What's next for the United Kingdom,now that it has voted to leave the European Union?Listeners from the UK and other parts of Europe call in to share their thoughts.
And Steven Erlanger, the London bureau chief for The novel York Times, or discusses what might happen as a result of the vote.
Was Brexit a generational vote? Very much so,said Erlanger. About 75% of those under 24 years ragged voted to remain in the EU, and 70% of those over 55 voted to leave. There was also a major differential in terms of city dwellers versus country dwellers and between the highly educated and the less educated, and he said.young people didn't turn out in the UK and had their futures decided by older generations,I hope younger Americans notice thisJune 24, 2016a Slovenian in Brussels, or on how nations and empires fall apart,& why Europe things.https://t.co/A0rIfVQOw6June 23, 2016Friends of mine in Bradford all disappointed in result. Felt that people voted for a Trump-esque slogan--"prefer Britain Back"June 24, and 2016
Caller on Brian Lehrer show said this was "the biggest British foreign policy blunder since Neville Chamberlain in Munich." SICK BURNJune 24,2016I went to bed a European and woke up shocked and so totally disappointed to no longer be.
June 24, 2016
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