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Brexit begins! Historic moment for the UK as Article 50 letter is delivered...
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 29th March 2017 | James Tapfield

Posted on 03/29/2017 4:37:08 AM PDT by naturalman1975

History was made today as the Article 50 letter confirming Britain's divorce from the EU was finally delivered - with Theresa May pledging to create a 'brighter future' outside the club.

The UK's envoy Sir Tim Barrow handed the formal notification to European Council president Donald Tusk in Brussels.

As the point of no return was reached, the Prime Minister told the House of Commons that she was 'giving effect to the democratic will of the UK people'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: article50; brexit; eu; europe; letter; may; theresamay; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: apillar
Technically, it seems that if all 27 EU countries (the UK and the remaining 26) unanimously agreed over the next two years to cancel Brexit, it could still be stopped. That is incredibly unlikely but it is technically possible. The process can no longer be stopped by the UK alone.
21 posted on 03/29/2017 12:45:50 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: FrogMom
Opinions on that differ. The following is my take.

The most important single thing about Brexit is that it preserves British sovereignty. While the United Kingdom is still, currently, a sovereign nation, membership of the European Union has been slowly eroding that status. When the UK joined the EU, it was still, more or less, a large scale trading organisation. Since that time, though, the EU has moved more and more towards because becoming a single state and it has become clearer and clearer that the aim of the many of the EU is a single "United States of Europe" where individual nations would be less important than they are now.

It also allows the United Kingdom greater power to secure its borders. As part of the EU, the UK is obliged to allow residents of any EU country, more or less free entry to the UK. This might not matter if that simply meant that established Europeans could move freely into the UK - but when you have some European countries granting residency to large numbers of 'asylum seekers', it basically means other countries currently get to decide who can enter Britain.

The EU is also very bureaucratic and regulation bound and imposes all sorts of trivial regulation on its members. At times, these regulations are in conflict with historical British interests, and traditions.

22 posted on 03/29/2017 12:59:11 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: NorthMountain

While the Royal Navy is a shadow of its former self, it remains one of the five most powerful navies in the world by most assessments, and there is finally real hope for expansion again after years of contraction.


23 posted on 03/29/2017 1:08:38 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: hanamizu
I've attended Last Night and hope to do so again over the next few years. It's a wonderful experience - and, yes, shows how deeply patriotism still exists in the heart of many Britons.

There'll always be an England,
And England shall be free
If England means as much to you
As England means to me.

24 posted on 03/29/2017 1:15:33 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975
Good take on the Brit Exit.....

I agree most important is they are now a self-determined free country...they make the decisions for their people as it should be. I am very excited for them..Have been watching since 6:00 this morning ..their time...it is a good day in Britain!


25 posted on 03/29/2017 5:38:29 PM PDT by caww
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26 posted on 03/29/2017 5:52:48 PM PDT by caww
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To: naturalman1975
...At times, these regulations are in conflict with historical British interests, and traditions.

Like the infamous kettle crackdown?

27 posted on 03/29/2017 5:57:04 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: naturalman1975
"No turning back"".....

Historical Moment... the Article 50 letter is delivered to the President of the European Council that "Britain is leaving the European Union."

Big smile on his face as he walks away.....

The Commons chamber was packed to the rafters as Teresa laid out her plan for pushing forward....


28 posted on 03/29/2017 6:00:26 PM PDT by caww
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To: naturalman1975

Thank you.

It’s about what I was thinking. It will be interesting to watch what other countries do, especially as some get completely overrun by their (and others’) “guests”.


30 posted on 03/30/2017 12:56:11 AM PDT by FrogMom (The education system: The ongoing fundamental transformation!)
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To: naturalman1975

naturalman1975,
Cheers(!), across the various ponds that connect us.


31 posted on 03/30/2017 1:30:17 AM PDT by TomMore
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