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As Brexit Deadline Looms, Protests Turn Nasty

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For more than two years -- come rain, hail or shine -- campaigners from across the Brexit divide have gathered outside the UK Parliament to chant slogans, wave flags and occasionally share tea and biscuits. Recently, however, the scene has turned uglier. Anna Soubry, a Conservative Member of Parliament and -- unusually for her party -- a supporter of a second referendum, was at the receiving end of abuse from this group on Monday.

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