TWISTS AND TURNS OF MAY’S BREXIT JOURNEY
Hurdles, shocks and plenty of guts mark the British prime minister’s dogged pursuit of a clean exit for her country from the European Union
2016
11 July: Theresa May is confirmed as the prime minister after David Cameron quits in the wake of British voters choosing to leave the EU in a national referendum
2017
29 March: May triggers Article 50, which begins the Brexit process 18 April: The PM calls a snap election, saying Britain needs stable leadership to deal with Brexit
8 June: In the election, May’s Conservative Party loses majority in Parliament. She makes a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party to stay in power
13 December: Rebel Tory MPs side with the Opposition, forcing May to guarantee a Parliament vote on the Brexit deal
2018
2 March: The PM says ‘no deal’ is better than a bad deal with the EU
6 July: May meets her cabinet to reach an agreement on the content of the Brexit legislation. Cabinet ministers are warned of the risk of being sacked if they can’t support the government 21 September: May is humiliated during the Salzburg Summit in Austria. EU leaders say her plan is unworkable 14 November: May’s Brexit plan is criticised by her own MPs in Parliament 10 December: May cancels the vote in the Parliament scheduled for December 11 12 December: Rebel Tory lawmakers trigger a confidence vote on her leadership.