"Brexit means Brexit." That's Theresa May's most famous slogan.
Where did Theresa May's vision of Brexit fit into all of this? She stayed publicly indifferent during the campaign itself and emerged as an unexpected choice to lead only after the vote.
Many Brexiteers were unhappy that a politician who lacked any passion for Brexit wound up as premier in the wake of such epochal change.
The Conservative party's cupboard by that point was bare: Cameron had opposed Brexit and precedent dictated that he resign.
As a result, May became a pariah in her own party, with Eurosceptic Conservative MPs branding her a secret "Remainer." Last week, the anger building among these Brexiteers erupted, after May released her government's White Paper on Brexit which suggested that Britain forego judicial and regulatory independence from the E.U.; retain U.K. membership of E.U. agencies and regulations on goods; and even partially remain under the jurisdiction of the European High Courts.
May's "Soft" Brexit was seen as a betrayal of the clean break from the E.U., for which May's conservatives antagonists claimed the public had voted.
The Brexiteer hope-that Theresa May's poor Brexit negotiation proposals will force the U.K. to walk away from the E.U. with no trade deal-would cause financial and political upheaval.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/tamara-berens/theresa-may-says-brexit-means-brexit
Where did Theresa May's vision of Brexit fit into all of this? She stayed publicly indifferent during the campaign itself and emerged as an unexpected choice to lead only after the vote.
Many Brexiteers were unhappy that a politician who lacked any passion for Brexit wound up as premier in the wake of such epochal change.
The Conservative party's cupboard by that point was bare: Cameron had opposed Brexit and precedent dictated that he resign.
As a result, May became a pariah in her own party, with Eurosceptic Conservative MPs branding her a secret "Remainer." Last week, the anger building among these Brexiteers erupted, after May released her government's White Paper on Brexit which suggested that Britain forego judicial and regulatory independence from the E.U.; retain U.K. membership of E.U. agencies and regulations on goods; and even partially remain under the jurisdiction of the European High Courts.
May's "Soft" Brexit was seen as a betrayal of the clean break from the E.U., for which May's conservatives antagonists claimed the public had voted.
The Brexiteer hope-that Theresa May's poor Brexit negotiation proposals will force the U.K. to walk away from the E.U. with no trade deal-would cause financial and political upheaval.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/tamara-berens/theresa-may-says-brexit-means-brexit
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