Editorial: Theresa May envisages only a short delay. But any extension of article 50 raises big issues that would take many months to sort out
For two long years, Theresa May always insisted that Britain will leave the European Union on 29 March. So determined has she been to deliver Brexit by this self-imposed deadline that she has even had the date written into law. This week, she made an uncharacteristic bow to political reality and accepted that it may not happen after all. This was a pivotal concession and a watershed moment in Britain’s argument about Brexit.
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