AP PHOTOS: Brexit Countdown
AP PHOTOS: Brexit Countdown
British lawmaker Cabinet member Michael Gove points at a screen during his visit to Holyhead Port in Wales, to discuss Brexit preparations, Wednesday Aug. 21, 2019. Holyhead Port serves ferry routes from England to the Island of Ireland, a contentious border region impacting on Britain’s Brexit split with Europe. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks during a debate over how the UK and EU27 governments will manage citizens’ rights after Brexit, at the European parliament Tuesday, Jan.14, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Remain in the European Union, anti-Brexit protesters, including one with a placard depicting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson under the thumb of U.S. President Donald Trump, demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Fake 350 million pound notes bearing the face of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, hang from a “Magic Money Tree” placed by remain in the European Union, anti-Brexit protesters outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. On their first day back at work after Christmas, lawmakers were set to debate Johnson’s Brexit withdrawal bill with the EU Tuesday. Following December’s general election at which Johnson’s Conservatives won an 80-seat majority in the House of Commons, there is no doubt that the deal will pass and Britain will be on course to leave the EU on its scheduled departure date of Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Yeoman warders conduct the traditional ceremonial search in the Palace of Westminster during the start of the state opening of parliament, in London, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (Richard Pohle/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II walks through the Royal Gallery before delivering the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament ceremony at the Palace of Westminster and the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen European and Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attend the Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Lisbon Treaty and the legally binding Charter of Fundamental Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Media are seen outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Police take away a protester during an anti-Boris Johnson demonstration, at Trafalgar Square in central London, Friday Dec. 13, 2019. Boris Johnson’s gamble on early elections paid off as voters gave the UK prime minister a commanding majority to take the country out of the European Union by the end of January, a decisive result after more than three years of stalemate over Brexit. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds wave from the steps of number 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
The first ballot box to arrive at the SEC Centre in Glasgow is emptied onto a table for staff to begin counting in the 2019 General Election, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Ballot papers cast in the 2019 general election are counted in Islington in London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson with his dog Dilyn leaves after voting in the general election at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A woman arrives at a polling station in Islington, London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Voters queue outside St Andrews Church polling station in Balham, south London, just hours before voting closes for the 2019 General Election, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
A sign hangs from a tree as rain falls outside a polling station at Merry Bells Village Hall in Wheatley, near Oxford, England, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. Voting was underway across the U.K. Thursday as voters were deciding who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
A woman with her child leaves a polling station in Islington, London after voting in the general election Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Pedestrians pass through a tunnel in London, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A man walks past homeless people sleeping under the portico of St. Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, London, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Thursday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A man rides his bicycle in London, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Cyclists pass a mobile anti-Brexit billboard at Trafalgar square in London, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Thursday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Srdjan Nedeljkovic)
Jo Swinson, Leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats Party sits alongside CEO Jon Sparkes, during a visit to Crisis’ Skylight Centre in London, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. Jo took part in a roundtable on homelessness with practitioners from Crisis and partner organisations, and individuals with lived experience of homelessness. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photo wearing boxing gloves during a stop on his general election campaign trail at Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec.12. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnsons, center, leaves the train station of Castle Cary, England, on his way towards an election campaign event Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
City of London Common Cryer and Sergeant at Arms Col. Geoffrey Godbold, centre, walks in procession to the steps of the Royal Exchange where he will read out a proclamation to announce the 2019 general election outside the Royal Exchange in the City of London, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
An anti-Brexit supporter carries the Union Jack highlighted with stars of the EU flag in London on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Pro Brexit demonstrators wear medieval knights costumes as they gather outside the houses of Parliament, in London, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
A Union flag is tied behind a Parliament sign outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Politicians in Britain and the European Union seem to be looking to each other to break the Brexit deadlock. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Whippets wear clothing with the EU flag during anti-Brexit protests in London, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Britain’s Parliament is set to vote in a rare Saturday sitting on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new deal with the European Union, a decisive moment in the prolonged bid to end the Brexit stalemate. Various scenarios may be put in motion by the vote. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Protesters from the Border Communities Against Brexit group hold a demonstration on the Irish border on the Republic of Ireland side close to the town of Jonesborough, Ireland, Wednesday, Oct. 16 , 2019. The Border Communities Against Brexit group organised various protests at many points across the border region Wednesday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
A man walks through a sliding door with the European Union stars outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Technical talks on Brexit continued in Brussels over the weekend with European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier due to brief EU ambassadors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Vehicles disembark from a small ferry at Greenore, Republic of Ireland, on Carlingford Lough connecting Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. The ferry service has run for over two years, as another sign that the border is all but invisible but if the U.K. leaves the European Union on Oct. 31 without a Brexit divorce deal, this local boat could find itself plying an international border. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, walks across the street for a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
A road sign graffitied with the word Brexit in front of Britain’s Parliament in London, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. U.K. interest rates could be cut even if the country avoids leaving the European Union on Oct. 31 without a deal, one of the Bank of England’s nine top policymakers said Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dominic Cummings, political adviser to Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. An unrepentant Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed off cries of “Resign!” and dared his foes to try to topple him Wednesday at a raucous session of Parliament, a day after Britain’s highest court ruled he acted illegally in suspending the body ahead of the Brexit deadline. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he arrives at Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Lawmakers in Britain are returning to the House of Commons on Wednesday, following a Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted illegally by suspending Parliament. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Anti-Brexit supporters react as they gather outside the Supreme Court in London, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 as it made it’s decision on the legality of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of Parliament. In a setback for Johnson, Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the suspension of Parliament was illegal. The ruling Tuesday is a major blow to the prime minister who had suspended Parliament for five weeks, claiming it was a routine closure. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, attends a news conference at an event of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A heckler is ejected as Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a speech at the Convention of the North at the Magna Centre in Rotherham, England, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Johnson will meet with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker for Brexit talks Monday in Luxembourg. The Brexit negotiations have produced few signs of progress as the Oct. 31 deadline for Britain’s departure from the European Union bloc nears. (Christopher Furlong/Pool photo via AP)
British lawmaker Cabinet member Michael Gove points at a screen during his visit to Holyhead Port in Wales, to discuss Brexit preparations, Wednesday Aug. 21, 2019. Holyhead Port serves ferry routes from England to the Island of Ireland, a contentious border region impacting on Britain’s Brexit split with Europe. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
British lawmaker Cabinet member Michael Gove points at a screen during his visit to Holyhead Port in Wales, to discuss Brexit preparations, Wednesday Aug. 21, 2019. Holyhead Port serves ferry routes from England to the Island of Ireland, a contentious border region impacting on Britain’s Brexit split with Europe. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks during a debate over how the UK and EU27 governments will manage citizens’ rights after Brexit, at the European parliament Tuesday, Jan.14, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks during a debate over how the UK and EU27 governments will manage citizens’ rights after Brexit, at the European parliament Tuesday, Jan.14, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Remain in the European Union, anti-Brexit protesters, including one with a placard depicting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson under the thumb of U.S. President Donald Trump, demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Remain in the European Union, anti-Brexit protesters, including one with a placard depicting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson under the thumb of U.S. President Donald Trump, demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Fake 350 million pound notes bearing the face of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, hang from a “Magic Money Tree” placed by remain in the European Union, anti-Brexit protesters outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. On their first day back at work after Christmas, lawmakers were set to debate Johnson’s Brexit withdrawal bill with the EU Tuesday. Following December’s general election at which Johnson’s Conservatives won an 80-seat majority in the House of Commons, there is no doubt that the deal will pass and Britain will be on course to leave the EU on its scheduled departure date of Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Fake 350 million pound notes bearing the face of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, hang from a “Magic Money Tree” placed by remain in the European Union, anti-Brexit protesters outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. On their first day back at work after Christmas, lawmakers were set to debate Johnson’s Brexit withdrawal bill with the EU Tuesday. Following December’s general election at which Johnson’s Conservatives won an 80-seat majority in the House of Commons, there is no doubt that the deal will pass and Britain will be on course to leave the EU on its scheduled departure date of Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Yeoman warders conduct the traditional ceremonial search in the Palace of Westminster during the start of the state opening of parliament, in London, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (Richard Pohle/Pool Photo via AP)
Yeoman warders conduct the traditional ceremonial search in the Palace of Westminster during the start of the state opening of parliament, in London, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (Richard Pohle/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II walks through the Royal Gallery before delivering the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament ceremony at the Palace of Westminster and the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II walks through the Royal Gallery before delivering the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament ceremony at the Palace of Westminster and the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen European and Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attend the Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Lisbon Treaty and the legally binding Charter of Fundamental Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen European and Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attend the Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Lisbon Treaty and the legally binding Charter of Fundamental Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
Media are seen outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Media are seen outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Police take away a protester during an anti-Boris Johnson demonstration, at Trafalgar Square in central London, Friday Dec. 13, 2019. Boris Johnson’s gamble on early elections paid off as voters gave the UK prime minister a commanding majority to take the country out of the European Union by the end of January, a decisive result after more than three years of stalemate over Brexit. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Police take away a protester during an anti-Boris Johnson demonstration, at Trafalgar Square in central London, Friday Dec. 13, 2019. Boris Johnson’s gamble on early elections paid off as voters gave the UK prime minister a commanding majority to take the country out of the European Union by the end of January, a decisive result after more than three years of stalemate over Brexit. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds wave from the steps of number 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds wave from the steps of number 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
The first ballot box to arrive at the SEC Centre in Glasgow is emptied onto a table for staff to begin counting in the 2019 General Election, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
The first ballot box to arrive at the SEC Centre in Glasgow is emptied onto a table for staff to begin counting in the 2019 General Election, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Ballot papers cast in the 2019 general election are counted in Islington in London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Ballot papers cast in the 2019 general election are counted in Islington in London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson with his dog Dilyn leaves after voting in the general election at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson with his dog Dilyn leaves after voting in the general election at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A woman arrives at a polling station in Islington, London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A woman arrives at a polling station in Islington, London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Voters queue outside St Andrews Church polling station in Balham, south London, just hours before voting closes for the 2019 General Election, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
Voters queue outside St Andrews Church polling station in Balham, south London, just hours before voting closes for the 2019 General Election, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
A sign hangs from a tree as rain falls outside a polling station at Merry Bells Village Hall in Wheatley, near Oxford, England, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. Voting was underway across the U.K. Thursday as voters were deciding who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
A sign hangs from a tree as rain falls outside a polling station at Merry Bells Village Hall in Wheatley, near Oxford, England, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. Voting was underway across the U.K. Thursday as voters were deciding who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
A woman with her child leaves a polling station in Islington, London after voting in the general election Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A woman with her child leaves a polling station in Islington, London after voting in the general election Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Pedestrians pass through a tunnel in London, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Pedestrians pass through a tunnel in London, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A man walks past homeless people sleeping under the portico of St. Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, London, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Thursday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A man walks past homeless people sleeping under the portico of St. Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, London, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Thursday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A man rides his bicycle in London, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A man rides his bicycle in London, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Cyclists pass a mobile anti-Brexit billboard at Trafalgar square in London, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Thursday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Srdjan Nedeljkovic)
Cyclists pass a mobile anti-Brexit billboard at Trafalgar square in London, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Thursday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Srdjan Nedeljkovic)
Jo Swinson, Leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats Party sits alongside CEO Jon Sparkes, during a visit to Crisis’ Skylight Centre in London, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. Jo took part in a roundtable on homelessness with practitioners from Crisis and partner organisations, and individuals with lived experience of homelessness. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Jo Swinson, Leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats Party sits alongside CEO Jon Sparkes, during a visit to Crisis’ Skylight Centre in London, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. Jo took part in a roundtable on homelessness with practitioners from Crisis and partner organisations, and individuals with lived experience of homelessness. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photo wearing boxing gloves during a stop on his general election campaign trail at Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec.12. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photo wearing boxing gloves during a stop on his general election campaign trail at Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec.12. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnsons, center, leaves the train station of Castle Cary, England, on his way towards an election campaign event Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnsons, center, leaves the train station of Castle Cary, England, on his way towards an election campaign event Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
City of London Common Cryer and Sergeant at Arms Col. Geoffrey Godbold, centre, walks in procession to the steps of the Royal Exchange where he will read out a proclamation to announce the 2019 general election outside the Royal Exchange in the City of London, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
City of London Common Cryer and Sergeant at Arms Col. Geoffrey Godbold, centre, walks in procession to the steps of the Royal Exchange where he will read out a proclamation to announce the 2019 general election outside the Royal Exchange in the City of London, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
An anti-Brexit supporter carries the Union Jack highlighted with stars of the EU flag in London on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
An anti-Brexit supporter carries the Union Jack highlighted with stars of the EU flag in London on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Pro Brexit demonstrators wear medieval knights costumes as they gather outside the houses of Parliament, in London, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Pro Brexit demonstrators wear medieval knights costumes as they gather outside the houses of Parliament, in London, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
A Union flag is tied behind a Parliament sign outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Politicians in Britain and the European Union seem to be looking to each other to break the Brexit deadlock. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A Union flag is tied behind a Parliament sign outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Politicians in Britain and the European Union seem to be looking to each other to break the Brexit deadlock. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Whippets wear clothing with the EU flag during anti-Brexit protests in London, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Britain’s Parliament is set to vote in a rare Saturday sitting on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new deal with the European Union, a decisive moment in the prolonged bid to end the Brexit stalemate. Various scenarios may be put in motion by the vote. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Whippets wear clothing with the EU flag during anti-Brexit protests in London, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Britain’s Parliament is set to vote in a rare Saturday sitting on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new deal with the European Union, a decisive moment in the prolonged bid to end the Brexit stalemate. Various scenarios may be put in motion by the vote. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Protesters from the Border Communities Against Brexit group hold a demonstration on the Irish border on the Republic of Ireland side close to the town of Jonesborough, Ireland, Wednesday, Oct. 16 , 2019. The Border Communities Against Brexit group organised various protests at many points across the border region Wednesday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Protesters from the Border Communities Against Brexit group hold a demonstration on the Irish border on the Republic of Ireland side close to the town of Jonesborough, Ireland, Wednesday, Oct. 16 , 2019. The Border Communities Against Brexit group organised various protests at many points across the border region Wednesday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
A man walks through a sliding door with the European Union stars outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Technical talks on Brexit continued in Brussels over the weekend with European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier due to brief EU ambassadors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
A man walks through a sliding door with the European Union stars outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Technical talks on Brexit continued in Brussels over the weekend with European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier due to brief EU ambassadors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Vehicles disembark from a small ferry at Greenore, Republic of Ireland, on Carlingford Lough connecting Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. The ferry service has run for over two years, as another sign that the border is all but invisible but if the U.K. leaves the European Union on Oct. 31 without a Brexit divorce deal, this local boat could find itself plying an international border. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
Vehicles disembark from a small ferry at Greenore, Republic of Ireland, on Carlingford Lough connecting Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. The ferry service has run for over two years, as another sign that the border is all but invisible but if the U.K. leaves the European Union on Oct. 31 without a Brexit divorce deal, this local boat could find itself plying an international border. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, walks across the street for a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, walks across the street for a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
A road sign graffitied with the word Brexit in front of Britain’s Parliament in London, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. U.K. interest rates could be cut even if the country avoids leaving the European Union on Oct. 31 without a deal, one of the Bank of England’s nine top policymakers said Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A road sign graffitied with the word Brexit in front of Britain’s Parliament in London, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. U.K. interest rates could be cut even if the country avoids leaving the European Union on Oct. 31 without a deal, one of the Bank of England’s nine top policymakers said Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dominic Cummings, political adviser to Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. An unrepentant Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed off cries of “Resign!” and dared his foes to try to topple him Wednesday at a raucous session of Parliament, a day after Britain’s highest court ruled he acted illegally in suspending the body ahead of the Brexit deadline. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dominic Cummings, political adviser to Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. An unrepentant Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed off cries of “Resign!” and dared his foes to try to topple him Wednesday at a raucous session of Parliament, a day after Britain’s highest court ruled he acted illegally in suspending the body ahead of the Brexit deadline. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he arrives at Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Lawmakers in Britain are returning to the House of Commons on Wednesday, following a Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted illegally by suspending Parliament. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he arrives at Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Lawmakers in Britain are returning to the House of Commons on Wednesday, following a Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted illegally by suspending Parliament. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Anti-Brexit supporters react as they gather outside the Supreme Court in London, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 as it made it’s decision on the legality of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of Parliament. In a setback for Johnson, Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the suspension of Parliament was illegal. The ruling Tuesday is a major blow to the prime minister who had suspended Parliament for five weeks, claiming it was a routine closure. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Anti-Brexit supporters react as they gather outside the Supreme Court in London, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 as it made it’s decision on the legality of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of Parliament. In a setback for Johnson, Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the suspension of Parliament was illegal. The ruling Tuesday is a major blow to the prime minister who had suspended Parliament for five weeks, claiming it was a routine closure. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, attends a news conference at an event of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, attends a news conference at an event of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A heckler is ejected as Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a speech at the Convention of the North at the Magna Centre in Rotherham, England, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Johnson will meet with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker for Brexit talks Monday in Luxembourg. The Brexit negotiations have produced few signs of progress as the Oct. 31 deadline for Britain’s departure from the European Union bloc nears. (Christopher Furlong/Pool photo via AP)
A heckler is ejected as Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a speech at the Convention of the North at the Magna Centre in Rotherham, England, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Johnson will meet with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker for Brexit talks Monday in Luxembourg. The Brexit negotiations have produced few signs of progress as the Oct. 31 deadline for Britain’s departure from the European Union bloc nears. (Christopher Furlong/Pool photo via AP)