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Cheers and Jeers Punctuate Britain's EU Departure

Jamie Dettmer

   For Brexiters there's delight.

   For Britons who never wanted to leave the European Union -- and hoped
   to stop the departure -- there's just resentment and disappointment.

   Britain formally relinquishes membership of the EU at 11 p.m. local
   time Friday, marking the conclusion to nearly four years of bitter
   political infighting since Britons voted by a slim majority to leave
   the bloc after 47 years of membership.

   Brexit comes after two general elections and the ouster of two prime
   ministers. British politics has been reshaped by Brexit divisions.

   In preparation for the departure, hundreds of Brexiters crowded into
   Parliament Square outside the House of Commons ready to toast the
   historic moment Britain breaks its ties to the bloc.

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