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Brexit Officially Begun, Article 50 Just Invoked

posted by on Thursday March 30 2017, @07:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the Brexit-Means-Brexit dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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."

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  • (Score: 2) by Entropy on Thursday March 30 2017, @08:22PM (2 children)

    by Entropy (4228) on Thursday March 30 2017, @08:22PM (#486722)

    I'm not sure desiring an end to terrorism, suicide bombings, and rape gangs is bigotry. Some cultures are simply poisonous. The people, intrinsically are not so but they are inseparable from their hopelessly poisoned culture.

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  • (Score: 2) by mojo chan on Thursday March 30 2017, @10:13PM (1 child)

    by mojo chan (266) on Thursday March 30 2017, @10:13PM (#486776)

    So presumably you wanted to kick all the Irish people out too, during the troubles. They did a lot more terrorism than Islamists have.

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    • (Score: 2) by Entropy on Thursday March 30 2017, @11:11PM

      by Entropy (4228) on Thursday March 30 2017, @11:11PM (#486803)

      The past is the past. Right now 99% of rape gangs/bombings/terrorist activity in the UK has a rather predictable source and it isn't Irish people. If redheads wearing Mickey Mouse hats were known all over the world for rape gangs/bombings/being terrorists I'd say it's a solid idea to not let them in your country too.