Brexit

Brexit is a portmanteau of "Britain" and "exit"! This refers to exit from the EU.

When Brexit was triggered to happen
A referendum was held in the UK on the 23rd of June 2016. The polling stations were open across the county from 7am to 10pm. The result was 51.9% to Leave and 48.1% to Remain!

When Brexit will happen
David Cameron said that he will resign as PM by October 2016, and the new Tory Leader and PM will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty (in effect, the EU Constitution). This will give us 2 years to negotiate trade deals and shit, then, by October 2018, we will be GONE!

Key campaigners for Brexit (In order of influence)

 * 1) Nigel Farage (UKIP)
 * 2) Boris Johnson (Tory)
 * 3) Michael Gove (Tory)
 * 4) Zac Goldsmith (Tory)
 * 5) Frank Fields (Labour)

Leftie appreciation of Brexit?
Well, there's no going back now, so we may as well focus on the positives of leaving:

Democracy
Well, now we have a slightly better democracy from breaking ties with the unelected officials in Brussels, and us lefties have been (historically) the ones who have most fought for democracy, amirite? The French Revolution was done against absolute monarchy by peasants who wanted a fairer society, Divine Right of Kings was taken down by lefties.

We can run our own deficits
We have our own economy, so if we get screwed over economically, then we can borrow from other countries individually, and we WON'T have to run as part of a large EU deficit when an EU country gets fucked over economically, but we CAN charitably help them out a bit.