Boris Johnson promises Brexit will lead to national revival

PM was warned by EU leaders that “strength does not lie in splendid isolation”

Nearly 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”.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2SaOTWb

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