"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave".

  "They discussed possibly Scotland getting special status within the UK to let it still be a member of the EU somehow....

  "The next person to lead this country has to somebody who believes in the opportunity of leaving the EU."

  Headhunters report a level of anxious calls they haven't seen since the 2008 global crisis

  But the EU "should also not give the UK a better treatment than it does to Switzerland and Norway."

 

 

 

 

  "We would like to see a united, stable EU, and a stable, prosperous Britain," he said.

  "What was once unthinkable has become irreversible".

  "They noted their full agreement on how to handle the situation created by the British referendum."

  French Foreign Minister said: "We have to give a new sense to Europe, otherwise populism will fill the gap".

  Moody's downgraded its outlook for Britain, saying its creditworthiness was now at greater risk