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Timeline: How the Brexit deal was done
It is now more than 1,600 days since 52% of the British public voted for Brexit. Eleanor Burnhill looks at the key dates that took difficult negotiations up to this point.
• 24 Dec 2020
23 June 2016
The total number of votes cast in favour of Remain was 16,141,241, with 17,410,742 votes cast in favour of Leave.
It dealt a huge blow to the European project and lead to huge political division.
For many, it was a day of euphoria and celebration.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the day should go down in history as Britain s Independence Day and he declared: We ve got our country back.
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The UK wants a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, as both sides recognise making a deal which be much more mutually beneficial than to not. Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned although a deal was the favourable approach, the country would not do one “at any cost”, adding that talks are still “most likely” to end in a no-deal scenario. Mr Johnson provided a gloomy forecast following a dinner in Brussels with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Brexit negotiators Lord David Frost and Michel Barnier.