joining me now is nick thomas simmons. he's a member of the parol. party and written books on establish political history and had formerly taught. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> the level of turmoil in british politics, is it unprecedented. >> it is fairly unprecedent i think for both main political parties to be in a position where they are looking at a change of leadership. this reminds me i think of when we had these big events in establish politics that do produce shocks wheth. these events do tend to produce periods of uncertainty, however, one would expect these periods to pass and a period of calm to follow. >> the focus now is who is the next prime minister. once that happens, what is the process in terms of britain pulling out of the eu. do you expect article 50 to be invoked quickly? >> i think everything sup at the moment for debate. clearly it's in the hands of whoever the new prime minister is who is going to be elected. it seems on the ninth of september as i understand. we'll have to see what sort soft stores the conserv