ON OUR WAY AS MAY NAMES DAY
Leave trigger on March 29
THERESA May vowed last night to “negotiate hard” after announcing she will trigger Article 50 in eight days.
The Prime Minister will start the official process of leaving the European Union next Wednesday.
It means that Brexit will happen in two years.
During a visit to Swansea yesterday, Mrs May said: “We are going to be out there, negotiating hard, delivering on what the British people voted for.”
Important
Brexit Secretary David Davis said it will be “the most important” political wrangling the UK has “seen in a generation”.
Tough-talking EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has already said the UK can “eat what’s on the table or not come to the table at all”.
He is expected to slap Britain with a £50billion “divorce bill” as part of its exit terms.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the government had been “reckless” about the costs of leaving without securing a deal.
He urged Mrs May not to “turn Britain into a bargain basement tax haven”.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron accused Mrs May of rushing into negotiations “without a plan, and without a clue”.
But Ukip leader Paul Nuttall described the announcement as “long overdue”, adding: “Now let’s crack on with it and stop procrastinating. It’s time for Britain to go global.”
Up to 15 new laws on issues such as immigration will be needed due to Brexit, experts said.
MPs will be swamped as they create UK legislation on top of the Great Repeal Bill.