The British Consul General in Boston, Susie Kitchens, said that there are no plans for another Brexit vote on Boston Public Radio Wednesday. “The people have spoken and the decision is, the recommendation is to exit the EU, and that is the decision the Government will respect and now implement,” said Kitchens.

As the result of the momentous vote continues to sink in, the British Government will begin to prepare for the UK’s departure from the EU. Kitchens assures that nothing will be rushed into and Parliament will do their due diligence before negotiating their exit.

Before anything can begin to happen though, Parliament must first accept the referendum. “The referendum becomes an advisory to the British people which our Parliament now needs to respond to. The referendum is not legally binding,” said Kitchens. “It is politically binding however, and the government is absolutely committed to respecting the outcome of the referendum.”

In respect of the decision, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he would be stepping down from his position. Another member of the Conservative Party will be elected as Prime Minister around September, says Kitchens who mentioned Boris Johnson, Steven Crab, and Theresa May as possible candidates.

It will then be up to the new Prime Minister to initiate the formal conversations with the EU and enact Article 50, which will then give the UK a two-year time limit for the negotiations. Kitchens points out that talks with the EU can still take place though before Article 50. “So we can take a little longer getting to the start of article 50, which gives us more time for informal negotiations,” she said.

It will take years before the totality of the vote and the incurring fallout’s outcome are truly felt. Until then, the majority decision for the UK to leave the EU will continue to be combed over and scrutinized. “There were a whole suite of issues that were being debated and discussed, and it was a very complicated set of issues that were condensed into that one question. There will be a huge amount of analysis by media, by academics, and by the politicians themselves on why the vote went the way it did,” said Kitchens.

Susie Kitchens is the British Consul General in Boston. Listen to her interview with Boston Public Radio above.