Theresa May to trigger Article 50 on 29 March – your 10-tweet guide
Theresa May has announced she will trigger Article 50 next Wednesday, 29 March, officially beginning the process of the UK withdrawing from the EU.
It turns out Brexit REALLY DOES mean Brexit. If only she’d said!
Here’s all you need to know – well, probably – in 10 easy tweets.
1.
finally britain will be free from the shackles of hope
— Ed Jefferson (@edjeff) March 20, 2017
2.
Article 50. March 29th. pic.twitter.com/9j0TyPVsBE
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) March 20, 2017
3.
29th Mar 2017: Article 50 triggered
30th Mar 2017: Tug boats pull Britain away from Europe
31st Mar 2017: We begin catapulting Jam at France— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) March 20, 2017
4.
March 29th pic.twitter.com/4A1HIstC4L
— James Martin (@Pundamentalism) March 20, 2017
5.
29 March – Brexit Day – is also Tony Blair's wedding anniversary as well as Sir John Major's birthday.
— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) March 20, 2017
6.
March 29 also famous for Capt Robert Scott's last diary entry in 1912: "the end cannot be far"
— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) March 20, 2017
7.
If anyone is still unclear about the triggering of Article 50 process Tom and Jerry have done a useful explainer pic.twitter.com/oSMq016Sim
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 20, 2017
8.
It's the "next Wednesday" that gets me. The mundanity of that detail. "I have decided to stab myself in the balls next Wednesday." pic.twitter.com/fCOii3qF6O
— Rhodri Marsden (@rhodri) March 20, 2017
9.
Triggering Article 50 like pic.twitter.com/RZoxKsYuhZ
— Freddie Whittaker (@FCDWhittaker) March 20, 2017
10.
ah I see the brexit article on wikipedia has been updated pic.twitter.com/GY6trDTpni
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) March 20, 2017
BONUS! Because they kept on coming…
11.
There was this
Could someone with skills make that 20 a 50 please? #Article50 pic.twitter.com/aQElZXUSE8
— barney farmer (@barneyfarmer) March 20, 2017
… which was turned into this
@barneyfarmer Any good? pic.twitter.com/qsx8w3hGZ6
— Steve Green (@SteveDeeGreen) March 20, 2017
… and then this
@__NickRhodes__ @fourfoot @barneyfarmer badly, yeah… pic.twitter.com/03PWex9UAb
— Steve Green (@SteveDeeGreen) March 20, 2017
… and finally became this.
Lads. It's the 29th. pic.twitter.com/jkEDILlqX6
— Brian Sperdogan (@BrianSpanner1) March 20, 2017
12.
Britain leaving Europe. pic.twitter.com/iR1YMF9jJH
— Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer) March 20, 2017
13.
Britain after Weds 29th March pic.twitter.com/8iHVrLA2tV
— Jenny O (@MsYellowHat) March 20, 2017