The British government is preparing to implement its emergency contingency plans as Brexit mayhem continues to grip the country. In a letter to Cabinet ministers, Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said, “Operation Yellowhammer command and control structures will be enacted fully on March 25 unless a new exit date has been agreed between the U.K. and the EU.”Britain was due to leave Europe next Friday, March 29. And opposition to the agreement appeared to be hardening, rather than softening, after May blamed parliament for the Brexit impasse. On Thursday, Euroskeptic Tory MPs confronted the prime minister and directly called for her to quit. Meanwhile, Britain’s military has set up a command-and-control centre under the ministry of defence, called Operation Redfold, designed to minimize disruption in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Source: National Post March 22, 2019 04:41 UTC