Voting continues in Britain but, with no exit polls planned, all those looking for an early peek into results will have to rely on the last surveys conducted ahead of the voting. Based on the average of the last six polls, Britain's Telegraph reports that 51 percent of respondents supported remaining in the EU, while 49 percent wanted to leave the bloc. What these numbers will translate to remains to be seen when polling stations close at 10:00 pm local time. Final results are not expected until early Friday morning.
More torrential rain forecast for London, eastern England; likely to affect both camps in #Brexit vote
— Jamie Dettmer (@jamiewrit) 23.6.2016
Five hours to go
There is no love lost between the top 'Remain' and 'Leave' campaigners with just five hours left in voting. A 'Vote Leave' official, Matthew Elliot, has rounded on Londoners and the Scots in a bid to get anti-EU English voters in rural areas, the north and the Midlands to get out and vote.
In an email to potential Brexit supporters, Elliot warned: “There is a very real chance that voters in London and Scotland will vote to keep us in the EU today despite the heartlands of the country voting to leave.”
London Labor lawmaker and pro-Europe campaigner Chuka Umunna has responded: “Vote 'Leave' are ending this campaign as they began it – by seeking to divide our country not unite it, turning regions, nations and communities against one another. Londoners and Scots have as much right to exercise their democratic choice as anyone else.”
With both camps jittery and no one sure which way this will go, bookmakers William Hill say that odds have shortened on the tough-willed Interior Secretary Theresa May becoming Prime Minister, succeeding David Cameron, in the event of a Brexit.
Thurs is post-work socialising night in Brussels. Many told @VOANews v worried over #Brexit. EU economy big concern https://t.co/TxCzRhgcJu
— Henry Ridgwell (@HenryRidgwell) 23.6.2016