The United Kingdom leaves the European Union an hour before midnight on Friday, ...
LONDON - The United Kingdom leaves the European Union an hour before midnight on Friday, casting off into an uncertain Brexit future that also challenges Europe’s post-World War Two project of forging unity from the ruins of conflict.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given little clue to what the future holds, promising only to restore confidence for people and businesses. Strains exacerbated by Brexit could even lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom: England and Wales voted to leave the bloc but Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay.
The protracted Brexit meltdown — some say breakdown — has left allies and investors puzzled by a country that was for decades touted as a confident pillar of Western economic and political stability.Leaving the EU was once far-fetched: the UK joined in 1973 as “the sick man of Europe” and less than two decades ago British leaders were arguing about whether to join the euro.
After the repeated failure of “Remainers” to unite, organize or win elections, the main hope of europhiles is that the economic impact of leaving will convince a new generation to plot a way back into the fold.In east London’s Dagenham, overwhelmingly pro-Brexit in 2016, Tommy Smith, 63, will celebrate with a dram of whisky on Brexit night.“Hopefully it will reduce immigration and stop people coming here robbing the country and going home millionaires.
A diminished United Kingdom, they say, will still have to juggle the 21st Century rivalry between the United States and China — but as a $2.7 trillion economy rather than as a leading member of the $18.3 trillion EU.
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