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> [ When historians get to write the truth about this completely unnecessary referendum \[Brexit\] they won't say it was a vote demanded by the British people to decide their national destiny. They will say it was the final battle in a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-reade/when-historians-get-to-write-the-truth-about-this-completely/)

Brian Reade

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## More by Brian Reade

> [I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-reade/i-genuinely-did-not-expect-more-than-half-our-nation-to-choose-to/)

Brian Reade

> [Americans are wonderfully courteous to strangers, yet indiscriminately shoot kids in schools. They believe they are masters of the world, yet know nothing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-reade/americans-are-wonderfully-courteous-to-strangers-yet-indiscriminately/)

Brian Reade

> [A public school-educated stockbroker, who wants to shrink the state and let the markets rip, who reinvented himself as a man of the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-reade/a-public-school-educated-stockbroker-who-wants-to-shrink-the-state/)

Brian Reade

> [ When historians get to write the truth about this completely unnecessary referendum \[Brexit\] they won't say it was a vote demanded by the British… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-reade/when-historians-get-to-write-the-truth-about-this-completely/)

Brian Reade

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