The United Kingdom carried out a referendum on membership in the European Union, voting to leave by a margin of 52 to 48 percent. The British pound dropped to its lowest level in more than 30 years, European stock markets dipped to their lowest levels since the 2008 financial crisis, and Google claimed that the second-most popular search term in the U.K. on the day after the vote was “What is the E.U.?” British prime minister David Cameron, upon learning of the results, announced that he was resigning. “Why should I have to do all the hard shit?” he allegedly asked his aides.
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The United Kingdom carried out a referendum on membership in the European Union, voting to leave by a margin of 52 to 48 percent. The British pound dropped to its lowest level in more than 30 years, European stock markets dipped to their lowest levels since the 2008 financial crisis, and Google claimed that the second-most popular search term in the U.K. on the day after the vote was “What is the E.U.?” British prime minister David Cameron, upon learning of the results, announced that he was resigning. “Why should I have to do all the hard shit?” he allegedly asked his aides.