Brexit’s forgotten towns hold key to May’s election gamble
In the urban sprawl of the English Midlands, the town of Walsall is famous for making leather goods and little else.
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In the urban sprawl of the English Midlands, the town of Walsall is famous for making leather goods and little else.
LONDON—In one of the most consequential diplomatic events in Britain since World War II, Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday sent a formal notice of the country’s intention to withdraw from the European Union (EU), starting a tortuous two-year divorce littered with pitfalls for both sides.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech on January 17 set Britain definitively on a path to a “hard” Brexit, in which it will leave not only the European Union but also the European single market. This was not what the City of London wanted to hear.
LONDON—“Get on with it.” With those words early in a major speech on Tuesday, Prime Minister Theresa May charted Britain’s course toward a clean break with the European Union (EU) and expressed her fondest hope: that the time for “division and discord” is over.
The United Kingdom will need a completely new trading relationship with the European Union (EU) after its withdrawal, Prime Minister Theresa May said, as the pound fell on concern she’s planning to pull the country out of the continent’s single market.
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