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muriel_volestrangler

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15. In the UK, it was the Tory government

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #11)

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 08:06 AM

Jun 2016

which means both Cameron and Osborne, who were pro-Remain, and Gove, Duncan Smith and Johnson, who were pro-Leave. There was no significant pressure on them; they just claimed there was no alternative.

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and the answer is still the Tory government muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #18

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