Did London vote Leave or Remain? Here’s a full breakdown June 24, 2016 Londoners flocked to polling stations yesterday despite flash floods hitting some parts of the capital. So did London vote Leave or Remain? Results have started pouring in, follow the results on our live EURef map. Here are all the London results: Barking and Dagenham REMAIN 27,750 LEAVE 46,130 Barnet REMAIN 60,823 LEAVE 39,387 Bexley REMAIN 47,603 [...]
Lindsay Lohan’s tweets about EU referendum send Twitter into tizzy June 24, 2016 What do David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and Lindsay Lohan have in common? They're all obsessing over the EU referendum at the moment. While it's obvious why the three above-mentioned politicians are talking/eating/sleeping EU referendum poll results at the moment, "why is the Mean Girls star tweeting about Britain's historic vote?" you may ask. [...]
He said what?! Boris tells man on Tube “we’ve lost” the EU referendum June 23, 2016 Former London mayor and high profile Leave campaigner Boris Johnson admitted to a man on the Tube that the Vote Leave campaign has lost the referendum. Lewis Iwu, director of the Fair Education Alliance, tweeted a photo of the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, claiming that Johnson said he had "lost" the EU referendum anyway. Just been asked on [...]
Pro-Brexit Tory MPs write to Cameron urging him to remain Prime Minister regardless of referendum result June 23, 2016 Over 80 Conservative MPs have written a letter to David Cameron urging him to remain Prime Minister irrespective of the referendum result. The letter has been signed by all members of the Cabinet who voted Leave and was delivered to Downing Street by Tory MP Robert Syms. People who signed the letter include Brexit supporters such as Priti [...]
Ukip leader Nigel Farage believes that Remain has won the referendum June 23, 2016 With the polls now closed in today's referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, Ukip leader and Leave campaigner Nigel Farage has said that he believes his side has lost. "Turnout looks to be exceptionally high and it looks like Remain will edge it," Farage told Sky News. "Ukip and I are going nowhere and [...]
The polls have closed: EU referendum voting has now ended across the UK – and now the counting begins June 23, 2016 Polling booths across the UK to vote on the country's EU membership have now closed. Both the Remain and Leave camps look to have a long night ahead of them as counting now gets underway. The Electoral Commission has said if you're in line at a polling station at the 10pm cut-off you'll be able to cast [...]
This unicorn is leaping on its IPO June 23, 2016 Tech bubble? What tech bubble? Twilio shares have surged on its IPO, leaping as much as 70 per cent on its debut on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares surged as high as $25.50 after pricing at $15 per share, giving it a market capitalisation of more than $2bn Read more: These are the seven [...]
EU referendum: There may have been a record amount of betting on Brexit vote – but is it that impressive? June 23, 2016 The EU referendum has caught the betting world by storm. After the failure of the pollsters at last year's general elections, politics watchers have been broadening their horizons to try to understand who has the edge in the campaign. Of course, the betting markets themselves move in response to opinion polls, but discussions about polling methodology, [...]
EU referendum: UK economy on course for investment boom once Brexit vote is done with June 23, 2016 Around £6bn of investment in the UK economy has been delayed due to the EU referendum, with large portions set to come flooding back whatever the result of the vote. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) calculated 70 per cent of the lost investment would rush back by the end of the year [...]
EU referendum: Banking stocks rule the roost as Brexit camp slips back June 23, 2016 Banking stocks have stormed up the FTSE 100 today, as markets react as if we've already had the result of the EU referendum. The bluechip index charged higher in morning trading as a number of opinion polls released late last night and today showed the swing back towards Remain was holding right up until polling day. [...]
