How Brexit could make the UK more like the US

Two-hundred-and-forty years after American colonists upset at the dictates of Parliament turned over the established political order, a new group of political upstarts has spurned the rule of the European Union. This time it's a group of Brits themselves looking to the United States for inspiration.

Quentin Letts: Elegant to the last, Samantha Cameron stood by her man in a bright frock

Get out now! Furious EU leaders demand Britain makes quick exit from the EU as Prime Minister David Cameron resigns and global markets plummet over historic referendum vote to leave Europe PIERS MORGAN: No wonder Trump looks happy - Britain's exit from Europe should leave Hillary Clinton shaking in her boots and Donald knows it! It wasn't me! Obama shrugs off his humiliating failure to stop Britain quitting Europe by claiming 'globalization' was to blame for shock result Donald Trump says 'always wrong Obama' and Clinton pushed the British out of Europe by lecturing them to stay - and Americans will be next 'to take their country Brexit doesn't mean Hillary will lose the election, claims her campaign, after British ignored her demand they vote to stay in KATIE HOPKINS: Pinch me, I must be dreaming.

Axe hangs over British PM David Cameron, as Brexit defeat puts Boris Johnson in the box seat

Prime Minister David Cameron may go down in history as the man who led Britain out of the European Union, but his political defeat in the Brexit referendum means there is a strong chance he will not be around by the time it all becomes official. As Britain voted to become the first state ever to withdraw from the bloc on Thursday, Cameron's epitaph may have been sealed after six years in power.

UK’s Cameron faces day of reckoning with EU vote

After five years in coalition, the Conservatives won a surprise clear majority in the May 2015 general election, allowing them to rule alone. After years of seeing his premiership buffeted by rows over Europe, British Prime Minister David Cameron faces his day of reckoning for country and career in Thursday's EU referendum.

Voting to leave the EU will ‘neutralise’ extremists who try to…

Voting for Brexit would 'neutralise' extremists who try to exploit people's fears over mass immigration, Boris Johnson has insisted. Nigel Farage unveiled the poster - which featured the headline 'Breaking Point' over an image of refugees walking into Europe through Slovenia - on Thursday just hours before Labour MP Jo Cox was shot dead and the referendum battle was suspended.

UK leaders urge unity, recall parliament after Cox killing

The UK recalled Parliament on Monday to pay tribute to murdered Labour Party lawmaker Jo Cox, as political leaders urged unity after weeks of acrimonious campaigning over membership of the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron and opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn made a rare joint appearance on Friday at the site of the attack to praise Cox and call for restraint in the referendum debate.

Britain’s wide open borders: Second boat of Albanians tries to…

Britain's wide open borders: Second boat of Albanians tries to land on UK shore as just three patrol boat patrols guard 7,700 mile coastline and French coastguard chief says the Channel is the new Med Britain's lax border controls were branded a 'complete mess' last night as experts warned vast swathes of coastline were wide open to migrants. Coastguards intercepted a dinghy carrying 18 Albanians trying to reach the Kent coast - the second in the same location in just two weeks - raising fears that many more are attempting the journey.