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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The Countdown to Brexit

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

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4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

More than two years after British voters approved a measure to withdraw their nation from the European Union—a gigantic undertaking with no roadmap of any sort —Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled a plan: essentially, that the U.K. would remain in the European customs union, participating in trade with the E.U. and remaining subject to its trade policies, but exit the political process of the E.U. The deal was seen by some as the worst of both worlds, and several cabinet ministers resigned; May could well lose a no-confidence vote in the immediate future. David Remnick talks with the London-based staff writers Sam Knight and Rebecca Mead about the ongoing challenges of Brexit.  

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I'm David Remnick.

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With everything going on in this country over the last two weeks since the midterms,

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there was also big news from the United Kingdom this week, extremely big news.

1:05.0

On Wednesday night, Theresa May came out of her headquarters at 10 Downing Street in London

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and announced what

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Britain has been waiting for for more than two years, a plan for Brexit.

1:16.5

This is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead.

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May spoke for two minutes light on detail and through most of it, you can hear a protester shouting in the background.

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I know that there will be difficult days ahead.

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This is a decision which will come under intense scrutiny, and that is entirely as it should be.

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Intense scrutiny, it seems, is a British expression that might mean, they're going to come

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