BREXIT BEGINS! Theresa May SIGNS OFF on letter officially triggering Article 50
THERESA May will pledge to fight a “fierce” battle to win the best Brexit deal for everyone in Britain – including migrants – as she takes the UK a historic step closer to leaving the European Union.
By ALISON LITTLE
Express.co.uk
Wed, Mar 29, 2017
Downing Street tonight issued a photograph of the Prime Minister signing the document that gives formal shape to the British people’s wish expressed last June to quit the EU.
The closely guarded letter formally notifying the EU of our intention to leave and setting out her Brexit principles was then being despatched to Brussels for UK ambassador Sir Tim Barrow to hand over in person to Donald Tusk, president of the European Council of member state governments.
It represents the long-awaited invoking of the EU’s Article 50 process for a member state to leave, starting the countdown for Britain to regain its independence in up to two years’ time.
Mrs May is expected to promise in a statement to MPs: “When I sit around the negotiating table in the months ahead, I will represent every person in the whole United Kingdom – young and old, rich and poor, city, town, country and all the villages and hamlets in between, yes, those EU nationals who have made this country their home.
“It is my fierce determination to get the right deal for every single person in this country.
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