Brexit: A fact file
champion_lobster, helpful_wallaby, balanced_singer and witty_petalThe Ruth Gorse Academy
25 February 2019
The words that will be in the glossary have an asterisk*
Brexit: Theresa May warned dozens of Tories* could rebel over no deal - BBC News
Save the UK and EU from a hard Brexit disaster - The Independent
Conservatives should give way to new leader for next phase - The Guardian
What Is Brexit?
To start off with, we are going to discuss what Brexit* actually is.
By now most people will be familiar with the term Brexit, but they may not know what it actually means. It really means: British Exit. On the twenty-third of June 2016, Britain voted to leave the EU* ( the European Union ). The European Union is a group of countries, that have made an agreement to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services and capital. The prime minister called for a referendum*, which meant the people of the United Kingdom could participate in a fair vote to decide what was best for the country. The vote was extremely close and it resulted in 51.9% of the votes for leave, and 48.1% for stay. This was not the outcome the prime minister* expected.
The Conservative Party
In 2016 at the time of the referendum, David Cameron was the prime minister and the leader of The Conservative Party. As he did not agree with the decision of the people of the United Kingdom had made to leave the EU, he did not feel that he could lead the negotiations involved in leaving the EU and therefore, resigned*. The conservative party had to find a new leader immediately, and members of the party voted for Theresa May - who is our current prime minister. It is important to note that, Theresa May was elected by members of parliament from the Conservative Party only to begin with. However, other MPs and the public were unhappy about this, and eventually a general election took place to decide if Theresa May and the Conservative Party were to remain and lead the United Kingdom in their negotiations to leave the EU.
Positives Of Remaining
If the UK were to remain in the EU, many people would have thought this would have been better as we already have guaranteed trade deal. With Brexit fast approaching, we need to strike a deal with the EU fast, otherwise a no deal Brexit may be the result on the twenty-ninth of March 2019.
Negatives Of Remaining
A reason many people decided they wanted to leave the EU was due to the fact that they wanted Britain to have more independence. However, it is uncertain as to whether we will actually have a trade deal or partnership agreement with the EU.
No Deal Brexit
You may have heard the term 'no deal Brexit' before never actually knew what it means. If we were to end up having a no deal Brexit, we would leave the EU on the twenty-ninth of March 2019 with no agreements about deals in the future, this causes an uncertain outlook on people who are working in the UK, and also people trying to export* goods and services to England as no deal has been struck as to how these goods and services will be delivered to us. Moreover, it is unknown as to how many jobs are at risk if a no deal Brexit were to happen. Many MPs have voiced their concerns on having a no deal Brexit as the future could be uncertain. Over two-hundred members of parliment signed a petition* to rule out a no deal Brexit as the consequenses may be.
Recent News Stories About Brexit- The BBC News and The Independent
Questions and answers: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46236022
Irish government and Brexit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47329084
Delay warnings: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47336501
Second referendum: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-latest-liberal-democrats-vince-cable-referendum-final-say-independent-group-a8793261.html
Tories: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/heidi-allen-independent-group-theresa-may-constituency-brexit-vote-a8792966.html
The Voting
In 2016 the whole of the United Kingdom voted on whether we should stay in the EU, or leave it. The positives of leaving the EU were only promises that the government were making. On the opposing hand, staying in the EU had definite promises. So, you would think that the majority would vote on staying. For the fact that, we would have multiple different trade partners; however, the people voted on leaving because of the promises that were too good. And here we are now. About to leave the EU in March. What will happen? Will the UK have support during hardships or major issues? Will we be a part of something or will we be independant?
Questions We Have For You
- How will different peoples' lives change because of Brexit?
- Because of Brexit, will young people get taught more about it in the future?
- Do you think that there will be a second referendum?
- If so, how will it help?
Glossary
Tories- a member of the Conservative Party.
Brexit-the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
EU-a political and economic union of twenty-eight member countries that are located in Europe.
referendum-a general vote on a single political question.
prime minister-the head of an elected government and country.
resigned-having accepted something unpleasant; stepping down.
export-sending goods to another country for sale.
petition-a formal written request, normally one signed by many people supporting the request.
Made by...
@balanced_singer
@witty_petal
@champion_lobster
@helpful_wallaby
P.S the image was made by champion_lobster
Comments (14)
25 Feb 2019
Well done guys! This is a good post!
26 Feb 2019
I think that Britain should leave the EU, but at the same time shouldn't leave the EU. On one hand, the UK shouldn't leave because the majority of changes that will affect businesses and individual citizens. Also, all the food that is transported to England to Europe, will be hard to do. People living in the EU will be able to move to work in the UK with a transition for 2 years. The EU wants the same rights as now but the UK doesn't. On the other hand, the UK should leave because then we can make our own rules laws and have the final say over the laws, also decide who comes into our country.
Well done for thinking about both sides.
You say "all the food that is transported to England to Europe, will be hard to do." If something is hard to do, does that mean we shouldn't do it?
If something is hard to do we should still do it. I think this because, just this Monday in PE we had to do a high intensity work out; nobody wanted to do because it was so hard. However, the person in charge of the class ( the teacher ) still made us do it. So, sometime there is someone in charge who WILL make you do something.
27 Feb 2019
I understand what you are saying, but British people think they are not independent enough. What about that?
determined_orange, I agree with you. That's why I said: so, 'sometime' there is someone... I wasn't referring to all countries, just the un-independent ones. However, I think I can prove us both wrong. Think about trade, we're going to need different countries to trade with. An example of an independent country with trade partners is India. India's top trade partner is the US, then The United Arab Emirates and then Hong Kong. So this leads me to the question: if a country wants to be independent but does trade, is it still classed as independent?
28 Feb 2019
Well done guys you are amazing
Aw, that's sweet! You're amazing as well. Thank you outstanding_wolf.
28 Feb 2019
I think that Britain should leave the EU, but at the same time shouldn't leave the EU. On one hand, the UK shouldn't leave because the majority of changes that will affect businesses and individual citizens.
05 Mar 2019
Love the glossary, nice touch!
05 Mar 2019
Thanks for the detailed information ,now I understand more about Brexit
06 Mar 2019
Why do we need to leave the United Union?
We don't need to leave the European Union, it's just that when there was the referendum, people voted to leave. The outcome of the vote was very close.
This is a very good question.
However, leaving the European Union was not a decision that had to be taken, the Prime Minister (David Cameron at the time) believed the people of the United Kingdom would remain a part of the EU. However, once the referendum had taken place, the winner of the vote was the leave campaign. After this Mr. Cameron resigned due to the fact that he did not feel like he was able to run the negotiations involved in Brexit.
In conclusion, we were not legally forced to leave the EU, the vote just ended up with more people wanting to leave than remain.
I hope this helps @flowing_science.
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