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posted by martyb on Friday January 31 2020, @11:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the Brexit-Means-Brexit dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 01 2020, @03:07PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 01 2020, @03:07PM (#952338)

    THIS is why the EU was so desperate to prevent the UK leaving: for showing the others it can be done.
    The EU is not inevitable and inescapable.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 01 2020, @09:01PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 01 2020, @09:01PM (#952495)

    Article 50.

    Your point is a lie.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @02:47AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @02:47AM (#952610)

      You are the one being disingenous.
      Sure there is a clause stating you can leave. But the EU made it very clear with its threats that there would be a very high price to pay (literally) if you dare invoke your right to do so. All this was done because the UK was the first country to have experienced EU membership and say, thanks but no thanks. We can do better as a free state. If the UK succeeds, others may follow its example. What then of the dream of the dissolution of individual countries into a single "Europe"? It will be killed.