UK Lawmakers Leave European Parliament for Final Time

UK Lawmakers Leave European Parliament for Final Time
Britain's Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage (C) speaks to the press after the European Parliament ratified the Brexit deal in Brussels on Jan. 29, 2020. JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—The United Kingdom’s raging divisions over Brexit showed few signs of dissipating as the country’s elected representatives in Brussels bowed out with tears, laughter, and singing.

Most of the UK’s 73 members of the European Parliament left their seats for the final time moments after the chamber voted 621 to 49 to give its backing to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s deal on Jan. 29.