Britain has now officially left the European Union — more than 3 and 1/2 years after its vote to leave the bloc. On both sides of the English Channel, the milestone was met with a range of emotions, from consternation to celebration.
Officials lower and remove the Union Jack from the European Parliament building in Brussels on Friday. As the U.K. prepared to bring to an end its decades-long membership in the European Union, the bloc's top officials on Friday pledged to continue playing a prominent role despite the loss of a powerful affiliate.Officials lower and remove the Union Jack from the European Parliament building in Brussels on Friday. As the U.K.
"We know that change is coming, but it does not have to be the change that Tories want to impose on Scotland. A new independence referendum will put the decision about the best path for Scotland into our own hands," she said."And there is a cast-iron mandate from both the public and from Scottish Parliament for that referendum."
Ministers in London, though, remain unmoved. Earlier this month, a couple of weeks even before the vote in Scottish Parliament, Johnson's government, saying such a vote would merely"continue the political stagnation Scotland has seen for the past decade."
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