Article 50 triggered: "The start of a long goodbye"

The Prime Minister has triggered Article 50 after her letter to European Council President Donald Tusk was delivered by Ambassador Sir Tim Barrow in Brussels.
Sky's Political Editor Faisal Islam reports.
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[@Vectal_]

Guess article 50 wasn't the only thing triggered today.

[@reece_v0391]

Vectal Creative Retouching lol

[@hotflush346]

This is a great day for Britain at last the voices of the majority of us get heard. This is the beginning of getting our identity back.

[@TashaVonAscham]

god the house of commons is more dis organised and constant shouting and rowdy rudeness than a class room

[@Chewie260]

Incognito ACC everheared of parliament of fools

[@a.j.g.5914]

House of commons? More like house of individual opinions shouted at maximum capacity

[@RAFMnBgaming]

Business as ususal then?

[@lewisgreen4240]

Incognito ACC Yeah the whole house is a mess

[@thebeesnuts777]

Incognito ACC the majority of people voted leave but the scary thing is there were undoubtedly more remain supporters amongst the crowd this is a tell tale sign that the mps at present don't speak on behalf of the majority and as a minority themselves have filled the houses of parliament

[@scotlandforever1170]

Why couldn't we trigger article 50 on bloody April fools day.

[@sphinx333]

Sean - best one I have heard yet. What a joke of a PM what a joke of a country All migrate to the EU where we belong.

[@scotlandforever1170]

I would of said April fools but I know that none of yous can take a joke.

[@scotlandforever1170]

sphinx333 mate, I want to stay

[@scotlandforever1170]

sphinx333 fair enough

[@MrCheesysmell]

Sean Clarkson oh yes

[@Gruxxan]

I've still not heard a single good reason why being in the EU is good for the UK. Some people have worked themselves into an imaginary frenzy, but for no apparent reason. It's almost psychotic.

[@krashd]

No rising nationalism and no killing each other every 20-30 years like we did for 3 millenia right up until 1945 when folks finally said "FFS, we need to be unified!" Good enough reason for me, my grandfather has more wisdom than anyone else I know and he thinks Brexit is an insult to everything his friends died for after the break up of the league of nations took him away from home and forced him to fight at the age of 16.

[@Gruxxan]

so more of the scaremongering 'world war 3' scenarios? nah, thats not a reason, its just fear of the unknown.

[@Gruxxan]

besides which, we were never 'killing each other', nationalism was rampant in germany, not britain, germany started both world wars and, hey, guess who's in charge of the eu now... germany. coincidence?

[@marksavage1108]

@@krashd We only voted to stay in a ``shopping area`` back in 1975, then denied a direct say for 41 years. It wasn't the British killing each other, zat waz ze Germans, ze same Germans controlling the eu now. We are unified, unified against dictators and traitors. the eu DOES NOT PROVIDE PEACE,,,,NATO ````did```` until the aggressive push towards Russia,

[@icki60]

(insert sarcasm here)

[@Minecraft7635]

BAKA brexit

[@Chewie260]

MinecraftMania baka globalists

[@guyonatricycle2550]

+BAKA Your profile picture gives me hope

[@LabRat10101]

Bye bye.

[@LabRat10101]

Classymaru Nara Norway support this game of wits :^);. but remember that the Norweigian solution is not for everyone. :D;.

[@forkinhell5915]

Scotland should leave. Why should they be ruled by a right wing Tory government in london. Scotland should get out of this sinking ship before is too late.

[@krashd]

Here here, I voted stay in 2015, but I wish I had hindsight, I considered myself British back then but now more and more I see British values mean trying to skuttle England by cutting off their nose to spite Europe and I don't want to be pulled down in their wake.

[@slapmyfunkybass]

They've been saying it's a sinking ship since Hitler declared war on it and it's still afloat.

[@lcfc2016]

slapmyfunkybass ..England should have a referendum on Scotland....goodbye

[@marksavage1108]

1 Scotland will need its own currency and its own central bank, that will bankrupt them. 2 the Orkneys Shetlands and Outer Hebrides have all stated that if Scotland leaves the UK, they will insist on leaving Scotland. there goes all the rights for the oil gas and fishing grounds, so skint with no natural resources to repay that bankruptcy, the eu wouldn't even look at a Scottish join application.

[@callummorrice6161]

Look at Boris. He looks chill

[@susanbrown2909]

Callum Morrice ...The big bus full of lies...more money for the nhs,what BS.

[@grayedgarphotography]

susan brown they don't deserve any more money anyway, they are so badly run it's crazy. Most of the money is completely wasted, especially on pen pushing suits.

[@vividimages258]

Gray Edgar couldn't agree more Gray,but we have to keep the pen pushers in a job have'nt we? That's the BS.....

[@QNRArsenal]

The leader of the Conservatives saying anyone else is out of touch with working class people is the most hypocritical thing I've ever heard

[@oliver7503]

it was just an opinion poll we don't have to destroy our country because of it.yay.

[@nidhasani6770]

I have no idea what to think anymore

[@R3FL3X84]

no turning back..

[@hannah42069]

*does 3 full spins*

[@romanmentor9238]

They coudn't come with even one real fact of how Britain will benefit after leaving.

[@TheEndiPL]

I'm having a bad feeling that the Scottish will leave OUR UNION.

[@euanbryce6596]

TheEndiPL no we won't mate. If we leave the uk the eu won't let us back in. The best option is to stay part of the U.K. So we can stay strong and actually survive. Without the U.K. Scotland is nothing.

[@liberum123]

0:47 "This is AN historic moment" 10/10 best English

[@UKXFace]

Ben Holmes Historic.

[@marleycummins1675]

Ben Holmes but it makes sense

[@camerongrimes6696]

"This is an HISTORIC moment"

[@liberum123]

Sarcasm, making fun of the fact that this person is running our country and making decisions for us that 48% of Britain disagrees with.

[@liberum123]

+Icy Wellllllllll leave me alone ;-;

[@GBManGentle]

Jeremy Corbyn "EU Who EU" lmao

[@sammorisam228]

I wish my country here in America could follow the same example as Britain. We are just so saturated in political correctness that it has crippled our laws and corrupted our voted in leaders. We need to grow a pair like Great Britain has!

[@milosradusinovic5796]

Once Scotland leaves, we are fucked

[@joemacdougall9205]

I'm sure we can make this work. It's not like every country is in the EU. We can make it work.

[@joemacdougall9205]

The only way we could get into that would be to join the EEA but that probably won't happen because it defeats the purpose of Brexit. It seemed to benefit the Norwegians and the Swiss quite well though.

[@London2ATL]

Joe MacDougall one of the best countries in the world is Switzerland. They manage without being in the EU.

[@joemacdougall9205]

London2ATL Yes. But they're in the EEA.

[@London2ATL]

Joe MacDougall I know.

[@bigbobabc123]

London2ATL well Theresa may said we won't be in the single market. We can't manage like them.

[@fatbastard-2916]

Let's all go to Tesco's where Corbyn gets his best clothes, da da da da!

[@Aehzur]

Chas what a lad haha

[@georgeskinner7268]

Devellio_ Z4YN think may gets hers at the mens bit of Oxfam

[@FISHGOMOO4321]

they're really cheap and nifty, they're only £1.50, da da da da!

[@SIXITHS]

Yeah, much better to be a woman-of-the-people like May, with her multi-thousand pound outfits... She must really care about working people...

[@liamhorn1150]

Labour is a load of bollocks

[@nathantiffen5158]

Being Northern Irish, I'm disgusted by this decision made by England (majority of the vote). United Ireland is a better choice than this.

[@joegambino9792]

I always wondered why they let Scotland have a referendum to leave, but didn't let Northern Ireland have a referendum. I'm American so don't know that much about the arrangement, but it seems like Northern Ireland has been wanting independence from that Monarchy for many years.

[@judaiyugo5283]

jimmy johnson Because without England. The rest will struggle massively.

[@marksavage1108]

@@joegambino9792 Because in Northern Ireland the majority who live there are pro union. England and Ireland have only fought that battle for a few centuries. so Northern Ireland ``seems like`` nothing of the sort.

[@marksavage1108]

We voted as the UK, without the Northern Ireland and Scottish leave voters, remain would have won. So Northern Ireland and Scotland were part of the UK rejecting the eu.

[@ParkerDai]

Thank god! Bye EU!

[@tsiakkiros]

Good luck consuming parsnips from Norfolk and going for vacation to Shropshire for eternity. Take the L.

[@smooth_sundaes5172]

Good! Merkels EU FO at last!!!

[@willlaaarthur]

I nearly snaped my tablet in half

[@LUCYDIAMONDBOXER1]

hmm a moment in history, 2.6k views of interest? I got 2.6 million views for walking my dog meeting cows.

[@LUCYDIAMONDBOXER1]

Thanks for watching 😉

[@007vauxhall]

Well there is one thing I will be proud of now, all laws and decisions will be "British Made"....long time since I heard that.

[@thesomeguy2794]

sigh *face palms*

[@mobiuspaw494]

A great day ! Soon we shall be FREE !!!

[@willrussell8368]

anyone got a ticket to Australia?

[@euanbryce6596]

Rustarkkar234 eh mate they are not in the eu either. Maybe consider France. Oh wait it's flooded with refugees. Hmm maybe Germany. Oh wait

[@Mon3ywar]

Hol' up, i got a ticket to Cyprus time ago..does this mean i need to apply for a visa now?

[@donttrustthemedia.donttrus7631]

YER FO TODAY

[@willrussell8368]

sacrde​ yeah about 200 years ago now stop thinking it's the British empire where Britain is great and acting like a fascist thinking we are priority and other countries are stupid

[@hrvsmart]

Rustarkkar234 Britain should be a priority. Every country and and it's people should be priority for it's government.

[@boogy2239]

once the UK is out of the EU officially and prospering, the others will follow...

[@cbsmk]

Terry Binns I hope we will leave to that day...

[@friedchickenemporium1201]

boogy once the uk has left "so... anyone want to rejoin the eu?" Queue another referendum.

[@ZimzamsXD]

HA look at it, it thinks its country is relevant.

[@renegaderaida526]

boogy France is next

[@LeeSeanSullivan]

boogy France, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, maybe even Germany, lol Merkel could get a surprise.

[@rafysrecipes8220]

im so happy really well done Mrs may

[@qasimmir7117]

I'll start the long goodbye now. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…

[@OutrageousPizza1]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

[@qasimmir7117]

Keep going.

[@louisecooper1001]

YES YES YES we are finally leaving the EU

[@devilsadvocate3588]

How sad will Brits be when all the labour from EU citizens is be replaced by commonwealth citizens (And it won't be Canadians, Aussies, or Kiwi's coming for the jobs that will need to filled) it will be people from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh lol. And we all know how much Brits like them...

[@hofra01]

Bye Bye Bye EU, we were waiting for for this long long time ago. BYE BYE

[@DDuMas]

The SNP is so tedious and opportunistic. We can't stay just because they voted one way, it makes no sense. She should wait an see what happens. It will take some time for things to work out. All they think about is the one thing, and what else do they do? I never hear their 1st minister talk about other issues.

[@Vinni726]

we're doomed

[@user-iw3zo5gu3b]

WELL IDK WHAT ARTICLE 50 IS. Does this mean Britain is leaving the EU?

[@stephen7258]

King J yes, it's a good thing as well

[@Strangething90]

1:00 best moment

[@benburton3496]

more to lose on both sides. keep as is and continue on. nothing will change, just the idea.

[@mwnciboo]

I bet Nichola Sturgeons Porridge is extra salty this morning from all those tears she's shedding...

[@silverfangi5346]

I don't understand why people are saying this is bad or sad. America did this to be independent so why can't we do it.

[@silverfangi5346]

Rob Fraser well that was more then I needed sorry I just don't care cos everyone has a view. I watched the live feed before the vote and was shocked what they said about the eu and they still said we shouldn't leave and this morning how that guy was playing with words. that is all that it is just playing with words to bind or hide us from the truth.

[@komar80]

I think its time for Sky News journalists to learn how to pronanunce name of EU president. It's just four letters name, can't be that hard, even for british.

[@Dantheman-de5vr]

Britain survived 900 years without the EU so I'm sure we'll be fine and look at Switzerland they're not in the EU and they're doing fine

[@krashd]

This generation and the last one were the most prosperous in those 900 years of warring, I'm not seeing your point. Surviving on the streets for 20 years is no reason to celebrate when your house burns down because being in that house was better than those 20 years likely were.

[@Dantheman-de5vr]

I didn't say Britain was better 900 hundred years ago I'm saying we survived 900 years without the eu.

[@diatere2316]

Yay! I had no say in my future!

[@theobserver4685]

Mr Jenker can drys his own eyes with a €5 note

[@DomGilo]

1:18 Sarah Olney cracking up even though nobody likes her

[@foxkidd8796]

My longest goodbye ever

[@ynotski9]

Why can't we leave in the same time it took for the Cameron May switch, then we could get on with fixing the country from the fallout of leaving the EU, that much sooner.

[@ixkasutoxi9108]

how many times that guy gotta blink, jeez

[@batcollins3714]

Looking back from 2023 , it was the start of a long decline which still has along way to go.

[@wraithofsolidarity]

Britain: We're full of ill informed, ignorant racists! EU: Bye

[@NegativeNumbers427]

Speak for yourself.

[@adampartlett2957]

nah article 50 is best thing thats ever haplened to the uk

[@antiqueelectronica3921]

"The United Kingdom is leaving the European union!" .....music to mine and 17 million other ears!

[@tomheaden2727]

According to Jeremy corybyn were leaving the EQ

[@fiftyclown]

LOOK AT BORIS LMFAOO

[@f1visionary866]

Oh we are so screwed now

[@TheACE1300]

Just get on with it,for ##cks sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@EDDYLOL100]

I hopescotland doesn't go independent I think we are better together

[@aliahmadov624]

"Negociations" ...

[@brommas1]

And here was me thinking it was only Tusk that was triggered, along with all the liberals also . . . . . .

[@tenaciousflux8228]

Thank god we're out of this horrible union

[@karlherdman6220]

Its quite possible the Scots and Irish are hoping to get out off your horrible Union now :-)

[@tenaciousflux8228]

Horrible union? We pay for everything for them. Tell me how Scotland will fund their free universities, free prescriptions etc without the government pumping a huge amount of money into Scotland. Scotland tax payers come no way near to covering it by themselves. Doesn't seem so horrible to me

[@maximilliannewcombe1719]

I'm getting sick of the £350 million argument. Everyone knows it's bullshit and it has not been shown to change anyone's mind. It seems to be the remain camps last remaining argument, they seem to literally not have any other points.

[@keir_murray6567]

TRIGGERED

[@susanbrown2909]

Many cannot remember especially the young...what a better uk it was before going in the EU....the Tories will mess up and all the blame will be on them..ha ha.

[@dragonflyBMX]

Rip Britain.

[@redpeony]

May does not speak for the majority of Brits who did not vote for Brexit.

[@Captiankilljoy23]

A majority of people didn't vote to remain though. Out of the people who voted, a majority wanted Brexit.

[@J0hn21792]

It's a minority, more people voted to leave than to remain

[@georgerobertson1054]

Red Peony: but majority of us brits voted leave... that's why we're leaving. 48.1 or 48.2 % voted remain (can remember which one so put both.) which though not by much, is the minority. That's called democracy.

[@Poffle176]

George Robertson I think the original poster was saying more along the line of may doesn't represent the majority of the people who voted stay, not that the majority of the vote was stay

[@redpeony]

I was getting at the fact that the majority of Brits overall, [those who voted and those who didn't] don't support Brexit. People can try to dismiss the views of those who didn't vote, but nevertheless the majority of Brits, don't support Brexit.

[@LackHapeLuis]

Wooooooooooooooooooo BEST THING FOR ENGLAND👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Ben-kc9jk]

Thank god! No more being dictated by the likes of the EU! #BritainFirst

[@zerfphoenix7361]

Ben indeed fellow brit

[@friedchickenemporium1201]

Ben except we still have to follow their laws to continue trade, and now we've left we have no say in any of these laws, soooooo we're pretty much screwed

[@georgerobertson1054]

Ethan Hart: we only have to follow their trade laws... won't make much difference at least we now can have a say in who enters our country. Why should people who are more qualified and want to enter the UK have to wait longer so less qualified Europeans can enter here first.

[@redpeony]

No more EU protection . Now the US can fully turn us into a Banana Republic.

[@wozzer3wa]

Red Peony bollocks

[@husseind31]

y r ppl so happy bout leaving EU?

[@vee7246]

This is what the UK asked for so all Theresa is requiring is that we all jump on board now. Not everyone who voted leave is an old, racist bigot who lives on benefit as some infer. England needs to be able to stand up for itself and make decisions without having to ask every other country's permission first. It's been a long time since England put their own people first, no other country neglects their own quite so much. It doesn't mean that our youth can't experience a full life, or that every foreign citizen will be sent packing. Let's keep a positive and hopeful outlook on this; it can work out.

[@vee7246]

Forgive me for not being specific. The UK I mean to include Everyone on the island, but England in General as I guess Scotland and Wales weren't too actively consulted on the matter.

[@Samaele2112]

What a mess :(

[@theonlyjakebaker]

OK caution to the wind then.

[@el4134]

like article 50 a lot people are triggered

[@82spiders]

Let me get this straight. All Euro countries share a common currency, and every country manages their own budget!? Someones laughing lord, Koombaya..... Wrong planet.

[@marksavage1108]

No, the eu monetary policy sets out the 27s budgets and if they are more than 10% out of the eu target they get fined.and not all eu countries adopted the euro.

[@Jackaky]

Haha Faisal Islam makes me laugh when hes sarcastic hahaha

[@azehnuuuuu1846]

Farage only said that cos he was scared of the interviewer

[@MrZanvine]

THE TRIGGERING!!! [PERMA TRIGGERED]

[@jsonyu179]

31 October 2019.

[@newlegion2876]

Ffs ima go kms now

[@spenky]

At least nigel farage admits uk became a banana republic.

[@progression5384]

if Ralf can rexxit.... Britain can BREXXIT

[@joyrin3298]

why can we just get together and work together as one unit, the result is already out. If we all work together with an open mind, things could probably turn out quite good. I am not siding on whatever but we have to work together and keep the goverment in line. we are the people, we have the power. British values people.

[@hmartinspliff]

1:18 Oh sh*t, the lady in black looks like Tony Blair's sister, she has that same maniacal Joker grin. She wasn't grinning when the questions got a little tough on LBC talk radio....._"I'm sorry, she has another appointment."_

[@SWINDLA87]

1:18 My god, that is ugly

[@UncannyXander]

A worldwide embarrassment.

[@TheFlamingHub2nd]

Britian Britain Britain and more Britain.

[@danny1884]

Time to put the "great" back into Great Britain.

[@krashd]

Delusional!

[@tomfarron425]

lol so insecure.

[@eritreachannel2101]

Sorry Eu

[@ianharvey8025]

Goodbye EU

[@theoutlawd69]

Finally we are free, we got what we wanted, only taken 9 months

[@joooosh117]

Yeah, ever heard of the two years of negotiations?

[@vividimages258]

TsaRr Gaming Nah, he's talkin about his new born...🤔🤔🤔.....

[@theoutlawd69]

vivid images mate I'm 19, I don't have a new born and I don't plan to die in the next two years

[@OutrageousPizza1]

free? we werent being held prisoner LOL

[@ninja_sloth3906]

Enjoy your worthless£

[@josthomas7507]

sad day

[@pcsingh7226]

100 years from now Why did UK leave the EU? (2 marks) Suggest why leaving the EU was such a big mistake for the UK (8 marks)

[@krashd]

100 years from now What was the UK? Did they do something?

[@ChristianCommentonEverything]

"but only if a good deal can be negotiated" - biased nonsense, of course a good deal is preferred but trading under WTO rules would be better than the current situation.

[@madetocomment9349]

Bloke on the left at 1.37 is the step dad of Sean of dead

[@nathandrake7552]

yessssssssssss

[@mousequeen1017]

our teacher candian and told us that EU is much smaller than Russia so we're be ok