Timeline (Brexit The Uncivil War)

Brexit: The Uncivil War (Map Game)

January 2019
PoD: In response to the defeat on the 15th January 2019 in the first meaningful vote. Theresa May seeing the magnitude of her defeat announces she intends to hold a referendum on whether to accept the Withdrawal agreement or to renegotiate a new deal. The plan is soundly rejected by all opposition parties and several Conservative Members of Parliament who argue that remaining in the European Union must be on the ballot paper. While hard line Conservatives argue renegotiate or no deal if renegotiation proves impossible must be an option.

The first vote in held on the 21st January and fails with 303 votes for aye and 340 votes for nay. May then proposes to offer the option of remaining in a referendum before in the event Brexit is confirmed another referendum offering renegotiation and no deal or the withdrawal agreement. Most Tories show massive opposition and demands rapidly heat up for May to resign who promises to do so once Brexit is delivered. While Labour and SNP initially offer support on the motion when it is put before Parliament on the 28th January both Labour and the SNP vote against it along with over a hundred Conservative MPs leading to a rejection worse than that of the first meaningful vote on the withdrawal agreement.

May agrees to resign on the 29th January after members of the European Research Group threaten to hold a vote on no confidence alongside the Labour party. May makes her resignation effective on the 5th February.

February 2019
The leadership contest begins on the 5th February with several MPs nominated and Boris and Jeremy Hunt making it to the final round where party members vote on the 21st February. Hunt acknowledges a delay for renegotiation would be necessary while Boris argues that even if a delay may be necessary the EU must first agree to renegotiate substantial parts of the withdrawal agreement

March
Jeremy Hunt pulls out of the leadership race on the 6th March and on the 8th March Boris begins as Prime Minister with the maxim that the United Kingdom will leave on the 29th March unless the EU agrees to substantial renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement. The EU refuses to agree substantial renegotiation and says the UK can delay and attempt to come up with a new solution which Boris refuses.

On the 12th March Parliament votes to take control of the order paper and Boris expels 24 Conservative MPs and Parliament then votes the next day to force Boris to extend the Brexit deadline by 20th March. Boris refuses and is warned by some he will be in breach of the law and arrested. On the 20th March as Boris has sent no letter and is in breach of the law, a vote of no confidence is held in Johnson the next day which passes but Boris refuses to resign and leave No 10 stating he is under no obligation to do so. Though there are debates amongst the Metropolitan police about arresting Boris, Pritti Patel sacks the Metropolitan police commissioner and a number of others.

John McDonnell on the 22nd March encourages people to storm Parliament and arrest Boris Johnson and Unite calls a general strike. Protests begin to build up as Nigel Farage issues a call to arms to defend the Prime Minister starting the Brexit militia. The police in London are overwhelmed by the scale of protests as hundred of thousands of Londoners as well hundreds of thousands from outside the capital converge in rolling battles outside of Parliament between Momentum, the Brexit militia and the police.

Heavy fighting breaks out between the rearming Ulster Defence Association and the Irish Republican Army with Sinn Fein declaring a Republic and the DUP bring the UDA under arms and order them to suppress the rebellion in their eyes.

On the 25th March the SNP issue a unilateral deceleration of independence which is countered by Keiza Dugale and Ruth Davidson resignation from their parties and the forming of the League of Scottish Unionist who seize much of the Lowlands.

As police lines are breached on the 26th March, the Queen, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn along with other party leaders escape from London. On the 27th March in Liverpool Jeremy Corbyn declares himself the People's Prime Minister and argues for the overthrow of the current government. In response Boris Johnson in Southampton orders the arrest of all MPs not sitting in his Parliament in exile and announces the creation of the Home Guard. Vince Cable along with several ousted Tories and a number of defected Labour MPs such as Chukka Umma go to Brighton where they argue form their own faction.

On the 28th March Plaid Cymru declare an independent Wales but fail to capture anything but the west of the country. London has descended into anarchy while rolling battles in the midlands and around Birmingham break out as well as fighting between Liberal militia and the Home Guard. The various factional militias begin to arm up.

The Queen makes an intervention calling for peace and mediation but does not order the British Armed Forces who had retreated to the Salisbury plain to intervene.