Brexit Has Happened And Some People On Both Sides Absolutely Lost It

And there was plenty of imaginative... commentary.
A ferry heads for France after leaving the Port of Dover in Kent as the UK leaves the single market and customs union and the Brexit transition period comes to an end.
A ferry heads for France after leaving the Port of Dover in Kent as the UK leaves the single market and customs union and the Brexit transition period comes to an end.
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Well, it’s finally happened.

The UK has begun a new future outside the European Union’s trading structures, with Boris Johnson saying it offers the chance to “transform our country”.

While disruption as a result of the increased bureaucracy between the UK and its largest trading partner is inevitable, there was little sign of the chaos some had feared on January 1.

Johnson said the UK has “taken back control of our money, our laws and our waters” after the Brexit transition period with the European Union came to an end at 11pm on December 31.

Lower trade volumes on the New Year’s Day bank holiday could mean the full impact of the new regime is yet be felt, but freight appeared to be moving freely at the borders with Ireland and France under the new arrangements.

Some loved it

I can't believe it's finally over. 🇬🇧
Brexit DONE ✅ pic.twitter.com/w6bY0RIn3T

— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) December 31, 2020

Big Ben Bongs for Brexit https://t.co/5KrO5zeKzC pic.twitter.com/Op7qEFfcVA

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) December 31, 2020

It's taken years and we thought we'd been thwarted bit we finally did it! #BrexitDay pic.twitter.com/T1aBpD6rd3

— Stewart Jackson (@BrexitStewart) December 31, 2020

It's done. pic.twitter.com/nQ40TJ15iV

— Iain Dale (@IainDale) December 31, 2020

The United Kingdom has left the EU single market and customs union as instructed by the British people. 🇬🇧

We are a sovereign country, open, generous, outward looking and free to do things differently and better. pic.twitter.com/qbCcIGKzOA

— Conservatives (@Conservatives) December 31, 2020

Brexit is DONE! Britain FINALLY breaks free of EU rules https://t.co/CKGI06bGuW

— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) January 1, 2021

Others less so

Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on 🏴❤️🇪🇺❤️🏴 pic.twitter.com/qJMImoz3y0

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) December 31, 2020

All the silly, embittered, late middle aged, white men and women out tonight. Proclaiming fictional independence and imagined histories. We owe you an enormous thanks.

— Jamie Reed (@JamieFonzarelli) December 31, 2020

That sound you hear is the first £350m a week hitting the NHS

And the falling away of all that red tape.

And us getting the exact same benefits as before.

All as Turkey joins the EU.

Reality will slowly expose all the Brexit lies so here’s to our inevitable return to the EU! pic.twitter.com/5EmJqthfua

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) December 31, 2020

Forever #European 🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/ZOzUeYspfk

— Joanna (Jo) Ward (@JRWWRJ) December 31, 2020

Getting used to post transition...#HappyNewYear2021 pic.twitter.com/3jnGrCCojw

— Rupa Huq MP (@RupaHuq) December 31, 2020

Macron is right. ‘Brexit is the child of many lies and deceptions’.

— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) January 1, 2021

And there was plenty of imaginative... commentary

Starting 2021 with a lovely Brexit breakfast. pic.twitter.com/ul7TXJg53b

— Otto Von Jizzmark 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@Ottojizzmark) January 1, 2021

This is going to be a fantastic year for Britain. pic.twitter.com/krCBaAmGBE

— Henry Mance (@henrymance) January 1, 2021

Don’t forget to update your Euro notes from now on.#brexit pic.twitter.com/4DRXn48uX1

— Wouter Florizoone (@wflorizoone) January 1, 2021

*Brexit Explained* #BrexitReality pic.twitter.com/ceKdqqXG6i

— Britgirl Explains Brexit #FBPE (@MarieAnnUK) January 1, 2021

Johnson said the decision to leave the single market and customs union ended a “47-year experiment” of European Union membership.

He said the EU had provided the UK with a “safe European home” during the 1970s, but the country has now “changed out of all recognition” with global perspectives.

The UK is “free to do things differently, and if necessary better, than our friends in the EU” in 2021, he said in a video message to mark New Year.

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