According to snippets of the broadcast published by Mail Online, Johnson will insist that Brexit marks ‘not an end but a beginning”, as it begins a transition period that will last another year.
The United Kingdom will
finally have its Brexit at 11 pm on Friday, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson
expected to deliver an emotional divorce address in a broadcast.
As part of the rites of
divorce from EU, Johnson will convene a symbolic Cabinet meeting Friday
afternoon in Sunderland, the first city to declare for Brexit when the 2016
referendum results came out.
Mr Johnson has ordered only
low key events to mark Britain’s departure, the newspaper said.
Union flags will fly in the
Mall and Parliament Square and a light show will be displayed on the front of
No10. A Downing Street spokesman said the Prime Minister would ‘celebrate
Brexit’ with a small party for staff.
Leading Eurosceptic Steve
Baker called for Brexiteers to avoid triumphalism, saying: ‘I will celebrate in
a way which is respectful of the genuine sorrow that others are feeling at the
same time.’
Fellow Brexiteer Peter Bone
called for the introduction of a bank holiday named United Kingdom Day so
‘people will have the day off and say thank goodness for that Brexit vote’.
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