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UK set for Brexit, as PM promises 'new dawn'
The UK [officially left] the European Union at 23:00 GMT, ending 47 years of membership.
[...] Pro and anti-Brexit demonstrations and marches are being held across the country, as the UK flag is taken down from EU institutions in Brussels.
Little will change immediately, as the UK begins a "transition period".
Most EU laws will continue to be in force - including the free movement of people - until the end of December, by which time the UK aims to have reached a permanent free trade agreement with the EU.
[...] The prime minister held a cabinet meeting at the National Glass Centre, a museum and arts centre in Sunderland, the city that was the first to back Brexit when results were announced after the referendum.
The meeting was held amid tight security.
[...] Mr Johnson told the Cabinet it was time to start a "new chapter in the United Kingdom's story" and end the division of the past three and a half years, according to a Downing Street spokesman.
The Cabinet discussed future trade deals, including seeking a a Canada-style free trade agreement with the EU, and Mr Johnson thanked Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay for the work of his department, which is being wound up.
The PM told ministers the government aimed to have 80% of the UK's trade with other nations covered by free trade agreements within three years.
[...] "This is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act. It is a moment of real national renewal and change."
[...] A new commemorative 50p coin will also come into circulation to mark the UK's withdrawal.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 01 2020, @08:14AM (1 child)
This sort of comment, or thought process, is precisely why we get sociopathic liars for political representatives. You don't have to like every single position of somebody to think they can be an acceptable representative. Because when you set that as a criteria you're basically going to get nothing but people who will lie to you to convince that they do.
This is why parties are doubly idiotic. They give the liars a specific set of lies to stick to. Democrats are getting especially bad on this front as the party becomes more insular and homogeneous. So e.g. not a single democrat that believes we are going a bit overboard on regulations and bureaucrazy. Not a one... Yeah
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 01 2020, @09:39PM
"Democrats are getting especially bad on this front as the party becomes more insular and homogeneous."
???? There are many things I could accuse the Democrats of being but insular or homogeneous are not among them.