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Boris Johnson signs Brexit trade deal with EU
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Boris Johnson has urged the British population to "seize" the moment, with the end of the transition period marking a new beginning in our country's history and a new relationship with the EU as their biggest ally". But historian Simon Schama has told British-Europeans they can "grieve at midnight for what has been lost, what has been harmed". He appealed for them to "move on" but instead of accepting Brexit, being the "long, strong, campaign to rejoin" the EU.