The Brexit 2016 Referendum

On 23rd June 2016, Britain decided by a referendum to leave the European Union, the so-called Brexit option. The opinion polls showed the race was a close one and the national debate still gets louder and louder. But what does it all mean?
                      


Let's hold a debate/discussion on whether the UK should remain in the EU or not. Shall we vote?

Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU (BBC)

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1.	Could Britain  be about to leave Europe? Not literally, of course. Its land mass may have detached itself from  Europe some  thousand years ago, but whatever happens, Britain will stay  more or less where it is.
2.	However, on June 23rd voters will be asked  they want to remain in the European Union, or if  rather head for the exit in a Brexit. And it  be close — the country is split down the  .
3.	Those who want to leave invoke the age of  , wartime spirit, and Margaret Thatcher. They say the European  is overbearing, costly and  . And  many of their best friends are European, they worry a lot about  .
4.	Those who want to remain are keen to remind people that as glorious as the  World War was for  , it's probably best we don't have a rematch. They say that the EU has  a historically bloodthirsty continent together, and its single market and free  rules have benefitted everyone. Leaving would put all that at  .
5.	So, who's saying what? Well, those in favour of remaining in the EU  the leaders of all the main UK political parties, all the leaders of all the other EU  , Barack Obama, the IMF and, well, Emma Thompson. On the  side, a more, how can we put it, eccentric cast of  . The former mayor of  Boris Johnson, UKIP leaders and serial EU hater Nigel Farage, US presidential hopeful Donald Trump,  Le Pen of the French National  and ... Michael Caine. One thing everyone can agree on is that it's the biggest and most  decision British voters will make in a generation.  if you don't count a recent public vote to name our  new £300 million pound Arctic explorer Boaty McBoatface. What could go