http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39431428
The UK Government has officially notified the EU that they are invoking Article 50. This begins the 2-year timer for the UK to leave the EU.
In a statement in the Commons, [Prime Minister Teresa] May said: "Today the government acts on the democratic will of the British people and it acts too on the clear and convincing position of this House."
She added: "The Article 50 process is now under way and in accordance with the wishes of the British people the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.
"This is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back."
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2017, @12:32PM
True - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs&t=1s [youtube.com]
Sway people with argument! Why should the leave the monetary and trade policy of their country to an external party primarily controlled by another set of nations and in which they have little say? Please answer without using the US an an example (as the situation is very different... and some states DID leave), or without a nebulous examples of "something something something, trade policy, the currency goes up when we subsidize Greek pensioners, so that must be good!"