In ‘Brexit’ Speech, Theresa May Outlines Clean Break for U.K.
- RCS Ottawa
- Jan 18, 2017
- 1 min read
LONDON — “Get on with it.”
With those words early in a major speech on Tuesday, Prime Minister Theresa May charted Britain’s course toward a clean break with the European Union and expressed her fondest hope: that the time for “division and discord” is over.
Her much-anticipated speech outlined what promised to be a hugely complex, drawn-out negotiation, and it defined the broad objectives, but not the details, of British withdrawal. “The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union, and my job is to get the right deal for Britain as we do,” she said. Full Story