By The UK has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership.
More than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum the UK officially left the EU last night at 11pm, it was marked by both celebrations and anti-Brexit protests.
Boris Johnson in a message to the UK, released a speech on social media an hour before the UK’s departure, the prime minister where he said:
“For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope, a moment they thought would never come.
“And there are many of course who feel a sense of anxiety and loss.
“And then of course there is a third group – perhaps the biggest – who had started to worry that the whole political wrangle would never come to an end.
“I understand all those feelings and our job as the government – my job – is to bring this country together now and take us forward.”
Now happens now?
UK citizens will notice very few immediate changes now we are no longer in the EU.
Most EU laws will continue to be in force – including the free movement of people – until 31 December, when the transition period comes to an end.
The UK is aiming to sign a permanent free trade agreement with the EU, along the lines of the one the EU has with Canada.
But European leaders have warned that the UK faces a tough battle to get a deal by that deadline.
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