U.K.’s existence at risk as runaway Brexit train gathers speed

Politicians in Scotland and Ireland are eyeing the door with the U.K. set to negotiate its withdrawal from the EU.

Londoners mostly voted to remain in the EU, but were overruled by the majority elsewhere in Britain.Photograph by OliBac, courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

April 5, 2017

OTTAWA—Forget about the potential impact of Brexit on Britain’s economy. The bigger question is whether the United Kingdom can manage to survive the coming upheaval at all. British media are in a frenzy over everything to do with the decision—set in stone last week—to break with the other 2...

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