Brexit: Timmermans 'love letter' says UK always welcome back in EU
A leading EU official has penned a love letter to Britain, expressing his"deep hurt" over Brexit and concluding:"You will always be welcome to come back.""Since I went to a British school, you have always been part of me. Now you are leaving, and it breaks my heart," the top of the Guardian piece reads.MPs passed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal on 20 December, just eight days after his Conservative Party won a majority in the general election.
He adds:"I know you now. And I love you. For who you are and what you gave me. I'm like an old lover."Brexit: What happens now? Labour peer and ex-Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis tweeted simply about the UK's return:"Just a matter of time".
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