This is a summary of Brexit so far and its effects in the future. On the 23rd of June 2016, a majority of voters in Great Britain and Northern Ireland opted to leave the EU.
This referendum was instigated by David Cameron after he believed our country should be given the choice to decide its future, even though he himself wished to remain in the EU. As a result, in the days following the referen- dum he resigned as Prime Minister and this led people to believe he had “crashed the ship and left it”. Article 50 was triggered in the following weeks. Britain was leaving the EU. With Cameron gone, Theresa May successfully cam- paigned to become Prime Minister. She said that we would leave the EU by March 2019. And of course at the time it seemed a long way off.
But years of political struggle, hard discussions and “negotiations” and just a few weeks ago Theresa May laid down her latest plans for the country. The tough part is, that many people seemed to like the plans and she still has still to get them through parliament.
Brexit, then, is certainly not over yet. Brexit will certainly go down in history when Britain leaves the EU on the 29th March 2019 and there may be a two-year “soft” period where not much changes.
But it’s nothing we can ignore. Talk to your friends and family, have discussions and arguments and don’t forget Brexit.
It’s going to have huge repercussions for our future.
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