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The mixed emotions of Brexit day show the UK is not yet at ease with itself | Jonathan Freedland

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The mixed emotions of Brexit day show the UK is not yet at ease with itself | Jonathan Freedland As some take to the streets to celebrate leaving the EU, others mourn the loss of an old friendHow does a nation say goodbye to its neighbours? With a lump in its throat and a poignant song of farewell – or with cheers and a raised middle finger of defiant good riddance? The answer that Britain gave at 11pm on Friday 31 January 2020 was: both. The UK broke from the European Union on a late winter’s night with both jubilation and regret, as divided on the day of leaving as it had been in deciding to leave. For some Britons, this was Independence Day. For others, it was a national bereavement.In Westminster, Nigel Farage exulted with his fellow Brexiters in Parliament Square, del...
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Boris Johnson promises Brexit will lead to national revival

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Boris Johnson promises Brexit will lead to national revival PM was warned by EU leaders that “strength does not lie in splendid isolation”Brexit departure - latest updatesNearly four years after the Brexit vote, Britain has left the European Union, closing a rancorous chapter in the country’s history and beginning another viewed by some with optimism and others with dismay.Speaking ahead of Britain’s official 11pm exit on Friday, Boris Johnson acknowledged that “there are many… who feel a sense of anxiety and loss” but promised it would bring about the revival of the UK’s “power of independent thought and action”. Continue reading... Go to Source
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‘It feels quite surreal’: Britons board their last Eurostar as EU citizens

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'It feels quite surreal': Britons board their last Eurostar as EU citizens Travellers leaving Paris admit they are uncertain about what the future holds post-BrexitThree hours before Brexit, Eurostar 9061 pulled out of Gare du Nord, pushing steadily through the grimy suburbs of northern Paris, picking up speed across the flat plains of Picardy, through the Channel tunnel and onwards to St Pancras.The 8.13pm service was the last train on the last day of Britain’s 47-year membership of the European Union. For many on board, it was also the last European journey they would be making as an EU citizens. For most, it was a bit of a moment. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Boris Johnson is missing in action on his big Brexit day | John Crace

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Boris Johnson is missing in action on his big Brexit day | John Crace On the most significant day in British politics for a generation, the PM hides inside No 10Just imagine a country about to take a giant leap into the unknown. A future sold on the basis of promises no one is certain can be kept. Now imagine the person least suitable to be prime minister at this time. A man whose entire career has been built on lies, deceit and self-destruction. A narcissist whose concentration span barely extends to the end of a senten … On second thoughts, don’t bother. You’ve got him already.There are a couple of ways of interpreting Boris Johnson’s three-minute cameo posted on his Facebook page at 10pm. Neither shows the prime minister in a particularly good light. The fi...
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Brexit: countdown to the UK’s departure from the EU – live news

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Brexit: countdown to the UK's departure from the EU – live news All the latest as Britain gears up to leave the European Union at 11pm local timeUS ‘will insist NHS pays higher price for drugs’Envoys reflect on 47 years with EUFlag wavers to silent protests: Brexit day – in pictures 5.36pm GMTEmmanuel Macron has delivered his own address to the nation in France, describing Brexit as an “alarm signal” which should be heard across the EU. The French president said:At midnight, for the first time in 70 years, a country will leave the European Union. It is a historic alarm signal that must be heard in each of our countries. 5.25pm GMTIt appears the party has started, to a degree, in Parliament SquarePinball Wizard the anthem to incipient Brexit party just by ...
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Brexit supporters three and a half years on: ‘It’s been tortuous’

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Brexit supporters three and a half years on: 'It's been tortuous' In 2016 we spoke to jubilant leave campaigners featured on Daily Mail’s front page. How do they feel now?The day after the EU referendum result, on Saturday 25 June 2016, the Daily Mail’s front page featured a photograph of jubilant Brexit supporters in Peterborough, under the headline “Take a bow Britain”. The paper celebrated “the day the quiet people of Britain rose up against an arrogant, out-of-touch political class and a contemptuous Brussels elite”.Speaking to the Guardian a week after the vote, some of those in the photograph criticised David Cameron for his decision to quit as prime minister, expressed concern at racist attacks in the wake of the poll, and wondered whether an...
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I fear the growing nastiness that Brexit is ushering in | Musa Okwonga

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I fear the growing nastiness that Brexit is ushering in | Musa Okwonga An elderly relative is asked if she lives in a mud hut, as hearts harden and minds close. Is this what the future holds?At the beginning of January, a few weeks before the UK’s departure from the European Union, I had a conversation with a black relative who never talks about race. And when I say never, I mean never. She is the type of voter whom the Conservative party would largely regard as one of their traditional supporters: an older, affluent member of the professional class, who believes that any amount of racial discrimination can be overcome through focus and hard work. She was the one who brought up the subject, and her voice carried an unusual level of distress. She had gone into work one morning, w...
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Brexit day in pro-leave areas: ‘I live in hope it’s the right decision’

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Brexit day in pro-leave areas: 'I live in hope it's the right decision' Views from three areas that each, like the UK overall, voted 52%-48% for BrexitArrive at Conway Park railway station and the examples of European funding are all around you. The station itself, opened in 1998 by the then European transport commissioner, Neil Kinnock, benefited from £6m of EU cash. It sits on Europa Boulevard and is round the corner from Europa House. It is a stone’s throw from the Europa Centre, now home to a huge Mecca Bingo. Continue reading... Go to Source
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That was Brexit: the mad energy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but lasting three and a half years | Marina Hyde

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That was Brexit: the mad energy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but lasting three and a half years | Marina Hyde It unearthed some of the worst people in the country – on both sides. And the worst of all were the politiciansTonight’s Parliament Square party to mark Brexit was hit by a ban on booze, live music and fireworks – the first three in a presumably infinite series of things that we now won’t be able to blame on boring Brussels bureaucrats. Right about now, you’re probably starting to think “Oh my God … what if … what if we were the bastards all along?” Crazy as it may seem on this day of national emancipation, it’s just possible that one day we might yearn to be plugged back into the matrix where it was all someone el...
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Trump will put US firms first in UK trade talks, says ambassador

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Trump will put US firms first in UK trade talks, says ambassador Exclusive: US president will insist NHS pays higher price for drugs, says Kim Darroch ‘Irony is we got things right by 2015’ – Britain’s EU envoys on BrexitDonald Trump will put the interests of corporate America first and demand that the NHS pays higher prices for US drugs in a free-trade deal with the UK, the outgoing British ambassador to Washington has told the Guardian.Kim Darroch, in his first interview since his resignation from his post in July, from where he spearheaded attempts to grow trade with the US, insisted that Trump would reward his backers in drug firms and farming communities by opening up British markets, while questioning where the UK’s gains would be found. Continue re...
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‘The irony is we got things right by 2015’: UK’s Brussels envoys on Brexit

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'The irony is we got things right by 2015': UK's Brussels envoys on Brexit Britain’s nine surviving permanent representatives to the EU reflect as the UK exits after 47 yearsAs the sun goes down on the UK’s last day as a member state of the European Union, the familiar flag of gold stars on a blue background will be lowered outside the British permanent representation and embassy on Avenue d’Auderghem in Brussels.A few hours later on Friday, at the stroke of midnight Central European time, Britain’s membership of the EU will come to an end. “If the last few years are anything to go by, I will be in my office,” predicted Sir Tim Barrow, the UK’s 12th and last permanent representative in Brussels. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Coronavirus live updates: South Koreans and Britons evacuated as US says ‘do not travel to China’

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Coronavirus live updates: South Koreans and Britons evacuated as US says 'do not travel to China' The death toll has reached 213 as the World Health Organization declares outbreak a global emergency. Follow live updates and latest newsWHO declares coronavirus a global health emergencyHow does coronavirus spread and how can you protect yourself?Disabled teenager in China dies alone after relatives quarantinedShare your stories 5.48am GMTThe Red Cross Society of Hubei has come under fire from Chinese netizens who say the charity is sending high quality medical grade N95 filtration masks to hospitals that are not at the epicentre of the outbreak nor fever clinics in the greatest need of masks.According to the first statistics released by the Hubei Red Cross on Thursday, the group release...
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Senate races toward Trump acquittal as hopes for new witnesses fade

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Senate races toward Trump acquittal as hopes for new witnesses fade Republican Lamar Alexander says he will not support witnesses, as Democrats warn of ‘normalization of lawlessness’An effort to call witnesses at the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump appeared on the verge of failure Thursday night after at least one of four Republican senators that Democrats needed to open the way said he opposed the idea.The setback for Democrats on the witnesses question meant that Trump could be acquitted by the Senate as early as Friday. He would thereafter be the third president in US history to have been impeached but to have avoided removal at trial. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Late diagnosis of lung cancer hitting survival rate, study says

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Late diagnosis of lung cancer hitting survival rate, study says As many as 56% of people in some parts of England are only diagnosed when they visit A&EPeople with lung cancer are dying after being diagnosed late in A&E because their GP missed signs of the disease despite often repeated visits, experts have revealed.As many as 56% of people in some parts of England who get lung cancer are only diagnosed when they visit A&E, according to a report by the UK Lung Cancer Coalition. Continue reading... Go to Source
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