14:29. > :14:38.He looked for a tolerant, inclusive, undivided nation,
:14:39. > :14:42.and I don't think the fault is at his door that our nation
:14:43. > :14:46.at this moment upon this issue more fractured than we have seen it
:14:47. > :14:49.David Cameron didn't have the hardest upbringing.
:14:50. > :14:53.At Oxford he mixed with fellow old Etonians and others equally
:14:54. > :14:57.privileged in the famously high-living Bullingdon Club.
:14:58. > :14:59.As Tory leader, he promised something new and fresh,
:15:00. > :15:07.He detoxified the Tory brand, greener, driven by compassion,
:15:08. > :15:12.In office, along with the Liberal Democrats,
:15:13. > :15:14.he led the first coalition since the war.
:15:15. > :15:18.He won a referendum in Scotland and with the promise of a new deal
:15:19. > :15:22.We will give the British people a referendum with a very
:15:23. > :15:31.He took gamble after gamble because he felt he had to,
:15:32. > :15:33.to hold power or under enormous pressure in Scotland
:15:34. > :15:37.In the end he lost everything and Scottish independence
:15:38. > :15:42.His dream of leading a socially liberal one-nation
:15:43. > :15:46.His place in history is spoiled, his crown passed on
:15:47. > :15:54.Boris Johnson is early favourite, popular, though
:15:55. > :15:57.Theresa May's hopes are no secret and Michael Gove
:15:58. > :15:59.denies any ambition, others fancy the job
:16:00. > :16:04.I hope very much we do have a woman in the final two.
:16:05. > :16:06.I think that's important in 21st century Britain.
:16:07. > :16:08.Whether it's me, whether it's from other brilliant female
:16:09. > :16:10.colleagues, that's going to be for the party to decide.
:16:11. > :16:13.Well, I'm not going to make any decision about that until we've had
:16:14. > :16:17.a bit of a rest over the weekend and had a chance to talk
:16:18. > :16:20.Obviously I wouldn't rule anything out.
:16:21. > :16:22.Off to the Palace today, part of a PM's routine -
:16:23. > :16:27.And though David Cameron always said he could see a life
:16:28. > :16:28.after the premiership, he's lost something he loved
:16:29. > :16:36.John Pienaar, BBC News, Westminster.
:16:37. > :16:42.Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg is with me.
:16:43. > :16:47.Despite all of the appeals from Downing Street, the starkest
:16:48. > :16:52.warnings throughout this campaign, the voters were not having it. They
:16:53. > :16:56.weren't. As one Cabinet minister said in the early hours of this
:16:57. > :17:00.morning, they don't believe us, despite all of the clamour of the
:17:01. > :17:06.campaign, all of those very doom laden warnings to the public, in the
:17:07. > :17:10.end, not by a huge surge but a decisive margin and in error
:17:11. > :17:15.results, voters rejected that. I think that, in 24 hours, the Prime
:17:16. > :17:19.Minister gone, the Labour leader under pressure, the consequences of
:17:20. > :17:25.this decision that's been made in one day are only just beginning to
:17:26. > :17:30.really unfold. This is one of those moments we will look back on as
:17:31. > :17:34.being so significant, because a referendum, that biting black and
:17:35. > :17:38.white vote, a very clear-cut decision, that is something that can
:17:39. > :17:41.have the kind of consequences we are only just beginning to understand.
:17:42. > :17:47.The numbers in the results were not surprising. The polls seemed tight
:17:48. > :17:50.and we knew it would be close. But the consequences are unknown, and
:17:51. > :17:53.it's almost as if voters were willing in the end to take the
:17:54. > :17:57.gamble they were warned about again and again because they thought, you
:17:58. > :18:01.know what, it might be worth it and we are not really up for listening
:18:02. > :18:05.to those warnings. The Prime Minister, who began promising this
:18:06. > :18:10.referendum to try to settle a row inside the Tory party family, he has
:18:11. > :18:12.ended up paying for that not just with his job but also probably with
:18:13. > :18:14.the legacy he cared so much about. The referendum result caused serious
:18:15. > :18:17.turbulence in the financial markets. The pound saw its biggest-ever
:18:18. > :18:19.one-day fall before rallying. The FTSE 100 shares index plummeted
:18:20. > :18:24.at one point by 8% before the Bank of England said it was ready
:18:25. > :18:29.with ?250 billion of extra funding. And US stocks saw their biggest
:18:30. > :18:32.single day loss Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed
:18:33. > :18:36.tracked the markets' His report contains
:18:37. > :18:43.some flash photography. After a quiet start,
:18:44. > :18:49.red ink covered the screens. The markets reacted with one quick
:18:50. > :18:52.word when Britain voted to leave the EU - sell,
:18:53. > :18:57.anything that is risky. The pound fell, bank stocks
:18:58. > :19:03.fell, only tension rose. The Governor of the Bank of England
:19:04. > :19:06.went public, trying to bring some Her Majesty's Treasury and the Bank
:19:07. > :19:13.of England have engaged in extensive contingency planning
:19:14. > :19:17.and the Chancellor and I have remained in close contact,
:19:18. > :19:20.including through the night Today has been an extremely
:19:21. > :19:27.difficult and turbulent day... It was a day reminiscent
:19:28. > :19:30.of financial crises of old, Black Wednesday of 1992,
:19:31. > :19:33.when Britain crashed out of the forerunner of
:19:34. > :19:36.the single currency. This time, the pound fell further,
:19:37. > :19:39.with one investor predicting There has been huge volatility
:19:40. > :19:44.in the foreign exchange markets, with sterling down over 10% at one
:19:45. > :19:48.stage, and stock prices have fallen pretty much everywhere,
:19:49. > :19:52.particularly in the banks, where we've seen stock prices
:19:53. > :19:55.fall over 20%. There were plenty of predictions
:19:56. > :20:01.of economic chaos if Britain voted Some of those predictions
:20:02. > :20:06.will now be tested. Today has seen falling stock
:20:07. > :20:10.markets, a falling pound. Sometimes it can seem a bit distant
:20:11. > :20:12.from everyday life, Take holidays - they could be more
:20:13. > :20:22.expensive as the pound weakens - but a weaker sterling
:20:23. > :20:25.may boost exports. House prices could fall -
:20:26. > :20:28.good news for first-time buyers - and there was no move
:20:29. > :20:31.an historically low interest rates and there probably
:20:32. > :20:35.won't be for a while. Ryanair, a prominent supporter
:20:36. > :20:38.of staying in the EU but, with Brexit ahead, the tune
:20:39. > :20:43.has now changed. We won't be able to make
:20:44. > :20:45.new investments in the UK. We are now going to have maybe
:20:46. > :20:48.a two-year period of great uncertainty and what businesses
:20:49. > :20:51.want is certainty. We will look at making our
:20:52. > :20:54.investments and we will have a greater deal of certainty
:20:55. > :20:57.in economies like Germany, For some business leaders, it was
:20:58. > :21:05.time to focus on the positive. Do we want to have a positive vision
:21:06. > :21:10.for the future or does it If we go down the negative route,
:21:11. > :21:14.we'll have failure. If we go down the positive route
:21:15. > :21:18.we have a great opportunity. Can it flourish in a new world
:21:19. > :21:26.outside the European union? Let's talk to our business
:21:27. > :21:42.editor, Simon Jack. Lots of viewers will be wondering, I
:21:43. > :21:47.am sure, when are they going to start experiencing some of the
:21:48. > :21:51.effects and consequences of this decision? It was politically
:21:52. > :21:54.dramatic and financially traumatic this morning. People will be
:21:55. > :21:58.wondering how it is going to affect them. We will see some differences
:21:59. > :22:03.almost immediately. The count in your pocket might not go as far.
:22:04. > :22:07.Petrol might go up a couple of pence. Holidays might get more
:22:08. > :22:10.expensive. On Monday morning, life will go on, but big changes are on
:22:11. > :22:17.their way. Companies might begin to start thinking, are we going to
:22:18. > :22:21.invest as much? Air bus, which employs 15,000 people, they have
:22:22. > :22:24.said they are going to review their investment strategy. Some investment
:22:25. > :22:29.banks from America are saying, they are saying, will we have the same
:22:30. > :22:32.number of people? These things will take potentially years to pick so,
:22:33. > :22:37.on Monday morning, do nothing. It doesn't mean that nothing is
:22:38. > :22:39.happening. It is a very significant moment in the economic life of this
:22:40. > :22:41.country. In Scotland, where a big majority
:22:42. > :22:43.voted to stay in the EU, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said
:22:44. > :22:46.that she intended to take "all possible steps" to keep
:22:47. > :22:49.Scotland in the European Union. She said a second Scottish
:22:50. > :22:52.independence referendum was now "highly likely" and that it
:22:53. > :22:56.could take place within two years. Our Scotland editor Sarah Smith
:22:57. > :22:59.reports on the reaction in Scotland and its implications
:23:00. > :23:05.for the future of the UK. CROWD CHANT: Migrants
:23:06. > :23:07.are welcome here. Migrants welcome, maybe,
:23:08. > :23:10.but the referendum result is roundly rejected by protesters angry
:23:11. > :23:14.about being dragged out of the EU They believe if Scotland
:23:15. > :23:20.was independent they wouldn't have to leave, and Nicola Sturgeon says
:23:21. > :23:25.another referendum is on the table. Scotland faces the prospect
:23:26. > :23:28.of being taken out of I regard that as democratically
:23:29. > :23:36.unacceptable. We said clearly that we do not
:23:37. > :23:40.want to leave the European Union. I am determined that we will do
:23:41. > :23:45.what it takes to make sure Are you confident that
:23:46. > :23:52.in the potential turmoil that could follow a Brexit,
:23:53. > :23:54.that those are circumstances in which Scotland will want
:23:55. > :23:58.to vote for independence? It is exactly because of
:23:59. > :24:00.the uncertainty and the potential turmoil that we face that I think
:24:01. > :24:04.it is my responsibility to seek the stability and certainty
:24:05. > :24:07.that membership of the So Nicola Sturgeon did not say
:24:08. > :24:11.that she will definitely hold another referendum on Scottish
:24:12. > :24:14.independence, but she did say She believes this Brexit will make
:24:15. > :24:21.Scots more likely to support independence, but she's not
:24:22. > :24:23.going to set the date She knows she can't afford
:24:24. > :24:28.to lose another referendum. Don't assume independence is now
:24:29. > :24:31.inevitable, says the The 1.6 million votes cast in this
:24:32. > :24:38.referendum in favour of Remain do not wipe away the 2 million votes
:24:39. > :24:42.that we cast less than two years ago, and we do not address
:24:43. > :24:45.the challenges of leaving the European Union by leaving our
:24:46. > :24:49.own union of nation's our biggest Voters remember being told less
:24:50. > :24:55.than two years ago that to stay in the EU, they had
:24:56. > :24:59.to vote to stay in the UK, so many are now starting
:25:00. > :25:02.to think again. I voted to stay the last time,
:25:03. > :25:05.because I do believe in the United Kingdom,
:25:06. > :25:08.but I suspect this time I personally wouldn't but I know
:25:09. > :25:14.a lot of people that have already And minds may change yet again
:25:15. > :25:34.if Scots are asked to go If there is another referendum, the
:25:35. > :25:38.SNP have not decided yet, they will wait and see if voter frustration at
:25:39. > :25:43.the EU result doesn't translate into increased support for independence
:25:44. > :25:46.but, if they do choose to hold another vote, senior sources have
:25:47. > :25:50.told me they will go for it pretty quickly. They want to get it done
:25:51. > :25:56.inside two years before the UK leave the EU.
:25:57. > :26:01.Thank you, Sarah Smith, how Scotland editor. Let's have more reaction.
:26:02. > :26:06.We are going to talk to Northern Ireland, where they voted to stay,
:26:07. > :26:08.and Wales, where they voted to leave.
:26:09. > :26:16.Let's join Chris Buckler in Newry in County Down.
:26:17. > :26:21.Northern Ireland, like Scotland, voted to remain in the EU, but it is
:26:22. > :26:25.the verdict of the UK that mattered and so people are starting to
:26:26. > :26:30.consider the consequences for places like Newry, that is close to the
:26:31. > :26:34.Irish border and has been a centre of cross-border trade. Could it
:26:35. > :26:37.mean, as some have suggested during that campaign, that customs
:26:38. > :26:42.checkpoint could return? That hasn't been answered today. At Northern
:26:43. > :26:45.Ireland's First Minister, who campaigned for a leave vote, as told
:26:46. > :26:51.people not to panic and they could be opportunities here. Irish
:26:52. > :26:56.republicans clearly believe there are opportunities, with a push for a
:26:57. > :27:01.second independence referendum. They are asking for what is known as the
:27:02. > :27:06.border poll, basically a referendum on a united Ireland. It is highly
:27:07. > :27:09.unlikely that will happen any time soon, but one consequence of the
:27:10. > :27:15.referendum already is that, as a result of the Good Friday agreement,
:27:16. > :27:20.people can hold an Irish and a British passport, and today there
:27:21. > :27:24.has been a rush from people to get forms for Irish passports, but only
:27:25. > :27:28.in nationalist areas but also in unionist areas, because an Irish
:27:29. > :27:33.passport will remain a European Union passport.
:27:34. > :27:41.Wales voted to leave the EU. 17 out of 2010 local authority areas wanted
:27:42. > :27:47.to go. That included Labour strongholds. -- out of 22. Some of
:27:48. > :27:50.the poorer parts of the country, which had had the lion's share of
:27:51. > :27:55.structural funds in the last 16 years. Wales had been a net
:27:56. > :27:58.beneficiary of EU funding but the economic arguments that were put
:27:59. > :28:04.forward did not convince people here to stay. British wide issues of
:28:05. > :28:08.immigration, sovereignty and national security were important to
:28:09. > :28:15.Welsh voters, too. However, there will now be a scramble as regards
:28:16. > :28:19.funding. Wales's First Minister, Carwyn Jones, as called for the
:28:20. > :28:25.Barnett formula, the way in which the budget that Wales gets from
:28:26. > :28:30.Westminster is calculated, to be reconsidered as a matter of urgency
:28:31. > :28:32.to make up for the shortfall. Thank you, Sian Lloyd. And Chris
:28:33. > :28:34.Buckler in Newry. So the result was relatively close,
:28:35. > :28:36.the turnout was high, and the regional and national
:28:37. > :28:38.variations were stark. Our correspondent Christian Fraser
:28:39. > :28:40.has been taking a closer look OK, let's take an in-depth look
:28:41. > :28:46.at some of these final numbers. The total number of eligible
:28:47. > :28:57.voters was 46.5 million. The turnout, 72% and that
:28:58. > :29:00.is the biggest turnout Now, they thought a bigger turnout
:29:01. > :29:07.would be good news for Remain. The margin of victory, six points -
:29:08. > :29:15.53% Leave, 46% Remain. A different story of course
:29:16. > :29:18.in Scotland - all 32 Slightly lower turnout but no
:29:19. > :29:24.question over the result. Overwhelmingly pro-Remain
:29:25. > :29:26.and in Edinburgh incidentally, A big turnout, but only five
:29:27. > :29:34.of the 22 voting areas going for Remain and rounded up,
:29:35. > :29:37.that's almost the same result Cardiff was Remain,
:29:38. > :29:44.but Swansea was Leave. In Northern Ireland,
:29:45. > :29:46.down there at the bottom again lower than average turnout,
:29:47. > :29:49.but a sizeable vote for Remain, especially in the areas
:29:50. > :29:51.along the border. Three out of four areas in Belfast
:29:52. > :29:55.were for Remain. So the pollsters, the City,
:29:56. > :29:58.the bookies, they all got it wrong because they didn't understand
:29:59. > :30:01.what was going on north of London. Look at this area here -
:30:02. > :30:04.all blue in the rural parts of England, into the North
:30:05. > :30:07.and North West, the key This is the Labour areas
:30:08. > :30:11.of Blackburn, Rossendale Boston in Lincolnshire -
:30:12. > :30:16.the highest vote for Not a Labour seat but a Tory one
:30:17. > :30:22.this time, and according to the 2011 census, home to the highest
:30:23. > :30:24.proportion of eastern European migrants anywhere
:30:25. > :30:27.in England and Wales. Down here, Great Yarmouth,
:30:28. > :30:32.a town with a Ukip mayor. Again, one of the top five Leave
:30:33. > :30:34.votes in the country. We are showing you there
:30:35. > :30:43.the nationwide split Well, it's far too early to give
:30:44. > :30:48.you a definitive take, but this is what one poll
:30:49. > :30:51.conducted yesterday says. It suggests 27% of 18
:30:52. > :30:56.to 25-year-olds wanted to leave, compared to 73% wanting
:30:57. > :31:01.to stay in Europe. But as voters get older,
:31:02. > :31:04.that starts to swing the other way. For people over 65, research
:31:05. > :31:07.suggests that 40% wanted to stay Christian Fraser with a closer look
:31:08. > :31:25.at voting figures and percentages. If you'd like more information
:31:26. > :31:28.on how people voted in your area, you can find the details
:31:29. > :31:38.on our website, Have a look at the website, the
:31:39. > :31:39.links are there, you can find your area and see the breakdown on the
:31:40. > :31:42.page. Chancellor Merkel of Germany
:31:43. > :31:43.expressed "great regret" at Britain's decision
:31:44. > :31:45.to leave the EU. She's due to meet President Hollande
:31:46. > :31:48.of France for urgent talks on Monday, ahead
:31:49. > :31:50.of a summit on Tuesday. But some of Europe's
:31:51. > :31:52.politicians have been calling for their own referendums
:31:53. > :31:54.in the light of the UK result. Our Europe editor Katya Adler
:31:55. > :32:07.is in Brussels this evening. Well, there was a sharp intake of
:32:08. > :32:11.breath across Europe today, as it began to sink in, this really had
:32:12. > :32:15.happened. The UK is leaving. Of course, the leaders of Europe's
:32:16. > :32:19.increasingly influential Euro-sceptic parties rushed to cheer
:32:20. > :32:24.the results, but the governments of Europe are very worried and here in
:32:25. > :32:28.Brussels the mood is despondent and resentful. Meanwhile, passionate
:32:29. > :32:30.Europeans are now dubbing our referendum day Black Thursday as
:32:31. > :32:35.they react to the news. The day a British decision delivered
:32:36. > :32:47.an almighty blow across a continent. Europe's media and its
:32:48. > :32:50.leaders were stunned. TRANSLATION: Let's not
:32:51. > :33:02.beat around the bush. Today marks a turning point
:33:03. > :33:04.for Europe and the project The French president,
:33:05. > :33:14.facing tough elections next year, warned of what he called the immense
:33:15. > :33:20.dangers of extremism and populism. His pressing concern -
:33:21. > :33:23.a popular rival who calls for France Brexit for her was
:33:24. > :33:30.a political present. TRANSLATION: This
:33:31. > :33:37.is a historic moment. What nobody had foreseen just a few
:33:38. > :33:41.months ago is now a reality for all. Yes, it is possible to leave
:33:42. > :33:49.the European Union. And out, say Europe's
:33:50. > :33:52.leaders, is out. They want to start the Brexit
:33:53. > :33:55.process now - not in October, Frustration then for the Brussels
:33:56. > :34:02.bigwigs, at Cameron, at Brexit, Is this the beginning of the end
:34:03. > :34:11.of the European Union? "No," said the President
:34:12. > :34:13.of the European Commission, His refusal to properly question
:34:14. > :34:21.is indicative, you could say, of the aloof Brussels attitude
:34:22. > :34:24.critics so disliked. Discussion in Europe is now swiftly
:34:25. > :34:27.with moving from Brexit to possible Frexit for France,
:34:28. > :34:32.Swexit for Sweden, and more. In all the years I have been
:34:33. > :34:35.watching European politics I have never seen this continent more
:34:36. > :34:38.Eurosceptic, and the future of So the complex process of uncoupling
:34:39. > :34:51.the UK from the European Union is expected to dominate relations
:34:52. > :34:54.with Brussels for years to come, but the UK's formal membership
:34:55. > :34:59.could end as soon as 2018. So what does the likely timetable
:35:00. > :35:02.look like for the days, Our chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt
:35:03. > :35:09.considers the options. Now, after 43 years,
:35:10. > :35:16.the UK is leaving. For the time being, EU laws
:35:17. > :35:19.will still apply, but what is The formal way of departing
:35:20. > :35:26.from the EU is set out in Article 50 Once an application has been made,
:35:27. > :35:32.it has to be completed That period can be extended,
:35:33. > :35:36.but only if all 27 This timetable will eventually
:35:37. > :35:45.affect everything from trade and investment, but many
:35:46. > :35:49.Conservatives who backed Leave They want to start with informal
:35:50. > :35:54.talks, testing the ground before I think the chances of them getting
:35:55. > :36:01.that are very slim indeed. There is no incentive for the other
:36:02. > :36:06.states to do that. They will say, you've
:36:07. > :36:08.agreed to this process, Some of them have already said that
:36:09. > :36:14.it's Article 50 or nothing else. The timetable may not be entirely
:36:15. > :36:16.in Britain's hands. There are some in Europe
:36:17. > :36:19.who would like to see the departure process begin straightaway in order
:36:20. > :36:22.to lessen the uncertainty And what about trade,
:36:23. > :36:31.about continuing access During the campaign, few details
:36:32. > :36:36.emerged about the trade deal Some in the Leave campaign said
:36:37. > :36:42.they would prefer to exit the single market and to strike a UK-EU free
:36:43. > :36:47.trade agreement, but former European Commissioner Peter Mandelson says
:36:48. > :36:49.striking deals will be They bent over backwards
:36:50. > :36:55.during the Prime Minister's renegotiation to make it easier
:36:56. > :36:59.for us to stay. They are now going to soay, OK,
:37:00. > :37:01.you've made your decision, you've taken your choice,
:37:02. > :37:05.the caravan has got to move on, The priority for some in the Leave
:37:06. > :37:12.campaign would be to repeal the act which establishes
:37:13. > :37:15.the supremacy of EU law, but determining which EU laws
:37:16. > :37:19.to keep will be an immense task, Prominent Leave campaigners
:37:20. > :37:24.were emphasising today there was no rush to trigger the withdrawal
:37:25. > :37:28.process, but EU leaders may take In the USA, President Obama said
:37:29. > :37:39.he respected the referendum result and insisted that the relationship
:37:40. > :37:42.between the US and The presumptive Republican
:37:43. > :37:47.presidential candidate Donald Trump was in Ayrshire today,
:37:48. > :37:50.and said it was a "great thing" that the British people had -
:37:51. > :37:52.in his words ? "taken Our North America editor
:37:53. > :37:58.Jon Sopel sent this report. A quiet entrance isn't
:37:59. > :38:01.Donald Trump's style. And there was even more swagger
:38:02. > :38:04.about the man today. In golf, timing is
:38:05. > :38:07.everything, politics, too. And his arrival in Scotland
:38:08. > :38:10.to open a newly refurbished The political revolution
:38:11. > :38:16.is threatening in the US had come I think it will be a good thing,
:38:17. > :38:24.you are taking your country back, you are letting people that you want
:38:25. > :38:27.into your country and the people that you don't want or don't think
:38:28. > :38:30.will be appropriate for your country or good for your country,
:38:31. > :38:34.you are not going to have to take. Look, Europe, like the
:38:35. > :38:39.United States, has made mistakes. Would you support the breakup
:38:40. > :38:41.of the European Union A different golf course two months
:38:42. > :39:01.earlier and Barack Obama had come to London to relent David Cameron
:39:02. > :39:04.a helping hand in the Brexit debate. He couldn't have been
:39:05. > :39:06.more emphatic or blunt. It won't happen any time
:39:07. > :39:09.soon and the UK will be That forcefullness grated or many
:39:10. > :39:13.Britons and the most powerful man in the world may have
:39:14. > :39:15.overplayed his hand. Certainly, it was a different tone
:39:16. > :39:18.from the US president today. I do think that yesterday's vote
:39:19. > :39:20.speaks to the ongoing changes and challenges
:39:21. > :39:21.raised by globalisation. But while the UK's relationship
:39:22. > :39:25.with the EU will change, one thing that will not change
:39:26. > :39:27.is the special relationship that The EU will remain one
:39:28. > :39:37.of our indispensable partners. America is 3,000 miles in that
:39:38. > :39:39.direction but today it The forces that have propelled
:39:40. > :39:45.Britain towards leaving the EU are the same ones that have resulted
:39:46. > :39:48.in Donald Trump gaining the Republican nomination
:39:49. > :39:50.and possibly the presidency, Jon Sopel, BBC News, Turnberry, on
:39:51. > :40:04.the Ayrshire coast. The result, as we've heard,
:40:05. > :40:06.confounded the pollsters and came after a nine-week campaign
:40:07. > :40:09.characterised by bitter debate between political allies
:40:10. > :40:12.as well as opponents. The Leave campaign focussed squarely
:40:13. > :40:15.in the final days on urging voters to "take back control",
:40:16. > :40:18.while Remain insisted that Britain was "stronger,
:40:19. > :40:22.safer and better off" in the EU. Our correspondent James
:40:23. > :40:24.Landale reports on how How did the Leave campaign defy
:40:25. > :40:39.expectations and win so many We are better off, we are stronger,
:40:40. > :40:46.we are safer inside. The start of the campaign
:40:47. > :40:48.was dominated by pro-Remain politicians warning
:40:49. > :40:52.about the economic risks of Brexit, but voters did not trust the experts
:40:53. > :40:57.or the celebrities and, by the end, it was it was Leave's
:40:58. > :41:01.slogan that you couldn't escape. At the same time, people heard
:41:02. > :41:11.Leave's warnings about the impact of immigration on public services
:41:12. > :41:15.and its fears about what it saw as the threat of
:41:16. > :41:19.Turkey joining the EU. The Leave campaign was very
:41:20. > :41:22.disciplined in getting its messages out on money and on migration
:41:23. > :41:26.and an accession, Secondly, I think it had
:41:27. > :41:30.an optimistic note. It was much more hopeful
:41:31. > :41:32.about what you will get If we vote Leave and take back
:41:33. > :41:45.control, I believe that this Thursday could be our country's
:41:46. > :41:47.Independence Day. In Boris Johnson, Leave were blessed
:41:48. > :41:49.with a popular figurehead who, with Michael Gove, brought political
:41:50. > :41:53.showbiz and intellectual credibility to a campaign that reached out
:41:54. > :41:57.to swing voters. While there were some
:41:58. > :42:00.tensions with Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader ran his own campaign
:42:01. > :42:04.and appealed beyond his core support to traditional Labour voters,
:42:05. > :42:08.many of whom sensed Jeremy Corbyn's equivocation
:42:09. > :42:12.about supporting Remain. Leave won the referendum
:42:13. > :42:16.because they successfully mobilised a particular section of British
:42:17. > :42:19.society - economically disadvantaged, mainly white,
:42:20. > :42:24.older, English voters, who live outside London but do not
:42:25. > :42:27.feel as though they've been winning from globalisation,
:42:28. > :42:31.from European integration, and who wanted to send a very
:42:32. > :42:35.strong message on identity A group of people who are not
:42:36. > :42:40.regular voters but whom Leave This campaign was just
:42:41. > :42:48.about Boris and borders. -- wasn't just about Boris and
:42:49. > :42:53.borders. It was won by the Leave campaign
:42:54. > :42:56.because they tapped into a wider sense of antiestablishment feeling,
:42:57. > :42:58.and that won them the support of voters who feel left behind
:42:59. > :43:01.by globalisation and often ignored James Landale, BBC
:43:02. > :43:05.News, central London. As we've been hearing,
:43:06. > :43:07.the referendum results paint a stark picture of a divided country,
:43:08. > :43:10.with Northern Ireland and Scotland voting strongly to remain
:43:11. > :43:15.against Welsh and English support Of the nine English regions only
:43:16. > :43:19.London voted to stay, and the results reflected social
:43:20. > :43:22.and generational divides - as our home editor Mark Easton
:43:23. > :43:36.explains. Peterborough has Anglo-Saxon roots,
:43:37. > :43:42.a cathedral city on the edge of England's fenlands, that voted
:43:43. > :43:48.decisively to leave the European Union. Since the enlargement of the
:43:49. > :43:51.EU in 2004, this city has been the arrival of some 15,000 Eastern and
:43:52. > :43:55.Central European migrants, helping fuel and economic boom in the city,
:43:56. > :43:59.but also putting pressure on public services and perhaps most
:44:00. > :44:04.fundamentally of all, changing the character of this ancient English
:44:05. > :44:08.settlement. Hurray, hurray, we are out today. People here are excited
:44:09. > :44:12.about Brexit, optimistic that leaving the EU means a better
:44:13. > :44:17.Britain with more homes. I might be able to get accommodation that's
:44:18. > :44:22.been given to a refugee. More opportunity. English people will be
:44:23. > :44:28.able to get more jobs. More control. We want our own borders back and we
:44:29. > :44:36.can make our own laws. And a better life. Now should be a Bank Holiday,
:44:37. > :44:40.Independent Day. On Peterborough Prison at Lincoln Road, whether EU
:44:41. > :44:43.arrivals have put down roots, one quickly gets a sense of the
:44:44. > :44:48.resentment that immigration has spawned. This might explain why
:44:49. > :44:52.Peterborough about it Leave, a traditional English baker's shop,
:44:53. > :44:58.closed after 136 years, and why? People tend to blame something that
:44:59. > :45:02.has happened two doors down, a shiny new Polish delicatessen. The three
:45:03. > :45:05.generations that traded for over 100 years, it's gone too far. The
:45:06. > :45:11.country has gone too far. The country will never be the same
:45:12. > :45:16.again, but we can only hope that we can put a stop to that and perhaps
:45:17. > :45:21.rebuild it a little bit better. Just 40 miles south, the city of similar
:45:22. > :45:26.size with a very different view of Brexit. Cambridge voted by almost
:45:27. > :45:27.3-1 in favour of Remain. Its economy is international, its population
:45:28. > :45:38.thinks globally. At the station, a multistorey
:45:39. > :45:41.bicycle park. This is a young, energetic, highly educated place
:45:42. > :45:46.that sees Europe not as a threat but an opportunity and today for many
:45:47. > :45:51.was a dark day. I feel really ashamed of my country at the moment.
:45:52. > :45:59.It's really sad. It's incredibly depressing. The world fragmenting is
:46:00. > :46:03.not a world I want to live in. IMB founder of a company in the area
:46:04. > :46:07.that has attracted over $100 million investment and has employees in
:46:08. > :46:12.Cambridge and worldwide and we will be thinking about moving on. I don't
:46:13. > :46:19.know what to say. I need to see what's going to happen. Do you feel
:46:20. > :46:26.nervous now, as somebody from Italy? I think I still need to realise what
:46:27. > :46:31.happened. Britain finds itself deeply divided. Optimism and
:46:32. > :46:33.pessimism swirl like counter currents in the same stream.
:46:34. > :46:38.Successful navigation will require cool heads and smooth hands.
:46:39. > :46:40.Membership of the European Union and before it the European Economic
:46:41. > :46:43.Community has been a central focus of Britain's foreign
:46:44. > :46:47.So leaving will mark a fundamental shift in Britain's place
:46:48. > :46:51.in the world and in its relations with other countries.
:46:52. > :46:53.Our correspondent James Robbins has been looking back
:46:54. > :47:01.at Britain's EU experience - and the impact of today's result.
:47:02. > :47:03.The entire course of Britain's post-imperial history has just
:47:04. > :47:08.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE: ...to represent the Queen in the celebrations
:47:09. > :47:09.marking the transformation of the century-old
:47:10. > :47:16.60 years ago, the age of Empire was coming to an end.
:47:17. > :47:17.Colonies started getting independence, and Britain
:47:18. > :47:23.It was a new alliance with our European neighbours which beckoned.
:47:24. > :47:26.Officially we became members at midnight, local time...
:47:27. > :47:30.In 1973 Britain finally joined the Common Market.
:47:31. > :47:32.Is Europe stronger with Britain a member?
:47:33. > :47:38.40 years on, the leading historian of post-war Britain says
:47:39. > :47:41.it is impossible to exaggerate the magnitude of this
:47:42. > :47:46.Never in our peacetime history have so many dials
:47:47. > :47:48.been reset, as a result of a single day's events.
:47:49. > :47:52.The only thing comparable in my lifetime, and I was born just after
:47:53. > :47:56.the war, is getting rid of the British Empire.
:47:57. > :48:01.This is guillotine time, this is quite
:48:02. > :48:04.extraordinary and, in peacetime, quite unprecedented.
:48:05. > :48:07.Once upon a time Britain seemed enthusiastic about
:48:08. > :48:12.This was Margaret Thatcher campaigning in the 1975
:48:13. > :48:15.referendum, but as Prime Minister in the 80s she became increasingly
:48:16. > :48:20.Both feeding and feeding off popular headlines which helped
:48:21. > :48:23.drive a growing sense Britain was surrendering
:48:24. > :48:33.Fast-forward to this century, and British opposition
:48:34. > :48:45.-- opposition to the entire project grew.
:48:46. > :48:47.A combination of migration, global economic crisis,
:48:48. > :48:49.plus the Eurozone's travails, tipped British public opinion
:48:50. > :48:51.to this outright rejection of the European Union.
:48:52. > :48:54.So will Britain find a new role, and can it remain America's first
:48:55. > :48:55.friend after quitting Europe's top table?
:48:56. > :48:57.That is the danger, that Britain seems like
:48:58. > :49:01.Little Britain, if you like, that it won't be speaking for a whole block,
:49:02. > :49:03.it won't be speaking for anything more than itself.
:49:04. > :49:06.It will still obviously be available for an ally
:49:07. > :49:09.for the United States with all the code of military support and
:49:10. > :49:12.intelligence support that it has, but whether it counts as much
:49:13. > :49:15.symbolically, which has been such a value to Washington, that is what
:49:16. > :49:19.For 50 years, Britain's prime ministers
:49:20. > :49:22.have come and gone - courting Europe, joining Europe,
:49:23. > :49:26.by turns infuriated, and sometimes enthused, until David
:49:27. > :49:42.Britain has chosen another, quite different, path.
:49:43. > :49:48.James mentioned headlines that are featured in terms of European
:49:49. > :49:54.coverage in the papers over the years. Let's show you some tomorrow
:49:55. > :49:59.morning 's headlines, because they contrast, to say the least. The
:50:00. > :50:04.Daily Mail, it was the day that the quiet people of Britain rose up
:50:05. > :50:08.against an arrogant, out of touch political class. A rather different
:50:09. > :50:14.tone on the daily mirror. The Mirror FrontPage for tomorrow, what happens
:50:15. > :50:19.now, they say? There it is, with an image of a rather emotional David
:50:20. > :50:25.Cameron and Samantha Cameron. The note of uncertainty about what
:50:26. > :50:29.happens next. A very different sense from Liberation, the left of centre
:50:30. > :50:34.French daily, very rare to see a big English phrase on the front page.
:50:35. > :50:39.That famous image of Boris Johnson in 2012 when the Olympics were on
:50:40. > :50:43.and he was London mayor. Three very different headlines for you. Laura
:50:44. > :50:50.is with me again in Downing Street, but let's join Katya Adler first,
:50:51. > :50:55.how Europe editor. Just a sense from you of the kind of approach that the
:50:56. > :51:01.UK can expect from the other European states in these
:51:02. > :51:07.negotiations. Of course, the Leave vote sends a message that the EU is
:51:08. > :51:11.crumbling, so for EU leaders the priority is damage control, and one
:51:12. > :51:16.way to do that is to show that Out hurts and isn't worth it. They want
:51:17. > :51:20.but others off. The UK will probably get a decent trade deal in the end,
:51:21. > :51:24.but nobody here wants to make it easy. Tonight the European
:51:25. > :51:29.Commission president said, this will not be an amicable divorce, and
:51:30. > :51:33.certainly France is keen to make an example, if you like of the UK.
:51:34. > :51:39.Don't forget, Paris is now much more powerful inside the EU now that the
:51:40. > :51:44.UK has decided to walk out. Even here, there are EU splits. Central
:51:45. > :51:48.and eastern Europe don't want to alienate the UK. They depend on
:51:49. > :51:53.Britain to maintain tough sanctions against Britain. Angela Merkel's
:51:54. > :51:58.Germany is somewhere in between. A passionate European, she doesn't
:51:59. > :52:02.want others to leave but, as a pragmatist, especially when it comes
:52:03. > :52:07.to German trade, she will work with the UK, eventually. Laura, you
:52:08. > :52:11.mentioned earlier, but let's underline it, which is that we are
:52:12. > :52:18.only beginning probably to realise the scale and import of the change
:52:19. > :52:23.that ahead. Absolutely, this is the end of part one and the beginning of
:52:24. > :52:27.however many. On Wednesday night, we were saying how rare it is as
:52:28. > :52:30.individuals in a country we get a chance to make a political decision
:52:31. > :52:36.that permanently changes the course of our country -- our country and
:52:37. > :52:39.potentially a whole continent. We had the chance and, for better or
:52:40. > :52:44.worse, the country made that decision. The consequences could be
:52:45. > :52:49.so enormous, for Scotland, for those divisions between town and country,
:52:50. > :52:53.for that whole sense of who we are as a nation. Tomorrow morning, next
:52:54. > :52:58.week, next month, we will all probably wake up and feel that's not
:52:59. > :53:01.very much has changed, but things do change in politics. They never could
:53:02. > :53:09.stay the same for ever, however much the settlement feels like it is
:53:10. > :53:13.baked into the Magi country. It is probably only once or twice in our
:53:14. > :53:17.lifetimes that a decision has been taken that it had the chance to
:53:18. > :53:21.transform a country. -- it is baked into the nature of our country. We
:53:22. > :53:26.are only just beginning to understand that this is one of those
:53:27. > :53:29.really big, significant junctions. Thank you very much.
:53:30. > :53:32.And that's all from Downing Street tonight, after a day
:53:33. > :53:33.of truly momentous change for the United Kingdom
:53:34. > :53:37.The voters have set a new course for Britain, breaking
:53:38. > :53:40.a 43-year bond with the EU - the biggest political change
:53:41. > :53:43.We leave you tonight with some of the enduring words
:53:44. > :53:51.DAVID DIMBLEBY: The decision taken in 1975 by this country to join
:53:52. > :54:00.the Common Market has been reversed by this referendum, to leave the EU.
:54:01. > :54:06.I've got my country back, what I've got, I want to keep.
:54:07. > :54:09.I feel like someone has kicked me in the stomach.
:54:10. > :54:12.Europe is not perfect but we're much better trying to influence it
:54:13. > :54:18.17 million people have said we must leave the European Union.
:54:19. > :54:23.The British people have made a very clear decision to take
:54:24. > :54:26.a different path and as such, I think the country requires fresh
:54:27. > :54:34.leadership to take it in this direction.
:54:35. > :54:37.This does not mean that the United Kingdom will be
:54:38. > :54:47.Nor indeed does it mean that it will be any less European.
:54:48. > :54:49.It's not the policy, this country are sinking
:54:50. > :54:52.because there's too many people coming in.
:54:53. > :54:55.I think people became disillusioned, they really have.
:54:56. > :54:57.I thought we would have stayed in, so very disappointed
:54:58. > :55:02.This morning when I woke up I did actually think, oh God,
:55:03. > :55:08.I'm glad we're out, that said, this is our England,