Brexit: The UK's Donald Trump moment

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Posted on AllSides June 22, 2016

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England is having a Donald Trump moment.

A toxic political brew is percolating ahead of the UK's referendum Thursday on whether to leave the European Union, a fateful vote with consequences not just for America's closest historical ally but for Western stability that could trigger economic and political reverberations in the United States.

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