When's Brexit actually happening?

The short answer is that nobody really knows.

Britain was due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019 - exactly two years after the process was legally triggered by Article 50.

But after UK MPs rejected the withdrawal agreement Mrs May had agreed with Brussels three times - EU leaders eventually agreed to a six-month extension to the exit process until October 31, 2019.

However, the country can leave the trading bloc before then if the UK and the EU can ratify an exit deal sooner.

European Council President Donald Tusk said if there was a repeat of the 2016 referendum that Brits would back Remain.

He vowed to press EU leaders to delay our exit yet again beyond October 31 to give enough time for a fresh vote to be held.

May had plans to go back to the Commons in early June to give MPs a fourth chance to vote on her Withdrawal Agreement (WA).

However MPs on all sides have said they will vote down May's WA when it is brought before the House.

This lead to Mrs May resigning as Prime Minister on May 24.

She announced she would will quit and has now stepped down as Tory leader as of June 7.

She will stay in office until July when a new party leader will have been chosen.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has demanded a seat at the negotiating table to help finally deliver Brexit after his party romped to victory in the European elections.

He has said he could work with Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab and Esther McVey as three Tory hopefuls he could work with.

What will happen after Brexit?

A transition period will kick in after a withdrawal agreement is agreed.

This aims to help the UK work out its future relationship with Europe.

Current trading requirements would continue, and the UK would have to abide by EU rules during this time, though they won't be able to contribute.

UK citizens currently in the EU and EU citizens in the UK have been assured they can carry on living in their respective countries with the same rights enshrined to them.

But our exact relationship with the bloc will depend dramatically on what kind of deal we manage to salvage from Brussels.

The transition period only comes into effect if a withdrawal deal is agreed on.

Under a No Deal or "cliff-edge" Brexit, the new trading and regulatory rules would come into play overnight, with no ironing-out period at all.

The UK is set to be negotiating with Michel Barnier's deputy Sabine Weyand after she was appointed as EU's top trade official.

Her promotion means that she will be in charge of the nuts and bolts of negotiating Brussels’ future trade deals, including with the UK.

Source: The Sun