''On 8 February 2017, MPs agreed to leave the European Union without a
deal. That is the simple logic of the parliamentary vote, which passed
by 494 to 122, approving Theresa May’s plan to invoke Article 50 and
begin the formal process of leaving the bloc. It wasn’t just the
government front bench that signalled its agreement to a no-deal
departure, but the opposition too.
The creation of Article 50 by the Lisbon Treaty provided a way for a
nation state to leave the EU, but it is undeniably a blunt instrument.
Triggering it, as May did on 29 March 2017, starts a two-year countdown
to the exit. At the end of those two years, whether an accord with the
remaining states has been reached or not, the departing nation leaves.
That simple fact should inform all discussions about Brexit.
Confidently asserting that “there is no majority for no deal” has become
a cliché at Westminster, as former..''
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