"Rise and shine... it's a glorious new Britain," the right-wing Daily Express tabloid proclaimed on the day the divided country's 47-year stay in the European Union came to an end after three delays.
"Muscles without Brussels," declared The Sun, a tabloid that campaigned tirelessly for Brexit in the 2016 EU membership referendum, above a video of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit Day address. "It will be a bumpy road," London's Standard newspaper countered over an image of the same Johnson video message.
Britain's main television channels tried to reflect the historic nature of a night delayed by years of political wrangling and indecision.The BBC, a publically-financed broadcaster that came under fire from from Brexit critics and supporters alike for its coverage, played it straight:"Brexit: UK leaves the European Union".
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