Theresa May tells Lords to support Brexit after threats to derail Article 50 plans
Downing Street has responded to reports that the House of Lords could derail or delay the process of leaving the European Union.
According to Conservative peer, Baroness Wheatcroft, there’s a “majority in the Lords for remaining” who might try delaying Article 50 from being triggered. She also implied she would support efforts to reverse the Brexit vote.
“I would hope, while we delayed things, that there would be sufficient movement in the EU to justify putting it to the electorate, either through a general election or a second referendum,” she said.
Whether the government can invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, the official legal process of quitting the EU, without the consent of Parliament is yet to be confirmed by the courts this autumn.
However, British Prime Minister Theresa May responded to the Lord’s alleged plan by insisting that a “Brexit means Brexit,” according to her official spokeswoman.
“The British people have made their decision and now everyone should be focused on getting behind that and making a success of Brexit.”
There have been numerous claims that many people who voted to leave the EU regretted their decision, and if they had to vote again the results might have just clinched a Remain outcome. Brexit research suggests that around 1.2 million “bregret” voters wished they voted the other way.
It is still unclear when exactly the process of Britain leaving the bloc will begin – but not before the end of the year as May has indicated. She wants to make sure an exit plan is thoroughly negotiated and that Britain initiates talks from a position of strength.
On June 23, some 52 percent (17.4 million) of Britons voted in a referendum to leave the EU after 43 years of membership, while roughly 48 percent (16.14 million) voted to stay in the union.
The results of the referendum prompted David Cameron to step down as prime minister and leave the exit process to his successor, Theresa May, who was named within a few weeks after his resignation.
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