The age split in the vote was stark.
The age split in the vote was stark. lazyllama/shutterstock

Well:

The UK has voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union after 43 years in an historic referendum.

London and Scotland voted strongly to stay in the EU but the remain vote has been undermined by poor results in the north of England.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage hailed the result as the UK's "independence day."

The pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985 as the markets reacted to the results.




What happens now? The BBC reports the country has two years to negotiate an exit. Members of parliament could block the exit, but that seems unlikely.

Read Charles on the Brexit a couple of days ago here.

Follow live updates online here. Stream BBC radio here.


And, since we were all waiting for the Washington State Republican Party to weigh in: