All of us must seize chance to make EU exit a suc-

Millions of people voted in the 2016 Brexit referendum, and with the end of the transition period tonight, Britain will be out of the European Union by tomorrow morning.

But what motivated people to vote for or against leaving the EU? Was it all about migration, fishing rights, sovereignty, or the economy?

Swathes of voters will have differing reasons for casting their ballot four and a half years ago.

Not all people who voted to leave will agree with each other.

And now, many people will have different visions of what Britain can achieve outside of the EU.

There will also be many not happy with the deal agreed by Boris Johnson and approved by MPs yesterday.

Some will be delighted with the deal, and argue it will allow Britain to flourish.

Others, like Labour, do not like the deal but backed it anyway, arguing that if they didn't then the country faced a no-deal Brexit.

The maths involved in the government's working majority doesn't quite support that argument.

But the politics aside, what will people in Portsmouth want to see?

People here want to see progress.

An end to the awful poverty some in this city are suffering, more jobs, a booming economy, a strengthened NHS, and better lives for our young people.

Yet at the moment the biggest sign of post-Brexit Portsmouth is a speed restriction on the M275.

As we throw away the language of the last few years, Leave and Remain, this moment must be seized and made a success.

Failure to do so would be a betrayal to all voters. And after this bruising Covid-19 year there’s simply very little patience left to go around.