Whether you voted to 'stay' or 'remain', the decision to leave the European Union (EU) was the result of a tight referendum - we're outta here!
The day after Brexit, David Cameron announced his resignation and change was in the air.
Brexit was never going to happen overnight but following the voters' decision, plans have beeb put in place. Under new leadership with Teresa May as PM, it was only a matter of 'how' and 'when', not 'what' or 'why'.
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Well, The PM has formally announced that she will begin the Brexit process by the end of March 2017 - meaning that we could be out of the EU by the summer of 2019.
The PM's announcement to the BBC on the Andrew Marr Show suggested that she will be triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty next year - which begins the two-year-long formal negotiation process.
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Brexit campaigners have been calling for Article 50 to be triggered as soon as possible following the decision to leave the EU.
May also said that June's vote was: "A clear message from the British people that they want us to control movement of people coming into the UK".
The PM has also promised a bill to remove the European Communities Act 1972 from the statute book. "It means that the authority of EU law in Britain will end," May said. It would also mark: "The first stage in the UK becoming a sovereign and independent country once again".
The removal of the 1972 Act will not take effect until the UK leaves the EU under Article 50.
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In her plan, May hopes that 'preparatory work' in the lead up to the trigger will mean that the UK will have a much 'smoother process of negotiation' once the trigger comes.
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