Sunday 26 June 2016

Sunday's Headlines: Brexit fallout intensifies in Britain

The Brexit vote just killed globalization as we know it; Over 2 million Britons sign petition for another referendum. They shouldn't hold their breath.; Britain faces possible future as Little England; After voting for Brexit, this county's residents suddenly realize Europe might stop sending money;
 
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Brexit fallout intensifies in Britain
Leadership struggles have emerged in the nation's major parties, with debate growing among Conservatives over a successor to Prime Minister David Cameron and a movement underway to oust Jeremy Corbyn as head of the Labour Party.
The Brexit vote just killed globalization as we know it
Now the question is whether it will push the world into a more Western-worker-friendly form of globalization or a full-fledged retreat to protectionism.
 
Over 2 million Britons sign petition for another referendum. They shouldn't hold their breath.
The request to have a second vote about staying in the E.U. was so popular that it briefly crashed the Parliament website that hosted it.
 
Britain faces possible future as Little England
Scotland is again pressing for secession. Pro-Brexit voters want large numbers of immigrants kept out. And British leaders and diplomats will be focused on divorce proceedings with the E.U.
After voting for Brexit, this county's residents suddenly realize Europe might stop sending money
The county gets more than $82 million annually in European subsidies that help finance infrastructure projects and education schemes.
 
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