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Brexit: EU referendum voting gets undeway in UK

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Brexit: EU referendum voting gets undeway in UK Polling stations across the United Kingdom opened on Thursday morning to decide the historic   referendum   on whether the country should remain a member of the European Union   or leave the politico-economic union of 28 member states. The   voting   will take place between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time. The national referendum is the third in UK history and comes four months after battle for votes between the 'Leave' and 'Remain' campaigns. Prime Minister David Cameron criss-crossed the country in a final effort to warn Britain's voters against rejecting the   EU   in the historic poll yesterday. This decision will also read as a referendum on his premiership. Last night, he was joined by former prime ministers Gordon Brown and Sir John Major, the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, and the Green MP Caroline Lucas, at events in Bristol and Birmingham, reports the   Guardian . The ...