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The night that David Cameron sealed Britain’s Brexit fate

29 June 2022

5:05 PM

29 June 2022

5:05 PM

Friday 29 June 2012 isn’t a famous date in British history, but it deserves at least a footnote. Because I reckon it’s the day the Brexit referendum became inevitable – largely thanks to David Cameron’s inability to stop talking.

What follows is my argument, based on personal involvement, that Cameron set the referendum process in motion at least partly by accident.

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