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| EU referendum result: Britain votes leave – live updates | |
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| 7.00am BST | |
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| The FT’s Jim Pickard has more from the script that Labour MPs are being told to use this morning. It says that Labour is “far closer to the centre of gravity of the British public than other other political parties”. It also says Jeremy Corbyn is “uniquely placed” to represent the nation’s views because he is a “critical remainer”. | |
| Here is some of the script that Labour MPs have been ordered to quote from on the airwaves today... pic.twitter.com/6gSjlMZgNC | |
| In Labour circles this has attracted some criticism, according to Sky’s Tamara Cohen. | |
| Labour source re Corbyn lines pic.twitter.com/m4J9EWkVp6 | |
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| Severin Carrell | |
| Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, will now be gauging the strength of feeling among the Scottish National party’s most senior figures, particularly her predecessor Alex Salmond, on whether she should now call clearly for a second independence referendum or simply demand that this option is put on the table. | |
| Salmond, by far the second-most influential SNP figure after Sturgeon, made clear a month ago he believes there is a powerful case for a quick second referendum within two years of an EU exit vote. He told the Victoria Derbyshire BBC referendum debate in late May a new referendum “would have to be [held] within the two-year period of the UK negotiating withdrawal; it would have to be.” | |
| Many SNP activists will take heed of Salmond’s views. The question now is whether Salmond takes that position given the UK has voted to leave despite Scotland giving the largest pro-EU vote of any part of the UK. | |
| The latest SNP manifesto on which it won a third successive Holyrood election said a Brexit vote would be the “material change” which could justify a second vote on Scotland’s constitutional future. | |
| Sturgeon’s instinct will be to tread carefully since few recent Scottish opinion polls show a majority of voters want a second referendum even if there was a Brexit vote, and she also knows the Scottish economy is very fragile, making her government’s spending heavily reliant on UK support. | |
| Some senior SNP figures believe they need polls showing consistent 60% support for independence before calling for one. | |
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| at 6.59am BST | |
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| Oliver Holmes in Bangkok has rounded up some perspective from east Asia on the UK’s referendum result: | |
| There has been little reaction to the UK’s Brexit vote so far from east Asian leaders, but the widely anticipated tumbles in global stock markets have already begun to play out. | |
| A senior Bank of Thailand official told the Bangkok Post that Brexit would have minimal domestic impact, but could pose a long-term threat. | |
| In the Philippines, newspapers were warning of the potential financial repercussions of the referendum result. Annual remittances from overseas Filipinos in the UK amount to more than £1bn, nearly 6%, of all money wired home by south-east Asian expats. | |
| Hong Kong’s chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, said earlier this week that the city – home to about 600 British companies should brace itself for a large fallout following Brexit. “As a highly open and internationalised small economy in a globalised market, the impact on Hong Kong will be relatively large,” he said. | |
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| The FT’s Jim Pickard has a copy of the script that Labour MPs have been told to use when giving interviews overnight. | |
| SCRIPT: Those poor Labour MPs...so many words to remember...so little time to mug up...this is one of many pages.... pic.twitter.com/rAQ1MEz94D | |
| 6.39am BST | |
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| John Redwood, the pro-Brexit Tory, told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “This has to be a Brexit government.” But he sidestepped questions about who he would like to see as prime minister. | |
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| Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, has told ITV’s Good Morning Britain that he thought it was a mistake for the Vote Leave campaign to say that it could save £350m a week by leaving the EU and that the money could go to the NHS. | |
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| Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German foreign minister, has said this is a sad day for Britain and for the EU. | |
| FM #Steinmeier: The early morning news from #GreatBritain are truly sobering. It looks like a sad day for #Europe+the #UnitedKingdom. #UK 🇪🇺 | |
| 6.31am BST | |
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| Reuters in Sydney has this reaction from Australia’s Malcolm Turnbull on Brexit. | |
| Australia’s prime minister said on Friday he expects a period of uncertainty and some instability in global markets as Britain was on the verge of Brexit but the immediate impact on Australia will be limited. | |
| ‘The impact on Australia immediately, directly, from a legal point of view, will be very limited because it will take some years for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, to negotiate an exit,’ he told reporters. | |
| ‘However, we’ve seen already large falls on stock markets and there will be a degree of uncertainty for some time.’ | |
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| Matthew Weaver | Matthew Weaver |
| Green MP Caroline Lucas described the referendum result as heartbreaking and called for voting reform to allow the public to better express their anger. | Green MP Caroline Lucas described the referendum result as heartbreaking and called for voting reform to allow the public to better express their anger. |
| Speaking to BBC News she said: | Speaking to BBC News she said: |
| I think this is an absolutely devastating result. Personally, I feel pretty heartbroken. It has revealed massive divisions within our country. There is such levels of alienation and anger and frustration which is real wake up call to Westminster. We have got here basically people rebelling against 98% of MPs. | I think this is an absolutely devastating result. Personally, I feel pretty heartbroken. It has revealed massive divisions within our country. There is such levels of alienation and anger and frustration which is real wake up call to Westminster. We have got here basically people rebelling against 98% of MPs. |
| The anger that we are hearing from around the country actually was less to do with EU per se and more to do with a sense of just having been un-heard, un-listened to for so many years. | The anger that we are hearing from around the country actually was less to do with EU per se and more to do with a sense of just having been un-heard, un-listened to for so many years. |
| In a statement, she added: | In a statement, she added: |
| We’re calling on all sides to come together to fix our democracy here in Britain – starting with electoral reform for the House of Commons. The democratic deficit will not be fixed by leaving the EU – we need to look closer to home too. | We’re calling on all sides to come together to fix our democracy here in Britain – starting with electoral reform for the House of Commons. The democratic deficit will not be fixed by leaving the EU – we need to look closer to home too. |
| The prospect of shutting down the right to free movement is frightening, as are the consequences of a campaign that has at times pitted neighbours against one another, whipped up fear and allowed lies and myths to take the place of truth. Britain deserves better and I am pledging anew to fight against division on behalf of my constituents. | The prospect of shutting down the right to free movement is frightening, as are the consequences of a campaign that has at times pitted neighbours against one another, whipped up fear and allowed lies and myths to take the place of truth. Britain deserves better and I am pledging anew to fight against division on behalf of my constituents. |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right Front National party, has welcomed the result of the referendum. She says she wants a similar referendum in France. | Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right Front National party, has welcomed the result of the referendum. She says she wants a similar referendum in France. |
| Victoire de la liberté ! Comme je le demande depuis des années, il faut maintenant le même référendum en France et dans les pays de l'UE MLP | Victoire de la liberté ! Comme je le demande depuis des années, il faut maintenant le même référendum en France et dans les pays de l'UE MLP |