Editorial Board
Ditching May Won’t Improve Her Brexit Plan
An extended pause and a new referendum are the only way to stop the damage.
Back me and sack me.
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Surely never in the history of British politics has so much effort been expended to so little effect. Another week of frantic Brexit drama yielded no change in the choices facing the U.K., and brought the country no closer to deciding. It’s still either leave the European Union with no deal, accept the withdrawal agreement Prime Minister Theresa May has negotiated, or seek a long delay for a fundamental rethink.
The right choice hasn’t changed either: Pause, give people time to digest what’s happened since the Brexit referendum of 2016, then put the issue to another vote.