What’s Up with the U.K.? A Handy Lexicon of Exiting

Events in the United Kingdom, in the past week, have been so remarkable that onlookers from afar could be forgiven for having slumped into a state of boneless bewilderment. If it is any consolation, the British themselves are in exactly the same pickle. Every day can be relied upon to bring a fresh crisis, which transfigures one’s outlook on all that has gone before. Nonetheless, it might be worth pausing, at this juncture, to review the current palaver, and, in particular, to list the somewhat confusing array of options that now confront not only the proud people of Britain but also the Continent that they have, in their collective wisdom, chosen to rebuff.