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Date June 23, 2016 - present
Participants Europe • United Kingdom

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Brexit postal ballot
Nigel Farage
United Kingdom Brexit referendum
Theresa May and Brexit
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
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Cameron, David
David Cameron
prime minister of United Kingdom
Nigel Farage at the 2012 British Curry Awards
Nigel Farage
British politician
Philip Hammond
Philip Hammond
British politician

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