Andrea Leadsom will be quick to trigger Article 50 is she succeeds Cameron

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 03 July, 2016

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Andrea Leadsom, one of five candidates to succeed David Cameron as British prime minister, said on Sunday she would be quick to start the process of negotiating the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union. Asked when she would trigger article 50, the step that will formally begin the process, Leadsom declined to give an exact framework but made clear she thought it should happen as quickly as possible. “We need to get on with it, we need to seize the opportunity,” she told BBC television. “It’s about giving certainty to businesses, it’s about saying to the world ‘we’re…

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