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Ready or Not, a New Independence Day Awaits the U.K.

The date Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union technically doesn’t matter—but postponing it does.
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To understand how Britain has become so mired in crisis over its looming departure from the European Union, one first needs to understand the significance of its March 29 exit date.

Put simply: There is none.

March 29 marks two years since British Prime Minister Theresa May made the fateful decision to , the EU’s time-limited exit procedure that formally began the process of Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc. The move followed immense pressure from Brexit proponents within the prime

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