We now know what shockwaves feel like … David Cameron has resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom; sterling has fallen 10% and is slowly picking itself up off the canvas; the U.K. is still in Europe but, barring a dramatic volte-face, will be leaving the European Union. Calls for another Scottish independence referendum and demands to unite the Republic of Ireland with Northern Ireland could leave the United Kingdom no longer united.

Originally published in Orange County Business Journal, July 2016.