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Originally Posted by BABARtheELEPHANT
I don't understnd anything about UK politics. Why are the winners resigning? Did NOBODY ask them what was going to happen, step by step, if the Leave wins?
Boris didn't resign. He led Leave to victory, then was, more or less, offered the PM role to lead the country in leaving, then decided to not even run.
A lot of people are very suspicious of his motives for leading Leave, claiming it was just a political move that backfired, and he didn't actually think they'd win, or even want them to win - hence the lack of plan.
Not massively sure why Farage resigned. Personally I think he realised he's in over his head. Supposedly he was getting phased out of any negotations with the EU anyway. Also, his party, UKIP, were pretty much run on a platform of anti-EU, anti-immigration. Now it's 'won' it's hard to say what their support will do, especially when the promises of a post EU utopia fail to emerge.