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To the Point

Brits Prepare to Vote on Brexit

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The Brexit campaign says Britain's established leaders have sold out to a distant bureaucracy and allowed immigration to get out of control. With voters about to decide if it's time to leave the European Union, there's a difference between hearts and minds.

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0:00.0

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0:03.1

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0:13.5

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0:15.7

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0:17.4

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0:25.4

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0:30.8

From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International. This is To the Point.

0:38.7

The Brexit campaign comes down to the wire.

0:44.7

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

0:48.8

The much-anticipated vote on British exit from the European Union is scheduled for Thursday.

0:53.6

My Minister David Cameron used stark terms today to describe the consequences for the economy.

0:58.8

It will be stronger if we stay. It will be weaker if we leave.

1:04.3

The Leave campaign is based on mistrust of distant bureaucrats, fear of the global economy,

1:09.0

and anxiety over immigration, shades of

1:11.8

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.

1:13.7

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1:19.0

ceremony, and silliness.

1:21.4

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1:26.7

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