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Theresa May says there will be no second vote on Brexit

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street in London, Dec. 11, 2017. Toby Melville/Reuters

Britain’s prime minister has again spoken out against calls for a second referendum on Britain’s decision to split with the European Union.

Theresa May wrote in the Sunday Telegraph that it would be a “gross betrayal of our democracy” to have another vote.

She said “millions came out to have their say” in the June 2016 vote that set Brexit in motion.

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Her embattled government has faced increasingly strident calls for another vote once the terms of Britain’s future relations with the EU are known.

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The prime minister used the column to defend her “Chequers proposal” that would maintain some ties with the EU, and said she won’t be pushed around by EU negotiators.

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Britain is expected to leave the EU in March and enter a transition phase.

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