Finally Brexit is all done!! The time it took, was just crazy.
MPs have overwhelmingly approved the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU in a parliamentary vote.
A bill bringing the deal into UK law was backed by the Commons by 521 to 73 votes after Parliament was recalled.
The majority of Labour MPs voted for the agreement after leader Sir Keir Starmer said a “thin deal was better than no deal”.
The UK will sever its ties with the EU at 23.00 GMT on Thursday, four and a half years after the Brexit referendum.
The House of Lords also passed the bill, which will now receive Royal Assent.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked MPs and peers for passing the bill, adding: “The destiny of this great country now resides firmly in our hands.”
The agreement hammered out with Brussels over nine months sets out a new business and security relationship between the UK and its biggest trading partner.
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