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On this day: Britain votes to leave the EU

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The UK's decision to leave the European Union was made through a national referendum, a relatively rare occurrence in British politics, with only three such votes having taken place. Referendums can present challenges to the traditional parliamentary system of government, where elected representatives typically make key decisions. The use of referendums to resolve major issues has been subject to debate among politicians and constitutional experts for decades.
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On this day: Britain votes to leave the EU
The Brexit referendum was 10 years ago today. A decade on, very little has been resolved, says Eliot Wilson There have only ever been three UK-wide referendums. Appealing directly to the electorate on a single issue through a plebiscite fits awkwardly with parliamentary government, as Enoch Powell told the House of Commons in 1972: “The [...]
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