Brexit explained: what happens when the UK leaves the EU?

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The UK is set to officially leave the EU on 29 March 2019. But what happens next?

Economic crash? Restoring British democracy?

From hard Brexit and hard borders, to soft Brexit or the Chequers deal - here's everything you need to know.

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Animation: Ian Watkins
Script: Martin Williams
Narration: Kiran Moodley
Sound: Matthew Lucas
Producers: Martin Williams, Kieron Bryan, Matthew Lucas

[Exodon]

Not really surprising for May wanting to basically keep all benefits from the EU while ditching all obligations at the same point. Also not surprising that the EU won't buy it.

[alisaperdita]

So according to this the only good thing about brexit is the apple business profiting

[TheMaddi]

as an american who understood none of this to begin with, i love this video. 10/10.

[khalilflavigny]

Who is watching this after brexit actually left

[marcobosi]

Checker is not acceptable for EU. You are forgetting you have to negotiate with EU not just with yourselves

[trazkey]

UK will leave the European Union in 3019

[lornajackson]

As a teenager (who is going to have to deal with the consequences of Brexit but not knowing a thing about what is happening) this video was extremely helpful

[nessa]

2019: Worst case Brexit scenario - Markets could crash, food shortages, lack of hospital supplies. But you don't have to hide in your bunker just yet.
2020: So, about COVID-19...

[logica]

Who is watching after Boris Johnson announced to be UK Prime.minister ?

[philh]

anyone else wondering why our journalists and mainstream media didn't provide this and further in depth debate and analysis before the vote in 2016? looking back, there was such a lack of real factual debate hence the 300 mil nhs slogan. People voted to leave, but did they do so with a real knowledge of the impact on trade, customs checks, good Friday agreement and other issues ?

[alexandrajuel]

Aaaaand, here I am in December 2019. And they still haven’t left.

[yearoldepicgamersoldier]

I've heard about Brexit literally for years so i finally decided to watch a video about it because the only thing i knew about it is the leaving eu part

[thim]

Theresa may walks up to the final boss, only to find
A MIRROR

[Suyalus]

If they want to leave, fine by me. But then they HAVE TO ACCEPT the consequences. If you dont want to pay for an elite membership, then you cant demand the same rights as a Full member

[adama]

This is an example of “don’t fix something that isn’t broken”

[maxrules]

French apples are actually good quality

[IggyNunzi]

Sure, the Chequers plan sounds great from a British stand point, but none of the EU governing bodies would ever go close to a deal like that. It's completely deleterious for the EU and will only benefit the UK. Let's not forget that the UK has already been benefitted by the EU in ways that no other member state has dreamt of. At this point, the EU is tired of the UK trying to get its own way whenever they wanted. As Donald Tusk has made bleedingly clear in his instagram posts, the UK government cannot cherry-pick the deal. This is not about a deal that will suit the UK parliament, this is all about a deal that will satisfy the EU first, and then the UK, and this is purely down to the global importance of the EU as opposed to that of the UK. 27 countries take precedence over 1.

[kinghaseebkhan]

Rest of the world is enjoying the show 🍿🍿🎥🎬

[wong_tai_ming]

"The reason the sun never sets on the Empire is that God does not trust the British in the dark." -Abraham Lincoln

[MegaLietuvislt]

"Uh we want to leave the EU but we want to keep all the benefits"