Britain faces a “full-blown constitutional crisis” unless Prime Minister Theresa May can persuade the other nations of the UK to support her terms for withdrawing from the European Union, a leading think tank warns.
The stark warning from the Institute for Government comes as May held her first summit Monday with the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since the June 23 referendum to leave the EU.
In a report released on Monday, the London-based advisory group warned that if the four leaders fail to agree on the “core planks” of the UK’s negotiating position before the prime minister invokes Article 50, they can expect “a serious breakdown in relations between the four governments and nations of the UK.”
Article 50 stipulates that any member state may leave the EU “in accordance with its own constitutional requirements.”
Scotland and Northern Ireland voted against Brexit, and politicians from both nations have expressed…