Theresa May to trigger Article 50 next week

[Solarion]

Theresa May to trigger Article 50 next week and start Brexit talks with EU leaders

Theresa May has finally revealed that she will trigger Article 50 on March 29, launching the two-year countdown to Brexit.

The Prime Minister informed EU Council President Donald Tusk on Monday morning that she will invoke the Article, ending months of speculation on the matter.

A Downing Street spokesman said UK Ambassador to the EU Sir Tim Barrow had informed the President's office of Ms May's intention verbally.

He added that Number 10 now wants negotiations to "start promptly" - once the article is invoked it will be up to the EU to come back, with an early response expected within 48 hours.

Announcing the Article 50 date, the Downing Street spokesman said: "Earlier on this morning the UK’s permanent representative in the EU informed the office of Donald Tusk, that it’s the UK’s intention to trigger Article 50 on March 29."

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[biometrics]

Do it! :twisted:

 

[JStrike]

Theresa May to shoot herself in the foot on 29 March 2017

 

[S7wede]

A referendum was held and she is going to uphold it. The people have spoken and just because you don't agree with them, doesn't make it undemocratic, it makes you undemocratic.

 

[JStrike]

A referendum was held and she is going to uphold it. The people have spoken and just because you don't agree with them, doesn't make it undemocratic, it makes you undemocratic.

No one said it is undemocratic. It is just stupid.
Much like Trump and Zuma's election. Democratic, but not a bright idea

 

[Nom Chompsky]

A glorious day that will be written in the history books.

 

[C4Cat]

I think there is already a thread for this somewhere, I remember reading it on myBB earlier today

 

[konfab]

The EU are between a rock and a hard place.
They can either chose to be easy on the UK and allow most, if not all the benefits of the EU without the downsides. But this would question the very need for the EU if one can leave without any downsides.
Or the EU can come down like a tonne of bricks on the UK and screw them over. Of course this will take the view of the EU from being a borderline tyrannical organisation to a full blown tyrannical organisation. Which would only make it easier for a Grexit or a Frexit to occur. (This is why, I suspect the UK wants it in before the looming French elections).

Either way, I don't see a future for the EU. The Brexit will at the very worst, be a short term hardship for a long term gain.

 

[daveza]

Excellent.

Britain for the British.

 

[MickZA]

Excellent.

Britain for the British.

... and independence for the IoW

 

[Hosehead]

Wonder what's going to become of the porous border between perpetual EU trough feeder Rep of Ireland and the British North?

 

[Venomous]

My speculation:

EU will tighten its control measures for potential future departures

 

[JStrike]

Wonder what's going to become of the porous border between perpetual EU trough feeder Rep of Ireland and the British North?

The border between Ireland and the UK will have to go back up again

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Theresa May to shoot herself in the foot on 29 March 2017

Nah you're confusing her with the Dutch, they shot themselves in the foot last week

 

[lexity]

My speculation:

EU will tighten its control measures for potential future departures

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737021325057663281