Searches For 'What Happens If We Leave The EU' Increased By 250 Percent

As I'm sure you've heard, Britain has voted to leave the EU.

The Leave campaign beat remain voters with a majority of 52%, and Nigel Farage is calling for June 23 to become a national holiday, known as 'Independence Day'.

Despite Britain voting to leave, Google Trends reported that at around midnight, two hours after referendum polls closed, there was an increase of 250 percent in people searching 'what happens if we leave the EU?' Which begs the question, did people know what they were voting for?

Following that, Google Trends showed that there was a 100 percent increase in searches for getting Irish passports, and that 'why did Britain leave the EU?' and 'what is the EU?', were two of the most popular searches since the results of the referendum.

Shortly after the results of the EU Referendum were announced, Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation.

Only time will tell what the implications of this decision actually are for the UK.

Words by Mark McGowan

Featured image credit: PA

Topics: EU

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.