“If you are less influential in crafting the overall approach of the EU you end up with less influence in the rest of the world.”

— William Hague

UK to lose global influence after Brexit - Lord Hague https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40517715 BBC News (6 July 2017)
2000, 2017

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