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A closer look at the "Brexit"

The total numbers of cast votes were 33,577,342 of which the total remain was 16,141,241 (48.1%) and exit 17,410,742 (51.9%). The unexpected results sent the Pound tumbling to its lowest since 1985 and with that David Cameron had enough and announced his resignation at 10:23 am (local time). The ripple effects have been felt across money markets across Europe, America Asia.

Cameron who had earlier in the year survived pressure to resign when he was associated with the Panama Papers expose had made a passionate plea to voters to saying such a move would be "irreversible" and that “If you jump out of the airplane, you cannot clamber back through the cockpit hatch,”

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