the prime minister is on his home turf for a visit in oxfordshire.wants this choice to be about the next generation. might he be wondering, if only they all had a vote. you probably weren't worried about the results, but it seems so uncertain you must be now. >> for the sake of the country it is important. staying in is how we will have a stronger economy, be safer and stronger as a country. we need to make those arguments and encourage people to vote remain. correspondent: what is your hunch? either way, your choice will not be the end of this extraordinary story. the referendum has changed our politics. this is only the end of part one. bbc news, oxfordshire. laura: tonight, we will hear from both sides. we start with a former state department official who is now president of the council of foreign relations. he said it would be damaging for the u.k. to leave the european union. i spoke to him in new york. what is the most compelling, global, strategic reason for britain to stay in the eu? richard: from a global level, the most important reason is

listening the result in west oxfordshire. >> remain was 35,200. >> west oxfordshire. >> number of votes cast in favor of leave was 30,435. 30435. stuart: you saw the result there. that is west oxford shire. that is narrow victory for those in remain camp. still 51% out, 49% in. rodney, you're still with us. we have yet to hear a lot of results from london where we understand it will be a heavy stay, remain vote. could that swing things around and change this result? >> sure, that's key. i think we start remain winning slightly and, a lot of big cities and places like wales which came out in favor of leave. there will be a swing again. is it enough? is london enough to swing it back towards remain? we don't know. very exciting in about 3 or 4 hours fate of britain and world is. stuart: rodney, one more thing. the british pound, we started off today, earlier at a $1.50. it is now at $1.34. that is real tumble for anybody's currency. what do you make of it? >> that, it is extraordinary. i don't think we've seen anything like that since, for decades, if ever, or since britain left the excha

he is a true statement was the oxfordshire proud and we will miss them. but with the prime minister take this opportunity to reassure the site innovation sector that the government will fight to protect access not just do arise in 202020 funding but also to valuable research, it also to effective and proven and retention of the brightest and best of du researchers? they are essential to our economy and deserve to know that the will be a priority in ongoing negotiations. >> i think this is one of the, i think my honorable friend for kind remarks and it's been a great pleasure and privilege being her constituency neighbor. and working together i think this issue of how we maintain the british science and competitors over universities will be one of the issues this du unit will want to look at. clearly we've done very well. to look at the evidence of that and that we can continue to move forward. >> i would like them and the prime minister for the way that he handled this very, very diplomatic and kind speech he made today. i would say to ask them to continu

oxfordshire, 70% in 30% leave.main, beyonds implication britain's borders, particularly when it comese eu. how does that affect what happens to the euro? is the biggest loser if the u.k. leaves. in fact, for me, over time, the sterling will recover and sterling-euro will go lower. i would be more interested in -yen. short, perhaps euro will prompt other countries to really ask themselves if they want a vote as well. rishaad: many thought the swiss franc was a haven. >> i think that euro-swiss is interesting. the swiss bank is concerned about swiss strength, even though they don't have the line in the sand that they used to have. i think the dollar will be strong. i think being short euro is probably the best trade. rishaad: this is the biggest islandg area in northern , 56% remain, 44% leave. the thing is, as we get more urban areas, particularly in england, we should be seeing more favorability towards the remain camp, but how do you think this will play out when it comes to scotland? would it make a scottish referendum more likely if britain votes to leave? >> i do think that is the