Thread by @Number10cat

For those asking from around the world how Britain has gotten into this mess:
- The Conservative Party has always been obsessed with Europe
- This caused divides making the party hard to manage
- Back in 2015 then Prime Minister David Cameron had an idea

- He promised a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU if he won the election
- He won the election
- The referendum was held; 52% of people voted to leave the EU
- David Cameron resigned

- Theresa May became Prime Minister saying that “Brexit means Brexit”
- It turned out that nobody actually knew what Brexit meant
- She called an election and lost the majority

- She couldn’t get the Conservative party to agree on a Brexit deal so she quit
- Boris Johnson became Prime Minister promising to “Get Brexit done”
- He called a general election and won a majority

- The UK left the European Union in January 2020
- Major Brexit issues remain unresolved and it has negatively impacted the UK economy
- Boris Johnson was forced to resign in disgrace in July 2022 following a series of scandals

- Liz Truss was selected to replace Boris Johnson by members of the Conservative Party
- She announced a raft of unfunded tax cuts to “grow the economy”
- The economy collapsed
- She sacked her chancellor
- She resigned
Fin.

Update:
- Conservative MPs have now picked Rishi Sunak, who lost the leadership election a couple of months ago
- They’re promising to unite behind him, despite not wanting him a leader
- They won’t.