A previous government of her party decided to have a referendum on whether or not Britain should remain a part of the E.U. That government was shocked by the plebiscite because it narrowly voted to leave the E.U.
However the wording of the proposal was so vague it left completely unclear what the trade relations should be with the continent, and there are about 7 different flavors of option, none of which have anything close to a parliamentary majority.
She kept putting up different options and they all failed. The only unified group is the “hard Brexit” camp, which wants to sever all official relationships, but the economic life of the UK would be badly damaged, something the Brexiteers don’t understand.
Thanks for the summary. Very interesting.
The majority do understand the economic impact but have less concern for it than the return of British sovereignty. Trade with the continent will resume as the UK is a prime partner. One of the largest issues was that Britain, Wales, and Ireland want their fishing rights to stay within the power of the UK and not the EU.
Righteo, straight from the EU.
Nonsense. The 17.4 million Brits who voted Leave knew exactly what they were
voting for. The Brits May suffer some temporarily with a clean Brexit, but in
the long term they will be a sovereign country again. Plus they can use the 39 Billion they were going to hand over to the E.U. dictators to help in the short term.