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Brexit - The second Margaret Thatcher government

Time: 1985

Place: United Kingdom

Details: After their heavy defeat in that election, Labour changed its policy. In 1985, the second Margaret Thatcher government ratified the Single European Act—the first major revision to the Treaty of Rome—without a referendum.

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