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Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Tue Mar 28, 2017, 10:35 PM Mar 2017

Brexit: Theresa May signs formal European Union divorce papers pitching UK into unknown territory

Source: ABC Australia

British Prime Minister Theresa May has officially triggered the Brexit process by signing Article 50, pitching the United Kingdom into unknown territory following a June 2016 referendum that voted to leave the European Union.

Ms May is expected to file the formal divorce papers to EU Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday evening (Australian time).

After filing the papers, Ms May — an initial opponent of Brexit who won the top job in the political turmoil that followed the referendum vote — will have two years to settle the terms of the divorce before it comes into effect in late March 2019.

"Now that the decision has been made to leave the EU, it is time to come together," Ms May said, according to comments supplied by her office.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-29/theresa-may-signs-article-50-triggering-brexit/8395944

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Brexit: Theresa May signs formal European Union divorce papers pitching UK into unknown territory (Original Post) Little Tich Mar 2017 OP

I expect the "terms of divorce" to keep everything the same but just remove their name from Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #1

I swear Russia is behind Brexit. Initech Mar 2017 #2

She just signed the death warrant for the U.K. roamer65 Mar 2017 #3

The independence vote for Scotland was close last time. Aristus Mar 2017 #4

I think the EU would be very reluctant to embrace Scotland Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #6

And they will face an uphill battle to join the EU as countries with active separatist movements Jake Stern Mar 2017 #7

Russian Roulette with a semi-automatic pistol Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #5

Jonny Appleseed

(960 posts)

1. I expect the "terms of divorce" to keep everything the same but just remove their name from

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Tue Mar 28, 2017, 10:44 PM

Mar 2017

The roster.

Initech

(109,266 posts)

2. I swear Russia is behind Brexit.

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Tue Mar 28, 2017, 11:19 PM

Mar 2017

Their goal - dismantle the EU, dismantle NATO, dismantle the US Army. It's all becoming clear now.

roamer65

(37,974 posts)

3. She just signed the death warrant for the U.K.

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Tue Mar 28, 2017, 11:55 PM

Mar 2017

Scotland will go first, then Northern Ireland. England and Wales may stay together...may...

Aristus

(72,523 posts)

4. The independence vote for Scotland was close last time.

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 12:17 AM

Mar 2017

If they try again, it may be close again, but this time, going the other way...

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)

6. I think the EU would be very reluctant to embrace Scotland

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 12:27 AM

Mar 2017

The UK (all of it) is going to need a good decade to figure out how this goes forward. Bermuda left to it's own devices would have been the 14th Colony, it just wasn't practical.

Jake Stern

(3,146 posts)

7. And they will face an uphill battle to join the EU as countries with active separatist movements

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 03:37 PM

Mar 2017

such as Spain will be very reluctant to support their membership.

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)

5. Russian Roulette with a semi-automatic pistol

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 12:22 AM

Mar 2017

The greatest irony of-course is that May herself, the dutiful if reluctant hangman doesn't herself believe in this.

The EU saved a declining Britain from international irrelevance.

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