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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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Brexit Officially Begun, Article 50 Just Invoked
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(Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday March 30 2017, @08:32PM
Many of the major countries in the EU have already been through their fascist/communist/Nazi phase, suffered greatly, learned lessons and have become very modern.
The UK is just entering its fascist phase now, not having had a Hitler, Stalin, Franco etc. before.
UK democracy is very unrepresentative of nuance in political policy, and the Conservative Party is the natural party of government. They've been lurching rightwards for decades (Margaret Thatcher looks like a socialist compared with the current lot) and are now pandering to the "British Nationalist" vote (yes, it's an oxymoron) in order to steal UKIP's thunder..
This is where we are today. It's very likely that Northern Ireland and Scotland will leave the UK to free themselves from this hegemony.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].