The British vote will trigger at least two years of divorce proceedings with the EU, the first exit by any member state. Militant Islamists took to the internet to applaud the British vote, with one saying it marked the “beginning of the disintegration of the Crusaders”. Huge questions also face the large numbers of British expatriates who live and work freely elsewhere in the EU as well the fate of EU citizens who live and work in Britain. Older voters backed Brexit but the young and well educated mainly wanted to stay in the EU. Britain's decision to leave the EU is the biggest blow since World War Two to the European project of forging greater unity.

Source: The Telegraph June 25, 2016 09:45 UTC