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January 31, 2020updated 30 Sep 2022 8:52am

How UK newspapers marked ‘Brexit Day’: A ‘new dawn’ for a ‘small island’

By Charlotte Tobitt

The Daily Mirror was the only UK national newspaper not to splash on Britain’s departure from the European Union today.

At 11pm today, dubbed “Brexit Day” by many of the papers, Britain will become the first country to leave the EU, more than three-and-a-half years since the country narrowly voted to do so in June 2016.

Brexit-supporting newspapers including the Daily Telegraph and Daily Express published special pull-outs to celebrate the landmark, with the latter declaring: “Yes, we did it!”

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