Today is the day Brexiters have been waiting for ever since a small majority of Brits (51.9%) cast their vote to leave the European Union (EU) last June.
Prime Minister Theresa May notified Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, of the UK’s departure from the EU at 12:30pm today; triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and formally setting the wheels in motion for Brexit.
May’s landmark action, which will spearhead a two-year departure process, is the culmination of months of uncertainty and will undoubtedly be met with varying degrees of acceptance by members of the UK technology industry, a sector largely opposed to Britain’s impending divorce from the EU.
The PM has been outwardly optimistic – some would say unrealistic – about the UK’s future outside of the Union. May recently declared she intended to establish a “new, positive and constructive partnership … by the time the two-year Article 50 has concluded”, but tech entrepreneurs are not overly convinced....