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“Brexit cleared its last formal hurdle in Brussels on Thursday… The 27 EU member states that Britain will leave behind at midnight in Brussels on Friday approved the withdrawal agreement reached last October.” (Reuters)

The left focuses on the challenges awaiting Britain.

The right celebrates Brexit for returning decision-making to British voters.

“Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Friday that talks with the government on a last-ditch Brexit deal had made no progress, as EU leaders said Prime Minister Theresa May had not convinced them that they should let Britain delay its departure next week. May wrote to Brussels asking European Union leaders to postpone Britain’s exit from next Friday until June 30.” (Reuters)

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Brexit came down to the wire but it arrived Thursday, with a new trade deal between the United Kingdom and European Union. Arguments about whether this is a good or bad deal for either side matter less than the fact that British voters have finally received what they voted for in 2016.

Britain left the European Union on Jan. 31 and has been in a transitional period applying most EU

The Brexit gong rang three years ago, but for green campaigners that sound was also the death knell for U.K. environmental protections. 

On the third anniversary of the U.K.'s departure from the European Union, a bill intended to revoke, replace or revise pieces of EU legislation is making its way through the House of Lords. It's also targeting EU environmental protections that have