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AS Theresa May’s self-imposed deadline of the end of March for triggering Brexit is only 115 days away, even the run-up process is turning out to be more chaotic and painful than imagined.
I was one of those who voted for Brexit because I wanted to help send a strong signal to the political elite in Europe and at home that we, the people, were not happy with the undemocratic way the EU was being run.
I did not imagine for a moment that the majority would vote for it.
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