Britain Exits, Democracy Lives, And Everything Has Changed

Published June 24, 2016 12:37pm ET



London

London feels like a city liberated by one side in an ongoing civil war. The papers on the newsstands seem to come from a foreign country—yesterday’s country. At twenty minutes to five this morning, it became apparent that Britain’s citizens had voted by a 4-point margin to leave the 28-nation European Union. Most Londoners, politicians across Europe, and virtually all pundits and politicians are in a state of shock and rage.

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