After months of wrangling and delays, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May has signaled that she is finally willing to Brexit without a deal in place. That’s quite a concession from her on multiple levels. However, at the same time this was announced, members of Parliament have been advised to travel in packs to avoid what is being termed as Brexit abuse.

British Members of Parliament have been advised to take taxis or travel home together to avoid the risk of abuse over Brexit.

Lindsay Hoyle, a deputy speaker of the House of Commons, wrote to all MPs saying the Metropolitan Police had been “left in no doubt” that they must ensure “Members of Parliament can vote in Parliament without fear.”

Hoyle, a Labour MP since 2010, wrote: “Personally, I have never felt this level of tension during my time in the House and I am aware that other colleagues feel the same.

“Many colleagues have already been subject to widely publicised abuse and intimidation.”

He advised MPs to take “simple steps to improve our personal safety” such as traveling home by taxi or with colleagues, as “tensions and emotions are running at an all-time high.”

Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle said on Thursday that a man had tried to assault him and had branded MPs “traitors.”

Also on Thursday, Tobias Ellwood, a Conservative MP and defense minister, tweeted a letter he was sent, threatening him and pledging to “bring London to its f***ing knees.”

Wow. That’s quite something! Especially when one considers that May has been blaming Parliament for all the delays. And yes, they’ve been delaying for a multitude of reasons. Except that the citizens of Britain voted to LEAVE the EU, so the delay is political at all levels. 

If the Commons had not signed off her withdrawal agreement by April 11, the prime minister would step up preparations for a no-deal exit, working with the EU to try to mitigate the inevitable economic shock. Chancellor Philip Hammond has put aside £26bn in an “insurance fund” to cushion the immediate impact of the UK crashing out of the EU.

In deciding she is willing to take the UK out of the EU without a deal, Mrs May has sided with Eurosceptic members of her cabinet and the pro-Brexit European Research Group of Tory MPs, who are sanguine or even enthusiastic about a “clean break” with the bloc.

What kind of impact would the Brexit departure have? Evidently one strong enough to make the members of Parliament fear for their safety. Not only that, but the UK has set up a Brexit bunker.

A military operations center based in the Ministry of Defence will coordinate deployments of any troops required to help with a no-deal Brexit, the U.K. government confirmed.

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“We have committed to holding 3,500 troops at readiness to aid contingency plans. We will consider any requests from other government departments if they feel defence capability could contribute to their no-deal planning,” the spokesperson said.

What does Theresa May have to say now that Brexit is imminent with or without a deal?

May is saying that it’s better to leave the EU in an orderly manner. Well, some folks aren’t happy with that.

And you have had 1,000 days to work on just that and you have failed miserably. #brexit https://t.co/zPSHAWPM2y

— BLKSR71, CFA (@BLKSR71) March 22, 2019

Enough of this Brexit crap.
The Prime Minister hasn't got a clue what she's doing.
Our MPs haven't got a clue what they're doing either.
Let's just bloody leave on March 29, with no deal, and get on with it.
We'll survive & may even thrive. Anything's better than this.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 20, 2019

Theresa May can't even tell us when we're leaving the bloody EU, nearly three years after we voted to Leave.
We're now waiting for the EU to inform us when they'll let us go.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
For God's sake @theresa_may – RESIGN.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 21, 2019

Will Britain implode in the next week or so? Who knows. What is clear is that Parliament is on edge as is law enforcement, when they aren’t going after people about knives and supposedly misgendering someone.

Will this move by May and the EU help? Or will Britain end up in a situation that Beege discussed here regarding Boris Johnson? There are two options available now.

JUST IN: EU Council President Donald Tusk outlines the 2 Brexit extension options:

1. If withdrawal agreement is passed by House of Commons next week, EU agrees to extension until May 22

2. If House does not approve withdrawal agreement, EU agrees to extension until April 12 pic.twitter.com/5sCNH5B2MY

— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) March 21, 2019

Who knows. What is clear is that no matter the decision within the next few days, people are going to throw tantrums. Will those tantrums throw the country into chaos or will reason prevail? We are just going to have to wait and see.

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