Hard Brexit looms as May offers too little, too late

In June 2016 when the British voted to seek a divorce from the European Union, few in the country seemed to understand all the implications of such a transformative move. Which is why there have been growing calls for a second referendum.

The short span of time before Brexit was put to the vote - held about a year after former prime minister David Cameron gave the green light to a referendum in 2015 - means many voters were driven by impulse and emotion, rather than reason, and there was little weighing of the pros and cons of this seismic event.

Ensuring people were well-informed would have been the best defense against them acting in haste and repenting soon after, but then the Brexit vote was never about what was good for the country, but rather a means to try and keep the Conservative Party intact and in power. Brexit has simply picked up a lot of baggage along the way.