“What we do know is that if we do not leave the EU it will mark the end of democracy in the UK.”

— Gerard Batten

Brexit: Protests held at Parliament over delay https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47751805 BBC News (29 March 2019)
2019

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