“The whole 'remain' campaign got mired in the negative,” said Nicholas Cull, a professor of public diplomacy at USC. The Boris Johnson effectThe popular political heavyweight and former mayor of London gave a huge boost to the leave campaign, according to British media reports. The older generationThe remain campaign was rejected by older Britons. The front page of the London Evening Standard on Friday featured the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron and the vote to leave the EU. Early polls had indicated that the camp pushing to remain in the EU would likely succeed, even by a small margin.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 24, 2016 22:29 UTC