British Prime Minister Theresa May self-imposed a date for writing a letter to the European Council by the end of this month. She is a stubborn person and it is believed she will do as she promised. The UK will then have 2 years to disentangle from all the treaties and agreements it has with the European Union (EU). This will be very complicated and Britain will be an overall loser in many regards, such as academics (16% of students to Oxford e.g. are EU citizens but after Brexit these students will be subject to foreign fees so they will go elsewhere. University professors from the EU will suddenly be foreigners and subject to strict visa requirements and limitations on travel which do not apply to EU citizens at present. Research will suffer as these academics will also go elsewhere in the EU). Goodness! I have only touched upon one of the many areas where Britain will be the loser and my post is already too long. I had better stop. Wish the English could stop there exit so easily.