[File]The father of Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is applying for French citizenship now that Britain has severed ties with the European Union. His son Boris spearheaded the ‘Leave’ campaign and later took the UK out of the EU as prime minister. The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security cooperation came into force. Boris Johnson said the UK had “freedom in our hands” and the ability to do things “differently and better” now the long Brexit process was over. Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar’s chief minister, said the deal still needed to be formalised in a treaty between the UK and EU.

Source: Standard Digital January 02, 2021 06:00 UTC