Category: Brexit

Brexit Delay Inevitable 3/14/19

Brexit was scheduled by Prime Minister Theresa May to take place on March 29th, but that’s no longer in the cards.

The British Parliament has voted overwhelmingly, 412-202, to seek a delay for a now-unspecified amount of time [1].

At the same time, Parliament voted against a second referendum, 85-334, but the reason for such a loss may be due to the timing, as Parliament is focused on finding a new timeline at the moment. It’s also possible that this number will change as faith in Theresa May’s successful Brexit dealings wane [2].

Sources

Source 1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/brexit-vote-delay-and-second-referendum/2019/03/14/d97ffdd8-4405-11e9-94ab-d2dda3c0df52_story.html

Source 2: https://www.vox.com/world/2019/3/14/18265393/brexit-vote-second-referendum-parliament

Brexit’s Future Unknown – 3/12/19

With 17 days before the deadline for the “Brexit” of Britain from the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May has again failed to pass a plan to leave the EU with certain guidelines on how their connection to the EU will end up.

A vote was taken in Parliament today that failed with a vote of 242 for the measure and 391 against.

The vote puts the world’s fifth largest economy in uncharted territory with no obvious way forward: exiting the EU without a deal, delaying the March 29 divorce date, a snap election, or even another referendum are all now possible.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu/britain-and-brexit-in-chaos-uk-parliament-rejects-mays-eu-deal-again-idUSKBN1QT0ZO