It is hard to believe but it has been over six months since British voters opted to leave the European Union via the June 23rd Brexit vote. For those who supported Brexit, the quick resignation of pro EU Primer Minister David Cameron was an encouraging sign that the will of the majority of UK voters would swiftly be carried out. Since then, Cameron’s replacement Theresa May, has stated numerous times that she intends to respect the outcome of the vote and trigger Article 50, the formal act of leaving the EU.
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While Prime Minister May was not an advocate of leaving the EU until after the referendum was held and after becoming Prime Minister, Nigel Farage certainly was. Mr. Farage, former leader of the UK Independence Party, has made his decades long political career entirely about getting the UK out of the EU. He has taken that quest from an outlandish goal to reality, and having fulfilled his raison d’etre, Mr. Farage retired from active politics following the vote. He warned that if the will of the voters was not carried out, he would return.
Well, it appears that such a return may be forthcoming as Nigel Farage recently sat down with Good Morning Britain and remarked “The problem is this: we had a revolution of the people in 2016. Unfortunately with the exception of Cameron and Osborne the same people are still in charge and I am worried. Look its been over 6 months since we voted to leave and look what they’ve done: nothing. So I am concerned that we have a government that is not really committed to carrying out the will of the people.”
When pushed by host Susanna Reid that Prime Minster May “…has been pretty adamant about the fact that Brexit means Brexit. She is going to get the best deal. Quite reasonably she has said that she wants the best deal for those who voted for remain as well as those who voted leave…”, Mr. Farage goes on “in six months she has done nothing and so we are now waiting for a Supreme Court judgment in a couple of weeks time… if she triggered Article 50 there would have been no court case. We would have been up and running and the process would have started. Her indecision is putting us on the back foot. We’ve even got a guy.. appointed from the European Commission dictating timetables to us. I think what we need is some much clearer firmer leadership. We may well lost some fantastic opportunities. Over 20 countries have approached us since the referendum saying can we do a trade deal. At the moment we have started formal discussion with not one of them”
Mr. Farage goes on to comment on the opportunity for improved UK and US trade relations.
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