It is Brexit Day 2020, and the UK is leaving the EU tonight, Friday 31 January. Here, one woman shares her hopes for the future.

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Brexit UK: “why I refuse to anglicise my Polish surname”

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I longed to be called Brown or Frost, to not feel my stomach churn as the teachers puffed and struggled each time they called the register

I never imagined feeling rejected by the country I was born in, and yet, Brexit had managed to bring out the ugly side of Britain

My relatives are the only family in the world to possess our surname… I am part of something unique, exceptional, and filled to the brim with history.

After countless years of discomfort and shame, I finally found solace in my name and came to the conclusion that I loved it

“I never imagined feeling rejected by the country I was born in, and yet, Brexit has managed to bring out the ugly side of Britain.”

Brexit UK: “Why I refuse to anglicise my Polish surname in a post-Brexit world”