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Why Brexit should become Brextension

By Erin Dunne
Published April 9, 2019 4:29am ET
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Why Brexit should become Brextension
British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement on Brexit negotiations with the European Union, at 10 Downing Street, in London, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. The British government on Friday accused the European Union of slamming the handbrake on Brexit negotiations, after the bloc said Prime Minister Theresa May's blueprint was unworkable. A rattled May insisted that her plan was the only one on the table — and that Britain was prepared to walk away from the EU without a deal if it was rejected. | (Paul Grover/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain was supposed to leave the European Union on March 29. That was pushed back until April 12. Now, with no exit agreement in Parliament, British Prime Minister Theresa May asked the European Union for another extension on Friday. If everyone is lucky, Brexit will become Brextension.

The Brexit circus has stretched on for more than two years and, like a student who never really came up with a topic for the final paper, Parliament struggled to come up with a way out at the last minute.

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