Brexit in 4 (Short) Parts
If you’re like the guys at Hard Factor (SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE), you’re kind of interested in knowing what’s going on with Brexit, but are not going to tolerate anything confusing or boring before switching to a subject that’s much, much more American. That’s why we’ve made this quick history for you – so you can at least know enough to carry a conversations with a British chick (or dude) at a bar, and where to come to to get all your future Brexit updates.
Origins of Brexit:
Brexit started on June 23, 2016, when the United Kingdom (UK) citizens voted to withdraw the UK from the European Union (EU). The vote won with 52%.
It was supposed to have been completed by March 29, 2019, but this country doesn’t like change (their judges still have to wear wigs – pictured below), so no deal on how to leave has ever actually been struck between the UK and the EU. So even though the people voted it in, it just hasn’t happened because the government is split on it and now the deadline to leave has been extended to October 31, 2019.
What’s happened so far:
When Brexit first started, it was supposed to be brand new Prime Minister and all around boring person Theresa May who brokered a deal to leave the EU… but this is how she dances (below), and she negotiates even worse, so that shit didn’t come close to happening and she quit due to failure in May 2019. She tried roughly a billion different variations and “brandings” for a deal to leave the EU, but could never get agreement and basically accomplished nothing.
What’s happening now:
In July 2019, human/orangutan hybrid Boris Johnson (below left) stepped in to be the new Prime Minister. It’s taken him less than 3 months to have his much more attractive brother (Jo Johnson – below right) quit politics over him existing; and he’s being taken to the British Supreme Court (wigs and everything) by parliament for “illegally” cancelling their sessions leading up to October 31 so that he could force a “no-deal Brexit.” A no-deal Brexit just means the UK leaves the EU without a deal in place. So Boris thought he was hot shit with the “no-deal” move, but turns out the wig crew may just crush him in the end, and there will still be no Brexit.
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In summary… elections don’t mean shit in England, and they wonder why we left their asses in 1776.
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