06-27-2016, 07:33 AM
The "Leave" campaign won an unexpectedly decisive majority in Thursday's referendum on Britain's EU membership. So why do Brexit's biggest backers already seem so discombobulated? Commenters described "Leave" icon and possible next prime minister Boris Johnson as "rather pale" and "uncharacteristically subdued" the morning after. Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party, spent Friday morning distancing himself from the "Leave" campaign's promise that Britain's EU funds would be redirected to the National Health Service; and Tory European Parliament member Daniel Hannan admitted that renegotiating Britain's relationship with the EU wouldn't actually decrease immigration. Sorry, "Leave" voters who wanted to either curb immigration or fund the NHS! (That's pretty much all of them.) Across social media were reports of "Leave" voters waking up with buyer's remorse. Some were counting on a "Remain" victory and wanted only to "send a message" or press the EU for reforms-a bit like playing a game of chicken with 64 million people's hands on the steering wheel.