Brexit Will Bring Changes, but How Much Change Is Not Clear

That “things will change” is obvious, what is less obvious is what will change and how and when change will be instituted.

The Union Kingdom flag flaps in the wind in front of the Great Clock atop the landmark Elizabeth Tower that houses Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament in central London on Sept. 26, 2014. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Post referendum tristesse?

Can we take a “mulligan” and have a do over? Or just “reset”?

Can an egg be unscrambled? Well, at least the chief egg scrambler (Boris Johnson) is out of the kitchen, which may reduce some of the anticipated angst and animus among Europeans should they be forced to address the thousands of devilish details involved in formally separating the U.K. from the EU. Johnson (reluctantly) follows Prime Minister Cameron out of politics.

With both Johnson and Cameron on the sidelines, the stage is cleared for new British leadership and perhaps greater flexibility in thinking regarding U.K. and EU relations.

Brexit campaigner and former London Mayor Boris Johnson waves after addressing a press conference in central London on June 30, 2016. Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images