Winners and losers
DAVID CAMERON: There was widespread agreement among experts before the referendum that the prime minister, who put his integrity on the line for a "Remain" vote, could not survive losing. Within hours of the result, he announced his resignation.
GEORGE OSBORNE: Finance minister Osborne stood by his ally Cameron's side during the campaign and fronted many of the warnings of the economic risks of a Brexit. Although long tipped as a future Conservative leader, his fervent support for "Remain" has lost him many friends in the party.
JEREMY CORBYN: The socialist leader of the main opposition Labour Party was criticised for his lukewarm support for the "Remain" campaign and he is being blamed for the decision by swathes of Labour voters to back a Brexit. Senior Labour MP Margaret Hodge tabled a no confidence motion today.
BORIS JOHNSON: The former London mayor was a key figurehead in the official campaign for Britain to leave the EU, urging Britain to "take back control" from Brussels. The Conservative lawmaker was widely criticised for claiming that the EU was behaving like Hitler in trying to create a superstate. He has long been the bookmakers' favourite to replace Cameron .
NIGEL FARAGE: The vote to leave the European Union is a culmination of 25 years of campaigning for the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). A surge in support for Farage's anti-immigration, anti-establishment party helped force Cameron into calling the referendum three years ago.
MICHAEL GOVE: The justice minister, hitherto a Cameron loyalist and close friend, was the most high-profile Conservative cabinet minister to break ranks with the prime minister. He said the prime minister made a "depressing" case for staying in, although he managed better than many of his colleagues in holding off on personal attacks against Cameron.
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