Brexit Is Turning Into the Road Trip From Hell
But at least Parliament just created an off-ramp to prevent a no-deal exit.
Whose idea was this?
Photographer: jamievanbuskirk/E+Theresa May survived a key Brexit showdown with rebels in her own Conservative Party in parliament Tuesday. The apparent compromise frees the prime minister to negotiate a divorce agreement with the European Union. But her threat of walking away without a deal is no longer credible. If she fails in the negotiations, there’s now every chance parliament will force her back to the table.
Brexit is starting to feel like one of those family vacations gone badly wrong. The people decided in 2016 that Britain should head out of the European Union. Not everyone agreed, but the majority rules, so everyone piled into the car headed for independence. Now the trip has already proved longer, bumpier and more expensive than anyone imagined – and even those who voted to go are wondering what got into them. This is not exactly what the brochure promised.