Members of the European Parliament voted this afternoon to cross Boris Johnson’s Brexit Withdrawal Settlement, making certain that Britain will go away the EU on 31 January, with a Brexit deal in place.
The passing of Boris’s deal additionally heralded the shut of Britain’s participation within the European Parliament, forward of Brexit day on Friday. And, as anticipated, the vote ended up being an emotional second for a lot of MEPs, who selected to mark Britain’s departure by singing Robert Burns’ Auld Lang Syne.
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Singing of Auld Lang Syne begins within the European Parliament because the Brexit Withdrawal Settlement is permitted by MEPshttps://t.co/tzNNPSGZXc pic.twitter.com/pTiLrW0Qlf
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 29, 2020