Britain will make a clean break from the European Union and not seek to remain "half-in, half-out," Prime Minister Theresa May will say Tuesday, disappointing businesses and voters who want the country to stay in the bloc's single market. "Not partial membership of the European Union, associate membership of the European Union, or anything that leaves us half-in, half-out," she plans to say, according to excerpts released by her office. EU leaders say Britain can't stay in the single market without allowing free movement of people from the bloc. "I think ruling out membership of the single market ... is in some ways the clarity people are looking for," Bale said. A few miles to the east in working-class Romford, where a large majority voted to leave, many say Brexit can't come soon enough.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 16, 2017 22:16 UTC