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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

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