Politics

From the archive: Brexit supporters celebrate ‘Independence Day’

It’s seven years since Britain voted to leave the EU. We’ve dug up some archive reporting from the day after the vote.

Brexit supporters are waking up to the news they’ve been dreaming of – Britain has voted to leave the European Union.

The celebrations are kicking off online with people referring to the day of this historic result as ‘Independence Day’.

Nigel Farage even called for a national holiday.

Others weren’t so keen on the idea.

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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