Did May in Florence Gets Number of Italians in the U.K. Wrong?
The Main Takeaways From Theresa May's Speech in Florence
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May drove in a Maserati through the streets of Florence to pay homage to the place where the Renaissance began in a speech about leaving the European Union. But in her outreach she appeared to have vastly overestimated the number of Italians living in the U.K.
She said: “I want to repeat to the 600,000 Italians in the U.K. -– and indeed to all EU citizens who have made their lives in our country –- that we want you to stay; we value you; and we thank you for your contribution to our national life – and it has been, and remains, one of my first goals in this negotiation to ensure that you can carry on living your lives as before.”