May said no plan for Brexit was drawn up by her predecessor, David Cameron, and she needed to assess the situation and work out the correct way to act once Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty was invoked by the end of March, starting two years of divorce talks. "There hadn’t been any plans made for Brexit so it was important for us to take some time to look at the issues, look at the complexity of the issues," May said in an interview with Sky News. "Our thinking on this isn’t muddled," she said, "I will be setting out some more details in coming weeks as we look ahead to triggering Article 50." May defended herself against an allegation by Ivan Rogers, Britain’s envoy to the EU who quit last week, that her government lacked an effective strategy for leaving the bloc. She said a deal will have to include control over Britain’s borders, which other EU leaders have said will be a bar for giving the UK access to Europe’s single market in goods and services. "I hope you will continue to cha...
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