Brexit will see UK exit EU after four decades of EU membership | Photo credit: Press Association
Fraser Cameron , an independent consultant who ran the 1975 Cambridge in Europe campaign on Britain's membership of the then European Economic Community EEC has called Thursday's Brexit result a "devastating blow for the EU, the UK and for Britain's under 30s.
Cameron told this website that the result would have serious implications particularly over the future of, "the entire European project".
"How could the EU lose its second largest member after four decades of membership? How will it cope with certain demands for referenda in other member states?" said Cameron.
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"It is by no means inconceivable that there would be a similar result in the Netherlands and France. Prospects for an ever closer union were never realistic; now they are dead in the water. The EU has to make itself relevant to its citizens and deal with their concerns, especially jobs and migration."
Cameron added it was fair to criticise the British media for its "relentless anti-EU propaganda over decades" but added that "considerable blame must also be laid at the door of successive British governments, for failing to offer a positive message about the EU".
"David Cameron won the leadership of the Conservative Party on a Eurosceptic ticket. He consistently tried to appease the Brexiteers within his party, but to no avail. An unnecessary referendum turned into an anti-establishment vote as has been typical for almost all referenda in the EU over the past twenty years."
With Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as the country's capital London, bucking the UK trend and voting overwhelmingly to remain part of the EU, Cameron warned, "The UK is deeply split between London and the English regions, between England and Wales and Scotland and Northern Ireland, and between generations."
With Initial breakdown of the result showing that a substantial majority of the country's over 50s voted to leave, Cameron warned that, "the consequences of the vote will be felt most by the under 30s who voted massively to remain. It is their future that will be blighted by the vote."
And he suggested that the UK may well now be heading for another divorce, this time an internal one with another Scottish referendum "on the cards and a possible referendum on Northern Ireland joining Ireland."
"And who will oversee all this? The Tory party is deeply divided while Labour voters deserted their party in droves to vote the Ukip line."
"The only positive to come out of this debacle could be a fundamental realignment in British politics. Watch this space."