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17 February 2017updated 02 Aug 2021 1:07pm

Nigel Farage claims Brexit vote “three times bigger“ if EU referendum held again

The former Ukip leader was responding to Tony Blair's attack on Brexit. 

By Kirstie McCrum

If the EU referendum was held tomorrow, the margin by which Leave won would be “at least three times bigger,” Nigel Farage has claimed.

The former Ukip leader used his platform at the party’s spring conference to attack Tony Blair. The thrice-elected Labour Prime Minister had earlier that day urged pro-Europeans to campaign for the right of people to change their minds about Brexit.

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