Britain’s political crisis has deepened amid party infighting in London and new polls showing bolstered support for Scottish independence.
Prime Minister David Cameron will meet with his cabinet today and Parliament will reconvene, four days after the shock Brexit vote which plunged the bloc and global financial markets into unprecedented turmoil. Finance Minister George Osborne will make a speech to try to steady markets, while US Secretary of State John Kerry is due in London and Brussels for crisis talks and the leaders of Germany, France and Italy will meet in Berlin.
Three days after Mr Cameron announced his resignation after losing last Thursday’s referendum, opposition Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, insisted that he will not quit despite the resignation of 11 members of his top team yesterday and vowed to reshape his shadow cabinet.
EU powers have called for a swift divorce amid fears of a domino effect of exit votes in eurosceptic member states that could imperil the integrity of the 28-nation alliance.