Britain exits European Union
After years of political drama, Britan finally set to leave European Union
London, Jan. 31: Britain’s exit from the EU is not an end but a new beginning, according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is set to deliver a message of unity to mark Brexit Day on Friday when the country finally leaves the bloc, over three years after the landmark Brexit vote.
In a video message recorded in Downing Street on Thursday and to be aired at 22:00 GMT on Friday, an hour ahead of the UK’s scheduled exit time, the Conservative Party leader who took charge as UK prime minister last year with a “do or die” Brexit pledge will characterise the historic moment as a new beginning for the country.
“This is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act. It is a moment of real national renewal and change,” Downing Street said in a read-out of Johnson’s address to the nation.
“Our job as the government - my job - is to bring this country together and take us forward. And the most important thing to say tonight is that this is not an end but a beginning,” it reads.
In keeping with the message of unity, Johnson is chairing his first Cabinet meeting on tour in the north of England and has chosen the city of Sunderland - the first city to declare support for leaving the EU in June 2016.
“This is the dawn of a new era in which we no longer accept that your life chances - your family’s life chances - should depend on which part of the country you grow up in. This is the moment when we begin to unite and level up,” says Johnson, who has vehemently campaigned for Brexit over the years. The UK’s formal end to its membership of the economic bloc, the so-called divorce, comes into effect at 2300 GMT on Friday.