The Brexit Realized

The announcement of the official results for the historic European Union referendum for the exit of Great Britain as one of its members was made on June 24, 2016. The results revealed that the Leave Campaign secured 51.9 percent of the total votes and the Remain Campaign only got 48.1 percent, implying that Great Britain has voted to leave the European Union.

The voting process that was confirmed to have had a turnout of 72 percent of Great Britain’s total voting population happened on June 23, a day prior to the announcement. Votes from different parts of Britain were gathered and tallied in the evening of the same day. People in Europe as well as the international public closely monitored developments through the night and even after the announcement of the results were made.

A number of major events followed the announcement that Great Britain decided to leave the European Union. Among them is the resignation of David Cameron, a strong advocate of the Remain Campaign, from his position as the prime minister. He said that Great Britain needs fresh leadership for the new chapter that it is about to face. He added that he will prepare his nation for the transition. However, the negotiations and the invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon will have to be carried out by the new prime minister.

Britons had mixed emotions about the results of the referendum.The Remain Campaign supporters were deeply saddened by the results as they claim that their nation is bound to face economic and political doom. On the other hand, the Leave Campaign supporters see the results of the referendum as a declaration of their freedom and independence.

There are also those who think that the outcome is inconclusive. There were around 30 million voters who participated in the process, and the difference between the votes for the two opposing sides is just a little over a million votes. These people say that a majority vote was not attained. They suggest that the referendum should be repeated because it may bring better and more conclusive results. 

Many people consider Great Britain to be in an unstable situation. The future of the first country to vote out of the European Nation is yet to be seen. It may still take a while before people can see if the Brexit was a good decision.