United Kingdom exit from the European Union/Timelines
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2016
June
- 23rd: voters in a UK-wide referendum opted to leave the EU.[1]
- 24th:
- UK Prime Minister David Cameron notified the nation of his intention to step down;[2]
- a significant downturn in global stock markets took place, in which Sterling significantly weakened;[3]
- Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would seek a second referendum on the nation leaving the UK.
- 25th:
- the UK member of the European Commission, Lord Hill, resigned his seat;[4]
- Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn was sacked at midnight by the Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, for questioning his leadership of the Labour Party's 'remain' campaign after it emerged that many Labour-supporting areas had strongly-backed Brexit.
- 26th:
- a series of senior Opposition figures resigned amid calls for Jeremy Corbyn to step down as Labour leader;
- the Scottish First Minister suggested that the Scottish Parliament might block UK withdrawal;[5]
- a petition on the UK government website for a second referendum on EU membership reached over three million signatories;[6]
- The Liberal Democrats announced a new policy of re-entering the EU;[7]
- HSBC indicated that some staff would be moved from London to Paris if the UK left the EU's single market.[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ BBC News: 'EU Referendum Results'. 24th June 2016.
- ↑ BBC News: 'Brexit: David Cameron to quit after UK votes to leave EU'. 24th June 2016.
- ↑ BBC News: 'Pound plunges after Leave vote'. 24th June 2016.
- ↑ Daily Telegraph: 'Britain's EU Commissioner Lord Hill quits after Brexit vote - as experts warn City could suffer'. 25th June 2016.
- ↑ BBC News: 'Nicola Sturgeon says MSPs at Holyrood could veto Brexit'. 26th June 2016.
- ↑ Huffington Post: 'Second EU Referendum Petition Started By Leave Voter William Oliver Healey'. 26th June 2016.
- ↑ Guardian: 'Lib Dems to pledge British return to EU in next general election'. 26th June 2016.
- ↑ BBC News: 'HSBC 'to move jobs to Paris if UK leaves single market''. 26th June 2016.