U.K. careens into economic, political unknown as time runs short on Brexit

Leaving the EU imperils Prime Minister Theresa May’s future, the U.K. economy, Britain’s standing in the world, and the peace process in Northern Ireland.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, speaking in the House of Commons foyer during a September 2017 visit to Canada, faces backlash from Brexit hardliners in her divided caucus if she doesn't commit to a strong break from the EU. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

March 21, 2018

OTTAWA—Euroskeptics are worried that British Prime Minister Theresa May will allow her country’s historic Brexit endeavour to degrade into nothing more than Brino. An acronym for “Brexit in name only,” Brino is a term used by British MP Jacob Rees-Mogg that encapsulates the angry concerns o...

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