Brexit: Theresa May says talks won't start in 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36841066
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This referendum was really badly timed. Britain had a once in 14 year chance to take the reigns of the Council of the EU, where they could have at least tried to get some policy changes in, and they blew it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36841066
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Quote:The UK had been scheduled to take up the presidency of the Council of the EU - which rotates on a six-monthly basis between the 28 EU countries, giving each the opportunity to shape the agenda - in the second half of 2017.
But Mrs May has decided that Britain should skip its turn in the light of the Brexit vote in June's referendum.
This referendum was really badly timed. Britain had a once in 14 year chance to take the reigns of the Council of the EU, where they could have at least tried to get some policy changes in, and they blew it.