The EU council bids goodbye to Britain's union jack flag on Brexit day. Live Brexit updates here:
Workers remove the British flag outside the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
So, with a couple of hours to go before Britain exits the European Union after three and a half years of wrangling, FILE PHOTO: Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party , reacts at a Leave.eu party after polling stations closed in the referendum on the European Union in London, Britain, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Toby MelvillePro-Brexit demonstrators celebrate on Parliament Square on Brexit day in London, Britain January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
Anti-Brexit protesters hold banners outside the Scottish parlament, in Edinburgh, Britain, January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne Britain's love-hate relationship with Europe goes all the way back to 1952, when London declined to join the EU's forerunner, the European Coal and Steel Community. Prime Minister Clement Attlee said would not accept the economy being "handed over to an authority that is utterly undemocratic and is responsible to nobody".
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