Six Months That Changed the U.K.’s Future Forever
From May’s tears to Johnson’s cheers, the long road to Brexit, in pictures.
Rewind six months. The British prime minister was on the point of being ejected from office, the threat of a chaotic no-deal Brexit loomed large, and campaigns to abandon the whole idea were gathering momentum. Britain’s orderly exit from the European Union at 11 p.m. on Jan. 31 shows how much has changed in U.K. politics. Boris Johnson is secure in Downing Street; an exit deal will avert a messy break for at least the next 11 months; and the pro-EU campaign is now a historical footnote.
Here’s a look back at how British politics was turned on its head.