Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem

By reading this koob, you will learn how Prime Minister Theresa May handled the challenges following the 2016 Brexit vote.

You will also learn:

• How May’s values influenced her political career

• The critical difference between a “hard” Brexit and a “soft” Brexit

• The dynamics of power between UK and European diplomats

• How the 2017 general election nearly ruined the Conservative party

• The pivotal moments that impacted the Brexit timeline from fall 2016 to the end of 2017

On June 23, 2016, 52% of the United Kingdom voted to remove itself from the European Union, the largest single market in the world. A week later, the remaining nations of the EU took a “no negotiations without notification” stance, triggering a lengthy process of bargaining between government representatives and European negotiators to determine the future political relationship between the EU and the UK. Domestically, Theresa May was handed the toughest political challenge of any prime minister since World War Two. The negotiation process promised to be an arduous slugfest between Britain’s Conservative government and the allied nations of the EU. Was she up to the challenge of delivering Brexit?