The Week Junior UK – 24 August 2019

The Week Junior•24 August 2019

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ocuments showing whatcould happen in the UK

onceith as left the European Union (EU) have

been leaked (revealed without permission). The

secret Governmentreports about Brexit wereprinted

inTheSunday Timesnewspaperon18August.TheUK

is currentlyoncourse to leave the EU on 31 October.

WhatisBrexit?

Brexit is the wordused to describe the UK’s

decision to leave the EU–anorganisation of 28

countries that trade together and follow the same

rules. The leaked documentsexplain what the

impactcould be if the UK and the EUcannot officially

agree on their futurerelationship.This is known

as ano-deal Brexit.

What do the documentssay?

The documents suggestthatwithoutadeal, trade

could be disrupted. Therecould be long delays at

borders, whichcould affect food and medicine

supplies. Thecost of food and fuelcould rise if there

areshortages, accord ing to the documents.

Why is Brexit happening?

In a2016 public vote, known asareferendum, nearly

52% of voters said theywanted to leave the EU.

Theresa May,who wasthe UK Prime Minister until

Boris Johnsonreplaced her in July,reachedadeal

with EU leaders over their futurerelationship.Known

as the Withdrawal Agreement, itwasrejected by UK

Members ofParliament (MPs) three times. The EU

agreed to delay Brexit from 29 March until 31 October

to provide moretime foradealtobeagreed.

However,anew deal has not yet beenreached,

making the chanceofano-deal Brexit morelikely.

Why do politicians wantadeal?

Many politicians in the UK and the EU sayano-deal

Brexit could makeitd ifficult for businesses to trade,

and could cause delays for people travelling between

the two sides. Other politicians, including Johnson,

think the UK should leave on 31 October with or

withoutadeal. They think Brexit shouldn’t be delayed

again, although Johnson says he would prefer to

reach an agreement. On 21 August he met leaders

in France makeadeal.

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On 28 August 1963, Martin Luther King Jr made

one of the mostfamous speeches in history.King’s

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Reportonno-deal Brexitleaked

After the UK leaves the EU,

the border between Northern

Ireland (part of the UK), and

Ireland (a separatecountry),

will be the only land border the

UK has with the EU.Both sides

want to avoid checksorguards

there. The EU says people must

be allowed to cross the border

easily,but that means all of the

UK would have tokeep following

EU rules untilasolution isfound.

This iscalled the backstop.

Johnson is against the UK

following EU rules after Brexit.

The Irish backstop

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