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Four and One-Half Years! January 1, 2021 . at
last . at long last as some might celebrate. or, as others
might lament, a day which should have never come. Brexit is
finally arriving. Four and one-half years have passed since
the June 23, 2016 United Kingdom ( UK ) referendum on UK
membership in the European Union ( EU ). On that
day, UK voters narrowly chose to end its 40+ years membership
in the EU. Since 2016, there has been intense debate,
political pressure, economic dislocation, rancor and wild claims of
impending doom or success.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Four and One-Half Years! January 1, 2021 … at last … at long last as some might celebrate… or, as others might lament, a day which should have never come. Brexit is finally arriving. Four and one-half years have passed since the June 23, 2016 United Kingdom (“UK”) referendum on UK membership in the European Union (“EU”). On that day, UK voters narrowly chose to end its 40+ years’ membership in the EU. Since 2016, there has been intense debate, political pressure, economic dislocation, rancor and wild claims of impending doom or success.
Now, the UK’s exit from the EU has arrived. It leaves the EU pursuant to a trade and cooperation agreement