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06-25-2016, 05:01 AM
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UK politics in uncharted waters
LONDON: British politics was upended on Friday by a shock vote to leave the EU triggered a leadership race and raised doubts the country could survive in its current form. There were already signs that pro-EU Scotland could move to hold a fresh independence referendum, as well as fears that stability in **rthern Ireland could be threatened by the move. The main opposition Labour party was **t immune from the turmoil, either. Its leader, veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn, had campaigned reluctantly to keep Britain in the EU. An MP has tabled a motion of ** confidence in him following the result after many traditional Labour areas backed Brexit. “The ramifications leave one giddy,” wrote political commentator Matthew d’Ancona in The Guardian. “Yes, this will have immense consequences for the Westminster drama: **t only for David Cameron, who bet the farm and lost; but also for Jeremy Corbyn who conspicuously failed to deliver the Labour heartlands,” he said.“But the high political soap opera is belittled by the constitutional and eco**mic implications.” Anand Me**n, director of the UK In A Changing Europe academic research group, added: “Nationalist politicians, be they in Scotland, **rthern Ireland or England, will be making hay.” Favourite to succeed Cameron is Boris Johnson, the leading Brexiteer and former London mayor. Other contenders seen as closer to Cameron could include Home Secretary Theresa May and finance minister George Osborne. Once the leading contender to succeed Cameron, Osborne’s hopes may have been damaged by his closeness to the premier and his botched handling of two austerity budgets. Whoever wins will face having to unite a party which has experienced bitter divisions during a referendum campaign which has pitched Conservative against Conservative. They will also inherit Cameron’s small House of Commons majority of 16, making it tough to pass any controversial new laws. Corbyn, who won the Labour leadership last year thanks to grassroots support, much of it from young voters, is deeply unpopular with many MPs. John Mann, a pro-Brexit Labour MP, said he was “out of touch” with traditional working-class Labour voters who were “sick to death” with his policies. The constitutional consequences of the vote could run deeper. Scotland’s ruling Scottish National Party has long indicated that a Brexit vote could provide momentum for a second referendum after independence was rejected in a previous vote in 2014. أكثر... 
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