UK votes to leave the EU: the reaction EU Referendum - The Result

The UK has voted to leave the European Union in the most

In the last few minutes David Cameron has announced

52% of people who cast a ballot made the momentous

A short time ago the Prime Minister gave an emotional address

I fought this campaign in the only way I know how,

which is to say directly and passionately what I think

I was absolutely clear about my belief that

Britain is stronger, safer and better off

And I made clear that the referendum was about this and this alone -

not the future of any single politician including myself.

But the British people have made a very clear decision

And as such I think the country requires fresh leadership to take

Leave campaigners are jubilant, saying it sends a stinging message

to the European Union's political elites.

The Remain campaign called the outcome a catastrophe, as it had

lower than expected support across swathes of the Midlands and the

North of England. The governor of the Bank of England says he will do

what is necessary to support financial markets and is making

available ?250 billion of financial support.

So David Cameron has said he's going as the British establishment

reels from its biggest slap down in modern history.

I'll be asking leading politicians what happens next.

And what now for Labour and Ukip too?

And what's the future for the UK outside the EU -

Here in Manchester we will talk to voters about the momentous

decision that some of them have made and the dramatic ramifications.

There really is quite a sombre mood in here now

after David Cameron's announcement, including from Leave

voters, so we will ask about people's hopes and fears

After more than 40 years, Britain has voted to end its membership

The vote itself was close but it was decisive -

52% chose to leave the EU and 48% wanted to stay.

Just over half an hour ago, the Prime Minister David Cameron

stepped out of Number Ten and said he would resign In an emotional

address, Mr Cameron said the will of the people must be respected.

He said fresh leadership was required with a new Prime

As the result became clear, the pound plummeted to levels not

seen since 1985 and this morning the financial markets

The final result shows that Leave won by more

than a million votes ? overall, 17.4 million people voted

That compares with the 16.1 million voters who backed Remain.

More than 72% of eligible voters took part.

In England more than 15 million people voted for the UK to leave

the European Union - 13.2 million people backed Remain.

In Scotland every voting area came out in favour of Remain ? 62%

of Scottish voters backed Remain with 38% backing a Leave vote.

In Wales, Leave won over 52% of the vote and secured the most

votes in all but five of the 22 counting areas.

In Northern Ireland - the only part of the UK that shares

a border with the European Union - voters backed Remain

with 55% of voters choosing to remain in the EU,

Well, that's how the results across the UK look.

We will, of course, be discussing in great detail what it all means

for you, for the United Kingdom and for the European Union.

But first our political correspondent Carole Walker reports

There was no hiding the emotion is David Cameron, with his wife

Samantha, emerged from Downing Street. He said the will of the

British people must be respected, but as he had fought and lost the

campaign to remain in the EU, the country should have a new Prime

Minister. I fought this campaign in the only way I know how, which is to

say directly and passionately what I think and feel, head, heart and

soul. I held nothing back. I was absolutely clear about my belief

that written is stronger, safer and better off inside the European

Union. -- that Britain is. I made clear that the renter was about this

and this alone, not the future of any single politician, including

myself. But the British people have made a very clear decision to take a

different path. As such, I think the country requires fresh leadership to

take it in this direction. 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 that steals our

country to its next destination -- that steers our country. I have not

taken this decision lightly, but I believe it is in the national

interest to have a period of stability, and then the new

leadership required. With turmoil and uncertainty in the

financial markets, the governor of Bank of England said it was prepared

to take further action to support the British economy if necessary.

The best contribution of the Bank of England, the best contribution we

can make, is to continue to relentlessly pursue our

responsibility for monetary and financial stability stop these are

unchanged. We have taken all the necessary steps to prepare for

today's events. In the future, we will not hesitate to take any

additional measures required to meet our responsibilities as a United

Kingdom -- as the United Kingdom moves forward. From the moment the

results started coming in just after midnight, big wins for Leave. Across

the north-east, the Leave campaign did far better than predicted. And

they pushed Remain into a narrow victory in Newcastle. 65,000 404. A

much smaller wind than expect it. Votes cast in favour of Leave... In

Basildon in Essex, another big win for Leave. And a big turnout, 74%.

The result in Flintshire reflected the outcome across Wales, as voters

backs Brexit. But Scotland voted by a clear majority to stay in the EU.

Scotland's First Minister said it was clear that the people of

Scotland see their future as part of the European Union. The result will

bring fresh calls for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

Northern Ireland has also voted to remain in the EU. Sinn Fein has said

it intends the Pfizer case for a votes on whether Northern Ireland

should leave the United Kingdom. -- it intensifies the case. London was

the only region of England to support remaining a member of the

EU. That shortly before five, it was clear that the UK had taken the

historic decision to leave the European Union. At 4:40am, we can

say the decision taken in 1975 by this country to join the Common

Market has been reversed by this referendum to Leave the EU.

Ukip's leader Nigel Farage said he was thrilled that the country had

decided to break free and what he called a failing, dying European

Union. 70 million people have said we must leave the European Union. We

now need a Brexit Government, a Government that get on with the job,

a Government that begins the renegotiation of our trade

relationship, a Government that will be mindful that already many of the

German, any factor in unions have said, let's get on and do a deal.

The Labour leader said he hoped the negotiations with the European Union

would include efforts to protect British workers.

We now had to try to protect the working conditions that we have in

this country, and in the negotiations with the European

Union, try to obviously ensure there are trade opportunities for Britain

because, clearly, there are some very difficult days ahead, the value

of the pound has already fallen and there will therefore be job

consequences as a result of this decision.

A momentous day for Britain, for Europe, as the country embarks on a

new and uncertain future outside the EU, and under a different leader.

Carole Walker, BBC News, Westminster.

We will speak to Simon Jack from the City shortly, but first let's speak

to a system political editor Norman Smith, who joins me. How are you

voted, the scale of this is extraordinary? The Gulf this is the

biggest political decision in our lives, for anybody watching this it

is a momentous moment. It is one of the signpost in the story of our

islands which marks a different direction. We are, in effect,

closing one chap, 40 year membership of what was the Common Market, now

the European Union, and deciding to step in a different direction. We

don't know where that will lead. We know it means carving out runway,

not part of this much broader European club. They're all sorts of

implications in terms of how other countries see us, what relationships

are. They are utterly change. What are trading relationships with other

countries, is the position of the City, how do we get a hold on

migration and how do we feel about ourselves as a country? In the short

term, you can still go to the pub, Philip your car, the sun will rise,

nothing will change. -- fill up your car. But shortly we will have to get

into negotiations, which should be done and dusted, if things go as

they are meant to, in two years. We could be out by summer 2018. So much

uncertainty, what happens in the short term? Bilby discussions

between Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and the Prime Minister, I would

expect those to take place later today. Mr Cameron, to all intents

and purposes is a broken Prime Minister, he is just their... I

would not say a hostage but he is in the grip of the sceptics and has to

do what they want. Some say they want a Cabinet shuffle to bring in

the Brexiteers, then they will decide the course of the

negotiations, which will probably not begin until we get a new leader.

Mr Cameron has said he will be gone by the start of the party conference

at the beginning of October, which means that the leadership contest

begins now. Under the rules, you have to have about a month to allow

the members to make a final decision, the MPs narrow it down to

two contenders, Parliament goes into recess at the end of July. We are

pretty much at the end of June, so it begins now. I suppose Boris

Johnson must be in pole position to become our next Prime Minister.

Doormen, thank you. Just after the prime ministers Bob, the governor of

the Bank of England, Mark Carney, sought to reassure financial

markets. Speaking in the past half-hour, he said the bank was

well-prepared. A few months ago, the bank judged

that the risks around the referendum were the most significant near-term

domestic risk to To mitigate them, the bank has put

in place extensive contingency plans and these plans begin with ensuring

that the core of our financial system is well capitalised,

is liquid and is strong. This resilience is backed up

by the Bank of England's liquidity facilities in sterling and foreign

currencies and all of these resources will support orderly

market functioning in the face The bank will continue to consult

and cooperate with all relevant domestic and international

authorities to ensure that the UK financial system can absorb any

stresses and can do its job of concentrating

on serving the real economy. That economy will adjust

to new trading relationships that And it's these public

and private decisions which will determine the UK's

long-term economic prospects. The best contribution

of the Bank of England, the best contribution we can make

to this process is to continue to pursue relentlessly our

responsibilities for monetary We've taken all the necessary steps

to prepare for today's events and, in the future, we will not hesitate

to take any additional measures required to meet our

responsibilities as the Mark Carney seeking to reassure the

markets. As the result became

clear, the pound plunged. It's the biggest one day drop

in 30 years. It fell to levels

not seen since 1985. Simon Jack is monitoring the markets

in the City. Many of these bankers, traders, up

all night but they were not expecting this, where they? No, this

is really shock were first felt, the morning and evening of astonishing

news. Sterling plummeted, it had its biggest one-day fall ever since they

started floating currencies in 1972. It fell 10% at one stage. This is

the moment, we had the question, who has got it right, the polls or the

city and the bookies? The city was banking on Remain and got a nasty

shock when Sunderland came in. We had once Wandsworth bands, so who

was right, the city got it wrong and the polls were right. If you look of

a stock market, it opened at 8am and immediately fell by 500 points, the

knock-on effect. In both cases, it has found a level and is making

headway, just down three and one third percent. I think that message

from Mark Carney really did help. Some of the banks stocks were down.

I think that reassurance from Mark Carney saying don't worry, we've got

your bank, the Bank of England will help, really did reassure the

markets and we've seen them make some ground but on any scale, a

truly shocking morning and the chat around here from people like JP

Morgan saying they may have to move staff over to Europe because if they

need to serve European customers, outside the European Union, they may

have to do that, but obviously those negotiations will take weeks,

months, maybe years to conclude but that's the chatter around here on

this astonishing morning in the city, Sophie. Huge changes ahead.

Simon, thank you. Well, throughout the morning,

politicians have been For some it's a moment of great

excitement, of triumph. A result they've been

fighting for for decades. Let's go to College Green

here in Westminster and my Thanks, Sophie. We're joined by the

Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon who campaigned for

Remain. Given the Prime Minister last and we need somebody to

negotiate the terms of our divorce, was it not inevitable Prime Minister

had to resign? Yes, you could you needed somebody who'd been part of

the Leave Campaign for that I personally think the Prime Minister

would have been the best person at who's taken a position, it's an

honourable decision, given the result went against him. And now

we've got to get on and make this work. Your Brexit colleagues in the

Tory party, who derided Mr Kamran's deal for the re-negotiation, they

would never have accepted him negotiating our divorce terms.

Maybe. Most of them signed a letter say they would support him staying

on and I personally think it's a very sad moment for our country for

that one of the great reforming Prime Minister is stepping down.

There it is, the decision has been making now and we have to make it

work. If Boris Johnson now the man to be the next leader and the next

Prime Minister of our country? He's clearly one of the men, one of the

candidates. Is he not the frontrunner? The great strength of

the Tories is a great range of candidates will come forward and

it's too early to allocate the odds. What about Michael Fallon? I'm not

going to budding my hat into the ring but you what you can be sure of

is a number of candidates will come forward, they selected by the

Parliamentary party and being tired membership will have a vote and the

site. You are in for a leadership race this summer, more blue on blue.

We've done these things before, we've done amicably, and I think

there will be a huge determination now in the Conservative Party to

pull together again. We've got three months before a new Government is

formed, plenty to get on with, in delivering the manifesto which we

were elected last year. If Mr Cameron is on his way out, as he

told us this morning, can't George Osborne be far behind? The new

Cabinet will be for the new Prime Minister to decide. George Osborne

has been steering us away from an economic star Stephanie, has been

reducing the deficit year by year, and has been delivering economic

reform which meant the highest employment in history. Can we take

the punishment budget Mr Osborne threatened us with this summer if we

voted to Leave, will now not happen? You've seen the turmoil in the

market as a result of the decision, so I think we were right and the

Bank of England was right... The FTSE is above 6000. It's beginning

to recover but we've seen the turmoil, so some of those warnings

were justified but it wasn't George Osborne's punishment budget, he was

right, I think to warn there would be consequences and we've seen that

with sterling and the market this morning. What he said was if we

voted to Leave, it would be a budget to increase tax, cut spending, and

end the triple lock for pensions. Can we take it none of that will now

happen? I hope we will now see growth and investment decisions and

obviously a lot of investment was paused while people are waiting for

the result of the referendum. They will probably wait a bit longer now

to see the right result of the re-negotiation. Why are we not going

to have it? If he mentored, wisely not going to do it? I would suggest

to you, it was just meant to scare us. He warned there would be

consequences are they Leave vote and you seem on the market this morning.

You've seen what happened sterling. You can't judge the of Brexit on

four hours of the market after we voted to Leave full subunit that's

absurd. The markets tell you what's happening. We've seen turmoil in the

markets. Obviously, we are hoping we can get growth resumed, a lot of

decisions have been paused during the referendum and will have to work

hard now to encourage those who are going to invest in Britain from

outside, firms that want to invest here with access to the single

market, we have to work hard to persuade them that we can negotiate

satisfactory terms. For people like pensioners watching this morning, is

the trouble lock still on pension increases? It's there, guarantee we

offered, but it is dependent on the economy growing -- triple. That's

vital for all public services. Given that you are the defence Minister,

and we were threatened also with armed conflict in Europe, when is

that going to happen? I don't think David Cameron ever spoke about world

War three. I didn't say world War three. He talked about armed

conflict. Is it going to happen? It's a fact the democracies of

Europe working together since the war have prevented any armed

conflict. We saw brutally twice in the last century. I was just asking

if it's going to happen or not. It's not going to happen. So another

threat that's not going to happen? Our democracies work together. I

think staying in the EU would have helped because of the security of

the West but will have to work hard now and I will talk to our allies

later today in France, Germany and the USA, to remind them that we are

going to stay in Nato, play our part in the security of the West and

continue our contribution to the fight against Isis. So far, the

triple lock it withers and was not broken out. I can hand you back to

Sophie. Andrew, with Edna Prime Minister Erdogan morning, and the

Governor of the Bank of England but we have not yet heard from one of

the leading figures in the leave campaign, Boris Johnson. Is

expecting to speak for the first time shortly. The first time since

that decisive result. We will bring you that, of course, as soon see

comes out and start speaking but it is the people who have spoken, the

turnout was high. More than 72%, the highest turnout in a nationwide

ballot since 1992. Let's hear from the people. Victoria Derbyshire is

with a panel in Manchester. Yes, absorbing the news, voters have

voted. Also the dramatic news from David Cameron this morning, what are

you thinking right now? I'm a bit shocked, to be honest. I'm shocked I

voted to back a building, I didn't think it was going to matter, my

boat, because I thought we would Remain and the David Cameron

resignation has blown me away, to be honest. I'm quite worried. What

about yourself, you voted to Remain. I did but I would echo that also.

What are you worried about? I think the country needs a captain to steer

us through this and opener for David Cameron would've been the best

person to do that. He obviously has cut good contacts in Europe, he's

been in and out of Europe a lot, working with these people and now he

would've been been the best person to negotiate terms with them. You

voted to Leave, so when David Cameron announced his resignation,

you were pretty sombre and you are a Conservative voter. I'm upset about

the resignation. We are on opposite sides of the argument, but Mr

Cameron said we are not critters and he's been the first one in it. I

would have liked to have said he's going to fight for our position much

more than he's done. Joanne, you were undecided and eventually voted

to stay. How are you feeling now? It came right down to the death for me

yesterday. I was still undecided yesterday. I decided to go with

Remain. To be honest, I expected Leave to win. But I do decide to go

with Remain. We are now in a period of uncertainty and that will happen

for the next months. Are you worried? No, I'm a positive person

when it comes down to it so it's a case of making the best of what

we've got. More from voters throughout the morning of course. We

were expecting more Remain voters here today but they were too upset

to talk about it to be honest and one actually told us they felt they

were grieving. Andrew. Victoria, let's now give you a proper

breakdown of how the United Kingdom voted yesterday. Let's go to the BBC

newsroom and Christian Fraser. Sophie, thank you very much.

20 million people casting a vote yesterday. This turnout, 74% would

be good for Remain but you can see in actual fact, a 6-point lead for

Leave the highest turnout since 1992. Look at the huge swathes of

blue in rural England, Labour areas, so, Manchester, where we have just

been with Victoria, a maroon spot of yellow and then Liverpool and any

Leeds, Yorkshire, Harrogate, Newcastle, but only by the

slenderest of margins in Newcastle. London, we knew would go for Remain

and not all of the South and south-east, large parts of Kent in

blue and I think it was in those metropolitan areas where they

thought they were going to do well, Remain, Durham, Sheffield, Coventry

and Watford. They did not do too well at all. All of those

metropolitan areas going for Leave. Let's look at the highest turnout

for Leave in the country. Boston in Lincolnshire. Thorough, Great

Yarmouth, big Ukip supporting areas. Over 70%. The top five Remain areas.

Gibraltar, overwhelmingly 96% in favour of remain. And at the London

boroughs of Lambeth, Hackney, Haringey and foil in Northern

Ireland which will look at in the second but different picture in

Scotland. You will see the map is completely yellow. Here we go. 2.7

million people casting a vote in Scotland. This is a much lower

turnout than the UK average. Voter fatigue? Possibly, they've had four

elections in under two years but overwhelmingly, 62% in favour of

Remain full is Edinburgh, 74% in Edinburgh, going for Remain. The

picture in Northern Ireland. Questions in Scotland about a second

independence vote and now questions about independence coming from

Martin McGuinness in Northern Ireland and this is why big

stretches of yellow close to the border. Belfast, four voting areas,

three of them went for Remain. And only these parts here in Northern

Ireland for Leave. 790,000 people in Northern Ireland voted, much lower

turnout on the UK average. Let me show you Wales. Dramatic picture

here for Labour and Jeremy Corbyn, a big disappointment for them. Only

five of 22 in Wales going for Remain for of Cardiff, yes, Swansea no,

Merthyr Tydfil, Newport and Caerphilly all going for Leave

pulled the turnout, 72%. 1.6 million people voting in Wales. The result,

the final result similar to England by six points, 52% for Leave and 47%

for Remain full that we are churning through those number and they are on

the website if you want to look now to see how your town and city voted

for them to go to the Thank you, Christian Fraser. That is

the breakdown of how the UK voted. The results will have huge

implications right across the UK. Let's get reaction from Scotland,

Wales and Northern Ireland and find out the consequences of the boat.

Gavin Esler is in Edinburgh, Sian Lloyd is in Cardiff and Chris

Buckler is in Belfast. Gavin, let's start with you? Welcome to the great

European capital. Edinburgh has been trading with Northern Europe for

centuries and sees it self as the Athens of the North. It is hardly

surprising that almost three quarters of voters in Edinburgh

voted in favour of remaining. 32 local authority areas in Scotland,

all 32, voted in favour of remaining, with some two thirds of

Scottish voters saying that they want to stay within the EU. That

raises the big question as always, the independence question.

Independence Day is a phrase that has been used by those who wish to

take Britain out of the European Union. Could this be the beginning

of Independence Day again for Scotland, the beginning of a new

independence process? Let's go first to Boris Johnson.

STUDIO: These are the scenes right now outside the home of Boris

a leading figure of the leave campaign. Huge crowds, as you can

see, ready to hear what he will have to say. Chris Mason is there for us,

I think we can talk to him now. Describe what is going on, Chris?

Well, not entirely clear what is going on at the moment. Police are

following a vehicle down the street. We had been hoping to hear from

Boris Johnson, it would have been his first statement of the morning

since this decision, this vote was announced.

OK, we'll come back to Boris Johnson as soon as we can get word from him.

Let's continue with Outlook around the UK. We will go now to Cardiff,

and Sian. -- to continue with our look around the UK. 17 of the 22

local authorities here in Wales have backed Brexit, 52.5% of Welsh voters

are saying they want to go, 47.5% wanting to Remain. It is traditional

Labour heartlands, Valleys communities, Merthyr Tydfil,

Caerphilly etc, who has strongly backed a vote to leave. More

affluent Cardiff, where I am, the Vale of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire

wanted to Remain, as did Ceredigion and Gwinnett, the only other two

council areas in Wales who wanted to stay in the EU. The First Minister

of Wales, Carwyn Jones, has just held a press conference. He has been

talking about his concerns. Obviously he was backing a votes to

remain in the EU, as were all of the Welsh Labour AMs and MPs. He has

been talking about concerns over jobs and particularly the future of

the devolution settlement in Wales, and about the funding that the Welsh

people get from Westminster. He says that he believes there will have to

be renegotiation is over the Barnett formula. Remain had sought to

convince people in some of the poorest parts of Wales, working

class communities who had largely voted to Leave that Wales enjoyed a

lucrative relationship with the EU. Billions of pounds in struck drawl

funds being poured into some of those communities. -- in structural

funds. That did not convince the voters that you never to want to

stay. Sophie. Here in Northern Ireland there was a

majority vote to Remain, 66%. However, whenever you look at the

figures and start to break them down, it seems very clear that

Unionists were likely to vote for Leave got their vote out,

nationalists who were more likely to votes to stay, did not get their

vote out to the same extent. So this wider vote and the fact that the

margin of success by Remain was not so big is being treated as a success

by the Democratic Unionist Party, the largest party at Stormont, who

have been campaigning for a Leave vote. They say it is a good

decision, but there are also deliberate patience for Northern

Ireland as part of the UK. Of the border. -- there are also big

questions for Northern Ireland. This is the only part of the UK with a

land border with an EU country, it will become the point where the UK

meets the EU. There are questions about what will happen, suggestions

that checkpoints might have to be introduced or even checks between

Britain and Ireland. There are questions about the economy, huge

amounts of trade take place between Britain and Ireland, the Republic of

Ireland itself is concerned, the Irish Government is meeting this

morning, we will hear from Irish Prime Minister and Kenny Ellis

later. He had campaigned for a Stay vote a very vigorously, he was

alongside David Cameron on one occasion and travelled to Britain.

Then there is the question about the whole idea of a united Ireland. Sinn

Fein has said in the article this vote they would like to see a border

poll, to see whether people would see a united Ireland again. The SNP

may have been cattle with their words in Scotland, Sinn Fein are

saying very clearly that there should be a pole. There are lots of

questions to come for the United Kingdom.

Chris Buckler in Belfast, thank you. We saw chaotic scenes outside the

home of Boris Johnson in north London. We can go back there and try

to make sense a bit with Chris Mason.

Explain what has been happening? We have been outside Boris Johnson's

house in Islington North London the past three or four Alice, the

gathering media scrum but you saw in the footage as the former Mayor of

London left his home about five minutes or so ago. What is very

clear, you can hear and see it, is the extent to which the challenge

now will be uniting a country divided by this referendum. There

were perhaps around 100 photographers and reporters and

camera crews here, all of us wanted to shout questions in the direction

of Boris Johnson. We were simply drowned out by a sea of boos. People

have been commuting past Boris Johnson's house, there has been

plenty of shouting of fairly owned broadcaster for things in the

direction of the front door, behind which is the man who hopes to be the

next Prime Minister and could well be in the next couple of months. --

fairly owned broadcaster for things. We suspect that Boris Johnson is

heading to the Vote Leave headquarters. At around about 11am,

although timings are fluid, we expect there will be a news

conference featuring him, Michael Gove and Gazelle Stuart, the most

prominent Labour MP on the Leave campaign. -- and Gisela Stuart. We

expect to hear him say something around then, rather than just being

shouted at. Around an hour, an hour and a half before we hear from Boris

Johnson. Let's go back to Andrew Neil at College Green.

I am joined by Chris Grayling, the Leader of the House of Commons, who

campaigned to leave, and by Simon Fraser, the foreign head of the

Foreign Office. Chris Grayling, when do we get that extra ?100 million a

year for the NHS that you promised? Gulp not until we have left. The

timetable is two years from the moment we trigger the formal

process, which will wait until a new Prime Minister is in place in the

autumn. So two years beyond that. Still at least 2020 before the extra

wattage million pounds a week? When would you like to trigger Article

50, to begin the formal process and set the clock ticking? We need to

have enough preparation to get the negotiating team ready. It is a two

year process which we need to complete before the next general

election, I will not put a limit on it. So we will have to wait quite a

while to see extra money for the NHS. Simon Fraser, how will the

Foreign Office cope? It is congenitally pro-EU, now it has to

play major part in our exit? The Foreign Office will do its job, as

always. The first thing it will have to do is launch a pretty big

campaign around the world to explain diplomatically what we have done,

why and what will happen next. I am sure and disease around the world

are doing about task already, they are looking further ahead, the

Foreign Office and the rest of Whitehall, they will have to think

carefully about a very major set of tasks lying ahead. Is it realistic

for the British to think they can have quite a considered period of

informal talks with the EU on our divorce terms before triggering

Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty? We had to bear in mind the decision we

have made affects not just us but the rest of Europe as well. They

have there political and economic interests to deal with. I suspect

that sometime they allow as -- suspect they will allow some time to

sort things out, but that will not be indefinite and they will have

their own fish to fry when it comes to the time. From the Prime

Minister's resignation remarks, I feel he does not expect to trigger

Article 50 and I will not be a new Prime Minister until the end of

September, beginning of October, that is several months. Couldn't go

beyond that, to the beginning of next year or beyond before we press

the exit button? Let's see what happens at the pin council next

week. The President of the Council, Donald Tusk, says he wants to manage

things calmly. My personal view is that there is not an limited period.

It would be reasonable for this not to happen until the autumn. I think

delaying it much beyond that would raise questions not only in Europe

but among the voters in this country about when we will implement their

decision. User ambassadors will have to explain Britain's position around

the world, I have never met an ambassador, existing Ogbonna, in

favour of leaving, so that hearts will not be in it -- existing or

former. I personally believe that, from an international perspective,

it would have been better to Remain, but the decision has been made in a

different direction. Civil servants are highly professional people who

will make the best case and do their job to the best of their ability. A

question I asked Michael Fallon, can we rule out George Osborne's

punishment Budget, which he threatened us with if he left? The

reason I do not think that will happen is that when we looked at the

small rent of these two fiscal studies, it was third party research

that they were repairing two. This macro Abbey small print of these two

fiscal studies. It is assumed that a fall in the value of the pound led

to a fall in exports, which is illogical. I don't think the problem

exists. We have heard from the head of the German CBI two days ago, I

feel that the rest of the European Union will want to carry on trading

on a normal basis, we buy more from them than they do from us. Rather

than reading the small print of the Institute for Fiscal Studies,

another reason why there will not be a punishment Budget is that Mr

Osborne will not be alone -- around to deliver it? Gulp that will

clearly be a new Cabinet from September or October, the girl by

Douglas George will still be Chancellor or doing something

different. There is no need for an emergency Budget next Monday. If Mr

Cameron felt it necessary to resign, why wouldn't George Osborne? That is

a matter for George. He has been a good Chancellor, he has helped turn

the economy around. If I saw Mr Osborne I would ask him, but I have

you. I think it will be a matter for the new Prime Minister. I don't

think it would be helpful now if the Chancellor of the Exchequer

resigned. We need stability and to calm the markets. There will be a

change in the autumn, let's wait for it to happen. Foodie you back as the

next leader? No idea. -- who do you back? Or is Johnson? I wish David

Cameron had stayed, I think it was right for him. I had taken -- I was

taken by surprise. I will give serious thought as to what happens

next. Who would you like to see, other than Boris Johnson? I am not

setting my name against anyone at the moment, I will think it through

carefully. Would you throw your hat into the ring? I have not decided

who I will back. It is a question of who I am going to back. And not run?

It is too early, David Cameron has just resigned, I have not given any

thought as to who I think would be right to take this to this.

website. Supposing we have a long in formal parent and then reset the

clock going, and we need 28 to stop the clock, can we do it in two

years? The real question is is not just the article 15 negotiation but

another one about the terms of our future relationship with Europe and

I don't think that would be easy. We will not get a deal which gives of

the same level of access to the European market as we have now.

Another negotiation to be had with other countries around the world

about trade there. On top of that, we have to go through the whole body

of our law and regulation and the new Government will want to decide

what it wants to keep, what it wants to change and that is a massive set

of tasks which will take very long time. It will consume a lot of

energies of Whitehall and Westminster. Sounds like the Foreign

Office will be busy. Back to in Downing Street.

Andrew, thank you. Huge changes and consequences ahead for the UK but

what about the rest of the European Union? The rest of the 27 member

states? Will it mean for them? We are not expect to hear from Angela

Merkel into later this morning but a sad day for Europe, a sad day for

the UK, that was the reaction early this morning from Germany's Foreign

Minister, the European Parliament held an emergency meeting this

morning in response to the referendum results. Matthew joins us

now from Brussels. Sophie, good morning, the shock waves

reverberating around this place. This is the catastrophe they had

feared. It is very interesting listening to David Cameron talking

about negotiations in Downing Street when he spoke because in the last

little while the leader of the largest group in the European

Parliament called for an immediate negotiation on UK exit, the EU can't

wait for a protracted Conservative leadership contest. That's what he

just said, leave means leave. Our Europe editor is with mean now. Give

me a sense of this moment, the conversations you've had. People are

absolutely aghast. They knew there was a possibility of Britain voting

to leave the EU, but I think in the heart of hearts, definitely the

leaders across the EU were hoping that Britain would vote to Remain.

You're looking at an EU which was a week already before the vote. The

migrant crisis, fears of what is perceived as an aggressive Russia,

but Brexit could be the biggest body blow of all, because in the UK, the

blood now looking at the financial markets, what does this mean for the

pound? Families across Europe are worried about the future of the

euro. It was recovering nervously but what now? Also what is the

future of the EU? Eurosceptic leaders across the continent, I have

never seen the mood so Eurosceptic, those leaders in France, Italy, the

Netherlands, where queueing up to crow about Brexit and call for a

vote in their own country. Prime ministers across Europe are very,

very aware of that, nervously looking over their shoulders at

these Eurosceptic leaders but here the mood among the leaders, the

bureaucrats in Brussels, please stay calm, we don't know where we are

going to go. We heard from Martin Schulz, but President this morning.

I don't think this will lead to a break above the European Union. If

we take serious, one of the messages, an enormous gap, social

gap between countries, and within society. To fill the gap with more

social justice, and fight for a better distribution of wealth is,

for me, one of the messages, especially for those who voted for

Leave because they feel uncomfortable with their social

circumstances. That was the immediate reaction. How is it likely

to work now in terms of negotiations, the thoughts of trade

deals, what can Britain expect because there was a fear they would

be punished to stop a domino effect happening to Europe? There is

definitely a hardening of hearts already this morning. There has been

talk of how the British Commissioner from the building might like to

leave his job. Plenty of British civil servants Walkman here this

morning worried about what their future might be. But I think it's

less about punishing the UK per se. The game, as bespoke, a fear of

contagion, people across Europe asking for their own referenda, a

feeling of Brussels and amongst European leaders that a deal with

the UK, even though it is an attractive trade partner, can't be

easy, can't be generous, because others have to be put off asking to

leave the EU as well. You will now have to hand over to the UK, who has

to give formal notice, formally say it wants to leave the European Union

but already people are plotting and planning, discussing where it would

go, how it would respond. Thank you very much. Sophie, I suppose like

any divorce, it is messy, recriminations and anger before you

ever get to the practicalities of sorting things out. Back to you.

Matthew, thank you. What has been messy this morning is what's been

going on in the city. Simon Jack is there. He is monitoring the markets.

In the aftermath of this result, the pound literally fell off a cliff,

more than 120 billion wiped off the value of the markets. What is the

situation now? Sophie, you're right, the first frontier of this shock

wave within the financial markets, the pound had its deepest fall ever

in the 72 years, since 1972, since floating freely. At midnight last

night, the city thought it was right, backing Remain, but got a

nasty shock when the Sunderland results came through and in the

pound continued to fall as the results came in. 10% at one point,

more than double the amount the pound fell on Black Wednesday back

in 1992. Mark Carney reassured financial markets and that the banks

will be fine, we are looking after everyone and so there was some

comfort there. Then the question now, in a way, moving to the rest of

the economy, how is this going to hit businesses, jobs, people

importing, getting more expensive, and talk about MSc divorce, I have

someone here caught Paul marriage which runs a fund looking at smaller

companies. You own a small business what's going through your mind? The

thing you're looking at is continuity here. We are investing in

tomorrow. Anyone who runs a small business is hoping to be a big

company tomorrow, a big company of tomorrow today, if you know what I

mean, so it's a good opportunity for them. Weak sterling is good for

exporters. We are generally quite a good exporting economy. A weak

consumer will have a negative impact on consumer related companies like

imports, as well, so it's a two-way pool overall. I think for a lot of

companies, they will say business as normal, the Sun came up this

morning, and will crack on. We are a dynamic economy. A lot of

entrepreneurial people know we are pretty good of the country. So keep

calm and carry on as your message. Let's look at the European stock

markets in Brussels. A very interesting story because the other

stock markets around Europe, the French market down 7.5, Spanish,

down ten, Italian, down much more than the UK stock market, which

shows this is a big impact on the economic fortunes of the European

Union. I suppose this is a conversation we are having in this

country, potentially coming to these countries soon? Yes, these countries

will be looking at what their population think of result and they

will think there will be more instability in coming months, hence

the big falls in Europe. Mutually non-beneficial is the answer we are

getting from the city. When it comes to jobs, a lot of people in the city

are saying some banks are saying they may need to move some of their

staff to Europe to serve European clients, it depends how the

negotiations go, we have months and years ahead but in the city, some

jobs currently in London may find their way to Europe. As you can see,

although the UK market has recovered a little bit, the stock market in

Europe is a sea of red and red means down. Simon, inner-city with the

latest, thank you. In America, still very early in the morning, no

reaction from America itself, but Donald Trump, by chance, is in the

UK today. He survived in Ayrshire at his golf course. He gave his

reaction to the verdict a short time ago. I said this was going to happen

and I think it's a great thing. We will see but I think it's going to

be a great thing. Any words for David Cameron? Basically, they took

back the country. It's a great thing. I great thing, an amazing

vote, very historic, that's what Donald Trump said this morning.

Let's get some reaction from the public from Victoria Derbyshire in

Manchester. Right, Britain is out, some voted to

Leave. What word would you use to describe how you're feeling right

now? Optimistic. Disappointed. I voted Leave and I'm optimistic

because now we can negotiate our own free-trade agreements with the rest

of the world but mainly, working hard and being a pay rise, not a big

thing. I'm quite worried, Victoria. I voted Remain because I thought

would would be better for jobs and the economy. The campaign to been so

divisive. I think we need to unite, so we have voted... How easy will it

be to unite, do you think? It'll take a long time. There have been

things said in this campaign, horrible said about Muslims,

immigration, and you expect people to forget that overnight? We can

accept the result, we are leaving... I voted to Remain. I have always

been Leave so not devastated. I work with young Asian Muslims and they

want to leave because they think immigration will be opened up to

South Asia. You all agree the country is divided. What is the way

we are going to bring people together if you think that's the

right thing to do? I thought David Cameron would remain for some time.

And implement the changes. It needs to happen. I'm disappointed that he

has announced he has resigned. So he's not the man to do it. Who is?

We are all able to work together. I don't think we are divided. We have

had elections before. We need to get on and get the job done now and work

together and move forward. It was always on a knife edge and could

have gone either way. Those people who voted Remain need to accept. I

voted Remain, I accepted, I want to the country moving forward and the

one thing the British public do not want is the media, newspapers using

words like catastrophe, disaster. We need to be moving forward, muster

the great reddish stiff upper lip and get on with it now. That's what

we need to do. I want to bring in Susanna. Suzanne, you voted? Leave.

I feel excited about the decision and I'm quite surprised it went that

way. That Adam said earlier. He voted Leave didn't expect it. That

was a surprise. I'm shocked David Cameron is going to step down. I'm

not the biggest Conservative supporter but he's done well the

economy. As long as some stability, the important thing at the moment is

they really bring in the people who wanted to Remain. When they start

talking about the leaving process itself. Who do we think is the right

person, the right person to lead Britain out of the EU? Theresa May.

A Labour Government? There needs to be a cross-party plan put together

from both sides, far more people from the industrial world to come in

and assist the Government. How realistic is that? A cross-party

group of politicians? We need to come together and join together and

work together. So Great Britain can be greater still, because this is a

tumultuous time in the economy. I'm looking for names. Theresa May have

conducted herself very well. She sided with a Government which any

good frontbencher will do however I think she is sensible, she could do

the job. Whoever comes in, the problem is, we get into a period

when no decisions are made because everybody will sit on the fence

until there was a change in the Conservative Government or whether

that is a snap election, I don't know. What person would put

themselves in a win-win position and that's Boris Johnson. He will do it.

I hope George Osborne will do it, he has got knowledge of the economy,

that is what I think. I think Theresa May has put herself in a

perfect session, she stayed relatively out of the debate and

rose about it to take a statesman style approach. She is a Remainer,

you think she would be the right person to lead Britain out of the

EU? She would be good to lead a coalition of groups. You need to

bring in the people on the Leave side and the Remain side, you need a

combination of them in order to make those decisions. That is how you

bring the people who wanted to Remain into the process. I think it

has to be somebody who passionately believes in Brexit, that is what the

country has voted for. Somebody you will drive us forward. Plenty more

time later, but thank you for the moment. More from Manchester

throughout the morning. The UK has voted to leave

the European Union in the most The Prime Minister, David Cameron,

has announced he will 52% of people who cast

a ballot made the momentous The Prime Minister gave an emotional

address explaining his decision. I fought this campaign

in the only way I know how, which is to say directly

and passionately what I think I was absolutely clear

about my belief that Britain is stronger,

safer and better off And I made clear that the referendum

was about this and this alone - not the future of any single

politician including myself. But the British people have made

a very clear decision And as such I think the country

requires fresh leadership to take The man who could replace him -

the victorious Vote Leave campaigner Boris Johnson -

battles though a scrum of supporters and opponents as he leaves his

house without comment. We expect to hear from him in the

next hour. Leave campaigners are jubilant,

saying it sends a stinging message to the European Union's political

elites. The governor of the Bank of England

says he will do what is necessary to support financial markets

and is making available ?250 billion Tory leadership speculation is

mounting in Westminster as the David Cameron's announcement that he is

going, but the replica versions have rocked the British establishment. I

am talking to leading politicians and commentators about what happens

next, both on the UK political scene and the future of the UK outside the

EU, and the EU itself. In Manchester we will talk to voters

about the momentous decision that some of them have made, and the

dramatic ramifications. There is quite a sombre mood in here now as

to David Cameron's announcement, occluding from Leave voters. So we

will ask about hopes and fears for the United Kingdom now.

After more than 40 years, Britain has voted to end its membership

The vote itself was close but it was decisive -

52% chose to leave the EU and 48% wanted to stay.

David Cameron has announced that he would step down as a minister. He

argued strongly for the Remain campaign, he said the will of the

country must be respected and fresh leadership was required, with the

new Prime Minister by October. As the result became clear,

the pound plummeted to levels not seen since 1985 and this morning

more than ?120 billion was wiped off the value of the financial markets

opened sharply down. The final result shows

that Leave won by more than a million votes ? overall,

17.4 million people voted That compares with the 16.1 million

voters who backed Remain. More than 72% of eligible

voters took part. In England more than 15 million

people voted for the UK to leave the European Union -

13.2 million people backed Remain. In Scotland every voting area came

out in favour of Remain ? 62% of Scottish voters backed Remain

with 38% backing a Leave vote. In Wales, Leave won over 52%

of the vote and secured the most votes in all but five

of the 22 counting areas. In Northern Ireland -

the only part of the UK that shares a border with the European Union -

voters backed Remain with 55% of voters choosing

to remain in the EU, Well, that's how the results

across the UK look. We will, of course, be discussing

in great detail what it all means for you, for the United Kingdom

and for the European Union. But first our political

correspondent Carole Walker reports There was no hiding

the emotion as David Cameron, with his wife Samantha,

emerged from Downing Street. He said the will of the British

people must be respected, but as he had fought and lost

the campaign to remain in the EU, the country should

have a new Prime Minister. I fought this campaign

in the only way I know how, which is to say directly

and passionately what I think But the British people have made

a very clear decision As such, I think the country

requires fresh leadership to take 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

that steers our country With turmoil and uncertainty

in the financial markets, the Governor of the Bank of England

said it was prepared to take further action to support the British

economy if necessary. We have taken all the necessary

steps to prepare for today's event is, in the future we will not

hesitate to take any responsibility -- measures required to bear our

responsibility as the United Kingdom moves forward.

From the moment the results started coming in just after midnight,

By the end of the night, they had won a clean sweep across the north

of England, the Midlands, the East and West of England. London was the

only region of England to support remaining a member of the EU. The

result in Flintshire reflected the outcry across Wales, where voters

backed Brexit. But Scotland voted by a clear majority to stay in the EU.

Scotland's First Minister said it was clear that the people of

Scotland see their future as part of the European Union. The results will

bring fresh calls for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

Northern Ireland has also voted to remain in the EU. Sinn Fein has said

it intensifies the case for a vote on whether Northern Ireland should

leave the United Kingdom. Shortly before five, it was clear

that the UK had taken an historic decision to leave the European

Union. At 4:40am, we can say the decision

taken in 1975 by this country to join the Common Market has

been reversed by this Ukip's leader Nigel Farage said

he was thrilled that the country had decided to break free

and what he called a failing, 17 million people have said we must

leave the European Union. We now need a Brexit Government,

a Government that gets on with the job, a Government that

begins the renegotiation The Labour leader said

he hoped the negotiations with the European Union

would include efforts Clearly there are difficult days

ahead, the value of the pound has fallen, there will be job

consequences as a result of this decision.

A momentous day for Britain, for Europe, as the country and bugs on a

new and uncertain future, outside the EU and under a different leader

-- as the country and box on. In a moment we will be going to the

City with Simon Jack. But with this now is resistant political editor

Norman Smith. We saw from the erection outside Boris Johnson's

house at the left, boos and cheers. A divided nation, but you have to

think of the millions and millions of people who were jubilant, because

finally they have got what they wanted, we are leaving the EU.

Dejection for some, utter joy for others. I spoke to one leading

Brexit campaigner who compared it to the reparation them -- Reformation.

His view was that it was a chance for Britain to be reborn,

unconstrained by continental Europe, there would be a modern version of

the Elizabethan age with Bowring British culture, self-confidence and

power. For them it has been a long, persistence and attritional

campaign. But it is a very divided country, both geographically with

London and Scotland voting overwhelmingly to remaining, pretty

much everywhere else to get out. Also in terms of class and culture.

You look at some of the more aptly learned, prosperous cities where

there are graduates, they tended to vote in -- affluence, prosperous.

But large swathes where they have suffered through the decline of

older industry and not really seen rebirth in their communities, I

think they have felt a grievance that while in places like London

things seem to be going well, they were not able to walk on the Sony is

the side of the street. That is most shown in traditional Labour areas

where huge numbers of Labour voters decided to Leave. 70% in Hartlepool.

Massive majorities. This tells a story about the two nation Britain

which has been thrown up by the referendum. Seismic changes ahead,

not least at number ten. Events are moving so fast. Mr Cameron has

announced he is standing down. He says he will remain until the party

conference in sober, in effect he is a caretaker Prime Minister. The

leadership conference will begin now -- party conference in October. I

understand some of the likely players are considering their

options. It has to now. The party membership is to choose eventually

between two candidate, that will take about a month's worth of ballot

papers, which will take you to the end of August. MPs will have to

choose the two. Parliament goes into recess in July, so they need to

choose that now. That process begins now, Boris Johnson is in pole

position, without him, I doubt the Brexit campaign would have had

anything like the impetus and momentum, they not have won. On the

Labour side, growing rumblings that now has come the time to move

against Jeremy Corbyn, I think you will find Labour figures later this

morning calling publicly for Corbyn to reconsider his position because

of the lacklustre campaign he fought. He went to the campaign

saying he was not much of a fan of the EU, they blame him for failing

to carbonise the Labour vote. We might end up with Cameron and Corbyn

gone, you could almost ended with a wee shaping of Westminster politics.

In the back of that, we could have a general election sooner rather than

later, even. All change. All change, who knows? As the

results came clear in the early hours, the pound plunged, it

literally fell off the cliff. Let's go to the City, to our business

editor Simon Jack who is there. Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of

England has been seeking to reassure markets. What is Jewish and now?

This is not what they expected? -- what is the situation now? Was the

nagging question, were the bookies and the City right, or was it the

polls. The pound was worth $1.5, its highest of 2016. It got an almighty

reckoning in the small hours of the morning, falling 10%, peak to

trough, more than double the amount it fell on Black Wednesday back in

1992. They were looking for reassurance, Mark Carney said, don't

worry, I have your back on the Bank of England is ready to put into

Madrid and ?50 billion of extra liquidity, it seemed to work. -- to

put in an extra 200 billion -- ?250 billion. It is not just in the UK

but around Europe, let me show you the European stock markets. In

Spain, down 10%. In Italy, down 10%, down twice as much as the City in

the UK. A lot of investors are saying this could be as bad as some

of the European economies, if not worse. The business leaders have

said that we respect the opinion of the British people, are people like

JP Morgan in the City are saying they might have to move some people

if we had to be near European clients and within the EU, we might

have to move people around. A lot of nervousness, shock this morning, now

questions being asked. Nobody will lose their job today, we have

months, days, weeks and even years to negotiate the finer points of how

to deal with the rest of the world, but shock waves are being felt in

the City and reverberations will begin to trickle through to the real

economy. In what ways, it is too early to say.

Politicians are getting the ring to react to the result and the

resignation of David Cameron, who says he will step down by October.

Some have campaigned for Brexit for their whole political lives, for

others, it is something they have never wanted to see. Nigel Farage

said the referendum was won because of large numbers of Labour

supporters who voted against the party leadership, who were

campaigning for Remain. I am joined by John Mann MP, one of

a number of sub -- Labour MPs, who campaigned to leave, as well as

Douglas Carswell. The Prime Minister has fallen on his sword, should

Jeremy Corbyn followed his example? Not in the short-term, he should be

coming up with an agenda for what should happen. It is Labour voters

who won this referendum. That creates a mandate for the new Tory

leader, and that mandate is not to run a gone any of the workers'

rights issues, the paid holidays, maternity pay, working hours, and a

quick victory can be to reverse the privatisation of the NHS, which the

EU has allowed in my area. That is what Jeremy ought to be on the front

foot with, and there is a mandate from this extraordinary referendum

for that. I am told there is a letter signed by 55 Labour MPs

calling for Jeremy Corbyn to go. It will be delivered next week. Have

you seen that? No. Would you sign it? It is a distraction. The big

issue is what the agenda should be. That is what is critical now. One of

the problems, we spend too much time looking at who does the job, we did

it after the election defeat in 2015, not enough time thinking

through the lessons to be learned. Our voters have voted the way that I

thought they should vote, and they voted in large numbers. Not every

Labour MP understands that. Why does Labour now no longer represent the

nonmetropolitan working classes? Labour has failed to listen and it

has failed... It has not had the courage to talk about immigration.

That is the issue that people have not been prepared to talk about. I

get tweets calling me racist. Total nonsense. I am not a racist, I am an

active anti-racist, and neither are my constituents who voted to leave.

Labour needs to get its head around the immigration argument. Jeremy

Corbyn said he does not think there should be any upper limit on

immigration. That is why he needs to spend time with my Labour voters and

others in the north of England, understanding their aspirations,

views and perspective. What happens now to Ukip? Have you not lost your

reason for existing? So much of politics is a cartel. Many people

who voted will feel that the party they normally vote for is led by

people who have more in common with one another here than they do with

those who they supposed to represent. We need change to break

the cartel, I hope Ukip can be the change, but you have to be

optimistic, forward-looking, you cannot do nativism. We have voted to

leave, that was the primary purpose of Ukip, the Tories will now pick a

Brexit leader, somebody in favour of coming out, what is Ukip's appeal to

wavering Tories? It is Labour that is the potential growth market for

Ukip. Not the Tories? There are some Conservatives who could still come

to Ukip, but we have maxed out that market. The big growth market... You

only have one MP. The party of Keir Hardie is in favour of giving

technocrats and bankers in Brussels and Europe control over people's

lives, that is not the party that Keir Hardie foundered. We need to

compete for those votes. You tell him about the Labour Party. My

family has been in the Labour Party or the way through. The heartland

voters are Labour voters. Splitting and dividing the Tory elite...

Digitech viewpoint... We need to use the term reconnect with those

voters, that means changing some policies to meet their aspirations,

and that is what we have not done sufficiently. Is Ukip now more of a

threat to Labour in the North than to the Tories in the South? The

threat is the Tory party. Never underestimate the Tory party

recreated itself the power. This gives us a chance. This mandate for

change is a mandate against privatisation and it is a mandate

for pay, conditions, workers' right. The party that will be most

successful in appealing to this new disaffected electorates is going to

be the party that practices a bit of open source democracy. Instead of a

small elite in Westminster choosing the candidates, let's use open

primaries, let's let members decide policy. If parties want to appeal to

people disaffected by the part L -- by the cartel, there needs to be

fundamental change. Should Labour, or the opposition, the involved in

the Brexit talks? Yes, the Government should allow them, there

should be a cross-party involvement. We should get the best terms and

deliver voice should be heard. And Ukip? We need consensus, a huge

minority voted for Remain, we need to respect that. I would love to be

involved. That go to Victoria in Manchester.

We have got and, with six-month-old heaven. She is going to grow up in

an independent Great Britain, what do you think of that? I feel

devastated. Knowing that my daughter will be growing up in an inward

looking country. One that I am scared about living in, because it

feels that there is so much hate being bred by the media and by

certain political parties. I want her to have the ability to learn

about other cultures and be part of a Europe that I see as really

positive and four other children in this country. Leaving the EU does

not mean she can do that. It is the political climate and the attitude

of others that will influence her and other children. We have got

Francesca, 24-year-old, from Manchester. You voted to remain,

what are you thinking? I did not think I would be here, I thought it

would not be something that would affect me, I thought it would be

similar to the Scottish referendum, when nothing changed. You thought

Leave woodwind? Definitely, and it is the unknown now. With younger

voters, UC Nigel Farage claiming the NHS money would go back to them, and

then going back on it, it is like when the Liberal Democrats said

student fees would be eliminated, young people don't trust politics.

What do you think about your future? A question mark. We have an, who is

32, Francesca, 24, they both voted Remain. I am 64. You voted to leave.

Why? Fundamentally, it was about democracy. I'm surprised that we

won, because I can't believe the massed ranks of ordinary people felt

confident enough to vote against the massed ranks of the establishment.

What about the 48% of people who voted Remain? It would be the same

the other way around. There is nothing more than aquatic than this

boat. Some of the voting for constituencies is rigged. You may

say that! You know what the outcome will be. But on this, you do not

know. One man, one vote, it can't equal, we got 52%. I would have

accepted 48%. And one woman, one vote as well! Be hopeful. People

have come together from both sides, good conversation, there is no

reason why it cannot transfer across the country. More from Manchester

later. This result will have huge

implications across the UK. Let's get reaction from Scotland, Wales

and Northern Ireland and find out what the consequences of the vote

could repeatedly. Hello from Edinburgh, a city which

is always seen as a great European capital, so it is no surprise to

anyone that the city which is sometimes called the Athens of the

North should have voted to remain in the EU, 62% of Scottish people want

to stay within the EQ, which raises a big question, if the people of

Scotland want to remain in and the people of England want to get out,

is it time for Scotland to breakaway from England? That is the big

subject of discussion here. Within the next hour, we expect the colour

sturgeon -- Nicola Sturgeon to perhaps open the case for a second

referendum. It is a concentrated procedure, section 30 of the

Scotland act, it would require negotiations with Westminster, but

that is what the SNP faithful would like to do. David Cameron's legacy

could be that he is seeing not only written leaving the EU, but also the

end of the United Kingdom. In Wales, 17 of the 22 local

authorities here voted out, and it is there to say that the Remain camp

were not showing -- expecting such a strong showing for a Brexit. A 5%

gap tween them and Remain. The turnout was 72%, that is

significantly higher than the Welsh assembly elections last month, 45%.

The majority of those areas that voted to leave our areas that

benefit from EU funding, Blaenau Gwent, told fine and Caerphilly.

Reacting to the news, Carwyn Jones gave a statement. He said, now that

Wales and Britain have left, the way that Wales is funded will have to be

renegotiated. Wales is a net beneficiary from the

EU to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds. There is now an

overwhelming case for a major and immediate revision of the Barnett

formula, taking into account needs arising from EU withdrawal. I will

make the call today and in the days to come for the promise that was

made to Wales that Wales would not lose a penny as a result of the

result last night. I will call for that promise to be honoured.

Finally, withdraw from the EU is a massive constitutional shift for the

UK. It has equally far ranging implications for the devolution

settlement. The relationship between devolved administrations and the UK

Government must now be placed onto an entirely different footing.

Some have said that the Remain camp in Wales were too slow to react

after last month's Welsh assembly, seven Ukip members were elected in

the Senate in Cardiff Bay. The Labour vote was down by 7%, some

said they were too slow and did not realise there was such a strong vote

for a Brexit. Neil Hamilton has said he is delighted, if not slightly

surprised, with today's result. Here in Northern Ireland there was a

vote to remain, but when you look at the figures, 56% for Remain and 44%

for Leave, some Remain campaigners will be disappointed they did not

get more of their vote out. When you break down the figures, it does seem

to show that nationalists did not engaged, they were more likely to

vote Remain, whereas Unionists what their vote out, they were more

likely to vote for Leave. The DUP were one of the most vocal of the

Leave campaigners, the biggest party at Stormont, and they have welcomed

the vote across the UK for a vote to leave the EU. That has major

publications here and implications. There is the question of the

economy, a lot of cross-border trade between here and the Republic of

Ireland, and a big trading partner with the rest of the UK, the

Republic. There are questions about what will happen to that and what

will happen to that border that exists currently. Lots of talk about

whether there would have to be customs checkpoints or checks

between the islands if that was going forward. There are questions

about whether there should be some kind of independence referendum

here. Not in terms of complete independence, but of a united

Ireland, a border poll has been called for by Sinn Fein, it has been

ruled out by the DUP this morning, but it has started a debate, and

these questions about the EU have raised a lot of questions about the

UK. Chris Buckler in Belfast, Thomas

Mason in Cardiff - Tomos Morgan, apologies, in Cardiff, and Gavin

Esler in Edinburgh. Thank you all very much. You are watching a

special EU referendum programme, with me, Sophie Raworth. We can now

go over to the newsroom for a summary of the latest news, with

Joanna Gosling. After more than 40 years, the UK is to end its

membership of the European Union. The decision has been decisive, with

the Leave campaign securing its victory by a margin of more than 1

million votes. David Cameron has said he will step down and a new

Prime Minister will be in place within months. 17.4 million people

voted for the UK to leave the EU, compared with 16.1 million voters

who backed Remain. Turnout was 72%, the highest level in a nationwide

ballot in the UK since 1992. As the UK work up to the news, but it is to

exit the European Union, Leave campaigners were celebrating. Nigel

Farage lead those in Westminster, saying the 23rd of June should now

be regarded as Britain is Independence Day. Those from the

Remain camp described the result is a catastrophe. Supporters of Remain

consoled each other as the campaign received lower-than-expected support

across swathes of England, including the Midlands and the north. Speaking

outside Downing Street, David Cameron said he will resign as Prime

Minister, with a new leader appointed by, so. I think the

country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction. -- by

October. I will do everything I can as the 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 steers our country to

its next estimation. This is not a decision I have taken lightly. But I

do believe it is in the national interest to have a period of

stability, and then the new leadership required. There is no

need for a precise timetable today. But in my view we should aim to have

a new Prime Minister in place by the start of the Conservative Party

conference in October. The former London mayor and leading Brexit

campaigner Boris Johnson, who has been a prominent figure in the Vote

Leave campaign, was met with boos from demonstrators as he left his

north London home a short while ago. He is now a leading candidate to

succeed David Cameron as Prime Minister. He battled his way through

a scrum of police and prostate is -- and protesters, to boos and cheers,

without comment. The results have upset the world financial markets.

Pound plunged in the biggest one-day drop in 30 years, falling to levels

not seen since 1985. The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney,

who had previously warned of the dangers of voting to leave the EU,

sought to reassure the markets, saying the Bank was well-prepared

for a Leave vote. We have taken all the necessary steps to prepare for

today's events. And in the future, we will not hesitate to take any

additional measures required to meet our responsibilities as the United

Kingdom goes forward. We can go back now to Sophie Raworth in Downing

Street. Thank you very much. So, big questions about what this decision

will now mean for the United Kingdom. Big questions, too, for

what it will mean for the future of the European Union and for its 27

other member states. The European Parliament has held an emergency

meeting this morning. Matthew Amroliwala is in Brussels for us.

Thank you very much. They are absolutely stunned here at the heart

of the EU. Earlier in the day, the Council President, Donald Tusk, said

this is not the time for hysterical reaction. He may say that, but this

is a seismic decision for the EU as a whole. Let's gauge the mood around

European capitals. We have Jenny Hill in Berlin, Hugh Schofield in

Paris and cash in Madeira in Warsaw. Jenny Hill, first of all, how

difficult is this exit going to be? Well, I have spent the morning here

in the German parliament, and I can tell you that the sense of shock and

disbelief is really very striking. Even at the very highest level I

think here in Germany, nobody really expected this. We are already

getting the sense from politicians here that they are not going to make

it easy for Britain to negotiate some kind of new relationship with

the EU. Already, three MPs have said to me separately, Britain cannot

expect to cherry-picked when it comes to renegotiating its

relationship. There must be consequences for this decision. And

there will be no special treatment. Out means out. Don't underestimate

the sense of sadness there is here as well. The Vice Chancellor spoke

for many I think when he treated first thing this morning - damn,

this is a bad day for Europe! The reason MPs are starting to talk in

such tough terms is because they are really concerned that this could

precipitate potentially the erosion, even the break-up of the European

Union. So they are very keen to discourage any other countries from

following Britain to the door. Of course they're going to face a lot

of lobbying from industry here in Germany. There are huge commercial

ties between Germany and Britain. But for now there is very much a

profound sense of shock. We are waiting to hear from Angela Merkel

in the next couple of hours. Many of MPs have said this morning, this is

a sad day for Britain, for Germany and for Europe. Let me hand you over

to Hugh Schofield for the view from France. Yes, where President

Hollande must have been one of many leaders in Europe who got up this

morning feeling that the world had somewhat shifted on its axis after

the seismic vote in Britain. The president has had a torrid time of

it of late, with various other matters on his agenda. This is even

more terrible news for him. He will be doing all he can to react to it.

He's holding meeting now with inner cabinet. Up until now, the whole

process of Europe has been one of integration. The watchword, the

article of faith almost in France, has been integration. Now that this

prospect has emerged of the very opposite, disintegration, that is

preoccupying him greatly. He is meeting there with his inner cabinet

and he will come out quite soon to give some kind of student statement.

We can expect that he will say that he and other European leaders take

note of the British decision, it is a democratic decision, and that

therefore, he wants the process of separation to take place very

quickly indeed. I think there will be very little patience here for any

kind of delay in invoking article 50. He will be very clear that there

will be no favours given to Britain, no halfway house in the British

separation. For the rest of it he will talk about the EU and the need

for moving forward and the need for, as Jenny was saying, no more

contagion. The great fear here is Le Pen and the National Front rushing

its agenda, taking advantage of this. I can hand you over to our

correspondent in Warsaw now. I can say that that sense of shock here in

Poland is absolutely echoed. The Foreign Minister said that this is

bad news for Europe and add news for Poland. Let's not forget that Poland

has around 1 million or so nationals living and working in the UK. What

is going to happen to all of these people worry their future is

uncertain. And their future is of deep concern for government here in

this country, because they send back around $1 billion a year. So, a

sizeable chunk of money. Will they need visas? Will they need travel

permits? Will they need work permits? This is all for discussions

for the future. But it is this sense of sadness and a sense of loss. I

have been speaking to some students, one who was going off to Oxford

University, who says that she feels unwanted by the UK. And her future

is so bright. So, a real sense of loss, and also a political loss for

the Polish government, because of course, their ally, the British

Conservative Party, was a huge political force in the European

Conservatives and Reformists. I think Polish people are just coming

to grips with this. Yesterday, politicians from all of the parties

were saying, hold your fingers, which means basically, keep your

fingers crossed for the UK. So now I get it as a matter of how Poland

will agree some kind of agreements with the United Kingdom, how will

Brussels deal with it? Back to you, Matthew. Thanks to all of you. I

mentioned Donald Tusk. He is due to have a news conference within the

next half an hour with Jean-Claude Juncker. Mr Juncker said he would

not resign if in effect he had overseen a Brexit wrote. Both of

those will be speaking shortly. I'm not sure they ever really had real

contingency plans. They have had to get some. While there is shock

across large parts of Europe, celebrations here - Williams of

people who voted to leave cannot believe that they have finally got

what they wanted for so long. -- billions of people. Nigel Farage has

called it Independence Day for the UK. He has tweeted that he had

kippers and champagne for breakfast. The people we have not heard from

yet are the key figures of the Leave campaign - Boris Johnson, Michael

Gove and Gisela Stuart. They are expected to appear together at

around 11 o'clock this morning. We are also expecting to hear from

Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, all around 11 o'clock. We

will of course bring you that live as soon as it happens. In the

meantime, let's give you a proper breakdown of how the United Kingdom

voted yesterday, as we go over to the newsroom, and Christian Fraser.

Yes, let's have a look at those numbers in some more detail, then.

Starting with England. More than 28 million people voted on Thursday.

You can see that there was a pretty high turnout, the biggest since

1992. They were saying that a big turnout would be good for Remain.

But they all got it wrong. 6% lead for Leave in England. Look at that

blue-chip all over the country. In Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, big dig

into Lancashire, Yorkshire, big Labour supporting areas. These

little spots in yellow, the metropolitan areas - Liverpool,

Manchester, Leeds, York and Harrogate, affluent areas, of course

the Newcastle appear, but Newcastle, only by the slimmest of margins. It

is those areas which they expected to win in, places like Sheffield,

Durham, Coventry, Watford, where Remain just did not get the vote

out. London we expected to be Remain. But not all of the

south-east. Large parts of Kent there in blue-chip. I think I can

show you the top five areas which supported Leave. Castle Point in

Essex, Thurrock and Great Yarmouth we know as big Ukip areas. And the

top five Remain area is... Nos uprise, Gibraltar at the top. At

also these London boroughs... Let's take a closer look at Scotland. 32

regions in Scotland - every one of them going to Remain. But the

interesting thing was the turnout, 2.7 million people voting in

Scotland, with a turnout of 67%, less than the UK average, and it was

85% in the independence referendum. Maybe some voter fatigue. Four

elections in less than two years in Scotland. But the result, as we have

been seeing, overwhelming, opening up the question of a second

independence referendum vote in Scotland. Similar picture in

Northern Ireland. And an interesting picture as well. The vote perhaps

split along some sectarian lines here. Three areas in Belfast out of

four, voting for Remain. But it is these areas close to the border, all

in yellow. Let's take a final look at Wales. This will be a huge

disappointment to Labour and two Jeremy Corbyn. Only five of the 22

areas in Wales going to Remain. Cardiff went to Remain, but Swansea

didn't. Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, carefully, or going to Leave. Again,

turnout very high in Wales. And a 6-point lead for Leave over Remain.

All of those figures are on the website if you want to have a look.

A short time ago, former Prime Minister Tony Blair gave his

reaction, and he said that he felt personally sorry for David Cameron.

This is what he had to say. We are a divided country, which is why it is

important for the Prime Minister and others to try and bring the country

together and work out a way through this. I don't think we should take

any rash decisions at the moment, we have got to see what the fallout is

in the coming days and weeks. We have got to handle it in a mature

and sensible way. I think the Prime Minister is absolutely right not to

invoke the article 15 process at this point in time. We have got to

reflect and unite and chart a way forward which is in the interests of

the country. We are dealing with massive questions. These are

questions of fundamental importance to our future, economically,

insecurity and in politics. Reaction continues to filter

through. Let's go to College Green. We voted to leave the EU, but the

governing party now has a leadership contest, are we in for a summer of

huge uncertainty? The Prime Minister did two important things, alongside

what was an unexpected announcement that he will be going in a short

time. The first was he made it clear he is not going immediately, so we

have a period of continuity at least until the autumn. That is crucial in

settling the market. The other important thing was make it clear

that he will not be invoking article 50, this mechanism for negotiating

exit from the EU. We have the opportunity to have a calm, rational

discussion about what our priorities are and how we should carry that

out. When does the Tory leadership contest again? I will need to

discuss that with the committee executive. We will meet on Monday to

have that conversation. If we were to meet the timetable of a new

leader in place before the party conference, we would need to move

quite quickly. Does the Labour leadership have questions to answer

about its conduct? There are some difficult questions for the Labour

Party. We are in some difficult waters, dangerous waters, and

whether it is about the market stability, the negotiations, we have

got a responsibility to get the best deal for the country and show some

leadership working with the Government to do so. That includes

not calling for the immediate triggering of article 50, as we seem

to be earlier this morning. That is not the right thing to do, that

would not be in the interest of the British people. I am disappointed by

the result but we have to respect it and get the best possible deal for

Britain and the Labour community, which otherwise would be very

vulnerable. That is our responsibility. On the conduct of

the campaign, why does Labour no longer represent the aspirations of

the non-metropolitan working classes? There has been a big gap

between the cities and towns, the coalfield. We have to recognise that

the Labour Party did not reflect people's concerns about immigration,

I don't think the Government had practical responses. There is now a

big divide in the country around immigration, we have to build a new,

sensible consensus around that. It is not easy, but we have a

responsibility to do that. Otherwise, regardless of the trade

negotiations, we will have longer term problems. Who would you like to

see at the next leader of the good servant of party? Lets see who put

their hat into the ring. I will not name a candidate,... You have not

thought about it? No, I was concentrating on winning the vote

last night. Given that Boris Johnson went to head up the Leave campaign,

is he pretty unstoppable? He will have a strong case, but so will

others. We are jumping the gun. It is under way, you know politics. The

moment the Prime Minister says that he is resigning, the leadership

campaign begins. I watched the same statement by the Prime Minister, I

was as surprised as you were. Where you surprised? Surely it was

inevitable. Not necessarily. I did not sign the letter, but I thought

he was elected on a platform of delivering a referendum, so either

way he would stay as Prime Minister. There will be a contest. The

important thing now is that we have got a clear statement that we will

not trigger article 50, which is a good thing. That is to begin the

negotiations. The Treaty of Lisbon is a formal two-year period, if a

member state wants to succeed. If you decide to do that, you do that

once you have the broad guideline for agreement. Now we can work out

what those outlines are. Part of the issue is immigration. I was outside

polling stations, time and again the issue was raised, because we have

got the first major economic rebound, a lot of people have not

seen any enumeration increase because of this influx, and we have

trade which need skilled workers... David Cameron has gone to Buckingham

Palace to have an audience with the Queen. He said this morning when he

announced he was resigning that he had already spoken to the Queen. It

did not come as a prize to Her Majesty. Few things do. Tell me

about the leadership contest. You have to be a Tory MP to stand, a

number will throw their hat into the ring, the Tory MPs have first go,

they whittle it down to two. The rules require we provide a choice of

candidates for the party and the country. In the past it has always

been interpreted as two, I cannot see why we would change that. It

would be a decision for the executive, and then in consultation

with the board and the party. Do you expect Theresa May to come out of

her safe house in time for this? I am sure she will be in evidence. She

has not been during this campaign. She has made some cautious

interventions from time to time. Ltd and cautious. Which may have been

wise. Should Jeremy Corbyn fall on his sword? David Cameron has taken

responsibility for the campaign, which did not offer a positive

vision. That was the other problem with the campaign. The challenge now

is for the country. In terms of the Labour Party, the next step is the

Shadow Cabinet is meeting as we speak, and it is for them to set out

what kind of leadership we are going to be providing in terms of unifying

the country, addressing the problems and concerns for Labour voters in