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Boris Johnson, tipped for Tory leadership following the EU referendum result, had to fight through crowds of people shouting 'scum' and 'traitor' en route to the Leave Campaign's headquarters. The former London Mayor is due to deliver a speech following a monumental decision to leave the European Union, but he had to battle angry crowds first. Chants of 'scum' could be heard in the background and 'traitor' from the crowd. Others shouted "shame on you Boris". Boris leaves his house...

Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson is overwhelming favourite to become the next Prime Minister. Following the resignation of David Cameron, Johnson is now odds-on favourite to take the Conservative leader job and become the UK's PM. Boris is 5/6 to be next Conservative Party leader, well ahead of rivals Theresa May (11/4), Michael Gove (9/2) and Priti Patel (11/1). Betway’s Alan Alger, said: “Britain voting to leave the EU followed by David Cameron resigning from his position as Prime Minister are two pieces...

David Cameron delivered an emotion resignation speech this morning after Britain voted to leave the European Union. The Prime Minister called the referendum a "giant democratic exercise", perhaps the biggest in our history, after more than 33 million people had their say. He said: "The will of the British people is an instruction that must be delivered. "It was not a decision that was taken lightly, not least because so many things were said by so many different organisations about...

While everyone else has been busy mudslinging, Wikipedia has produced a very balanced list of everyone who has made an endorsement during this EU referendum: Endorsements in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 Here are some highlights... BREMAIN BREXIT International Politicians President of the USA Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister of Norway President of China Prime Minister of India Prime Minister of Japan Prime Minister of Bangladesh Prime Minister of New Zealand NATO G7 G20 The European Union Donald Trump Vladimir Putin...

By Ben Gelblum, Contributing Editor @BenGelblum Rio Ferdinand has joined former England football stars David Beckham and John Barnes to announce he will be voting for the UK to remain in the EU today. Announcing that this would be the first time he has ever voted, in a blistering Facebook Post, Rio Ferdinand said he would be voting for the country he wants his three children to grow up in, and warned: "if Leave wins, it’ll be an endorsement of the...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The referendum campaign sinks lower and lower and I think many would just like it to be over now. Now a plane flying a Vote Leave banner flew over Trafalgar Square as Jo Cox's husband paid an emotional tribute to her. The event this afternoon was arranged on what would have been her 42nd birthday, until she was brutal murdered last week. Mr Cox had been telling crowds his wife ‘lived for her beliefs’ and...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor After all the posturing and the praise for the fish industry in the face of EU regulations, would Boris kiss one of his beloved fish, well we reckon he didn't. He was at Billingsgate market mopping up the final few potential votes, but he couldn't do it, he was close, but yet so far, will that reflect tomorrow's vote? Watch video here

A new survey has revealed that energy professionals who work or live within the EU (i.e professionals working in overseas energy jobs) don’t want the UK to leave, but it’s close. A sample of energy sector workers in overseas energy jobs took part in the EU referendum survey. The results of the poll indicated that 47.3 per cent want the UK to remain part of Europe, while 43.2 per cent want Britain to withdraw from the rest of the member states....

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A mystery man named only as Laurence Taylor took out a full page advert in the Metro newspaper to make the case for Remain. Mr Taylor is “fed up” and demands people discuss immigration “based on facts not fear” – he claims he paid for the ad out of his own pocket, rich man, or maybe the advertising prices have dipped at the paper, maybe a bit of both perhaps. The advert shows a simple pie chart...