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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.