British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says “history has been made” following the UK Parliament’s go-ahead to begin the country’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU).
Johnson made the comments on Wednesday night, shortly after the MPs voted 498-114 to pass a bill that allows Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger the Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and begin talks with the EU.
“I’ve just voted three times in the House of Commons for an absolutely momentous thing – to give our Prime Minister the right to trigger Article 50 and Britain to begin the path out of the EU,” he said, calling it a “momentous” night at the Parliament.
The vote was preceded by over 14 hours of debate and bitter clash in Parliament in the past two days, where nearly 100 lawmakers talked about Brexit.
“We are going to be making an amazingly positive contribution to our continent as we always have done and always will. But we are now able to forge a new…