Fear, mistrust â and hope: Britain s long walk away from the EU
âWhat people like me didnât realise, 20 or so years ago, was how much hostility to Britainâs membership of the EU had already permeated the culture.â Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP
For many, Friday marks a departure as mind-boggling as it is heartbreaking. But the path to Brexit was laid years before the referendum
Fri 1 Jan 2021 02.00 EST
As a previous Tory prime minister trying to find his way through difficult times once said: this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
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Lord Llewellyn visited the port at Calais and the Eurotunnel terminal to see the situation on the ground
The breakaway finally came nearly four-and-a-half years after Britons voted in a referendum to leave the EU
Lorries have began arriving from EU into Britain and in the other direction with no delays as trade deal kicks in
In New Year message, Mr Johnson called the departure an amazing moment , adding freedom is in our hands