- Title: Timeline of events before and after Brexit, as Britain heads for an election
- Date: 1st June 2017
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JUNE 28, 2016) (REUTERS) LARGE CROWD OF ANTI-BREXIT PROTESTERS OUTSIDE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT CLAPPING MORE OF CROWD CLAPPING IN PROTEST DEMONSTRATOR SHOUTING (English): "EU WE LOVE YOU" DEMONSTRATORS SHOUTING (English): "TORIES OUT" PLACARD READING (English): "WE LOVE EU" WOMAN WITH UNION JACK AND DANISH AN EU FLAGS PAINTED ON HER FACE / CROWD SHOUTING (English): "BRITS DON'T QUIT" TWO WOMEN SHOUTING AND WAVING EU FLAGS WOMAN ON MAN'S SHOULDERS WAVING EU FLAG LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - SEPTEMBER 3, 2016) (REUTERS) MARCH FOR EUROPE PROTEST / MAN BANGING DRUM STICKER ON DRUM READING (English): "STAY IN" PROTESTERS MARCHING WITH PLACARD READING (English): "BREXIT IS BONKERS" LOTS OF EU FLAGS BEING CARRIED BY MARCHERS MARCHERS ENDING PROTEST OUTSIDE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT / LOTS OF BRITISH AND EU FLAGS BEING WAVED LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - NOVEMBER 23, 2016) (REUTERS) PRO-BREXIT PROTEST OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT TRIGGER ARTICLE 50 PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARDS READING (English): "RESPECT THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER" AND CHANTING "BREXIT MEANS BREXIT, OUT OUT OUT" PLACARD READING (English): "DEMOCRACY 17,410,742" PLACARD READING (English): "BREXIT MEANS BREXIT" MAN WITH UNION JACK OVER HIS SHOULDERS SHOUTING: "WHAT DO WE WANT? BREXIT. WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW" HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT AND PLACARD READING (English): "WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK" MAN WITH SIGN READING (English): "BREXIT NOW" / CROWD WAVING UNION JACK FLAGS CHEERING LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - NOVEMBER 29, 2016) (REUTERS) SUPREME COURT BUILDING SUPREME COURT SIGN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - DECEMBER 5, 2016) (REUTERS) LEAD CLAIMANT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, GINA MILLER, ARRIVING AT SUPREME COURT MILLER POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AT SUPREME COURT ENTRANCE
- Embargoed: 15th June 2017 07:02
- Keywords: Scotland EU referendum Northern Ireland Article 50 Brexit David Cameron Nigel Farage independence referendum Theresa May election Jean-Claude Juncker European Union Nicola Sturgeon
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
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- Story Text: Prime Minister Theresa May last month called for an election on June 8, saying she needed to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the European Union by shoring up support for her Brexit plan.
She had been reluctant about bringing forward the election from 2020, but decided it was necessary to win support for her ruling Conservative Party's efforts to press ahead with Britain's departure from the EU.
On June 23, 2016 Briton's voted to leave the European Union by 52 percent to 48 percent.
The shock result bitterly divided the country and sparked protests by pro-European Union supporters.
UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, the most well-known face of Brexit, celebrated calling it Britain's Independence Day.
A Supreme Court case forced the government to seek parliamentary approval to trigger Article 50 and in March 2017 May formally did so.
Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon now wants a second independence referendum after Scotland voted to stay within the EU in the June 23 poll.
In Northern Ireland there are fears that Brexit could bring the reimposition of a hard border between the north and the Republic. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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