The Decline and Fall of Brexit
With the clock ticking on Britain’s departure from the European Union, Brexit Minister David Davis and Foreign Minister Boris Johnson have now resigned from Prime Minister Theresa May's government. May now has a full-blown political crisis on her hands – and all the while, the massive economic and social costs of crashing out of the bloc are beginning to sink in.
LONDON – In the beginning, British Prime Minister Theresa May had a plan: “Brexit means Brexit.” The idea was to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Union so fast that voters would not realize they had been sold a bill of goods during the EU referendum campaign and should therefore not punish the Conservative Party for having lied to them.