It is just over two weeks since the EU referendum and some of
the consequences are becoming clearer.
The two remaining candidates for the leadership of the
Conservative Party agree that the UK will leave the EU. The
difference at this stage is one of timing. Frontrunner Theresa May
sees no need to start the formal process of leaving immediately by
triggering Article 50. Andrea Leadsom says she would invoke Article
50 immediately if she became Prime Minister.
The government has rejected an online petition, signed by more
than 4.1 million people, calling for a second EU referendum. In its
response to the petition the government said it had "been
clear that this was a once-in-a-generation vote" and that
"we must now prepare for the process to exit the EU".
