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The long and winding road to Brexit: how did we get here?

Theresa May’s moment of reckoning arrives as she urges ministers to back her deal
The prime minister, Theresa May, makes a statement on Brexit negotiations with the European Union at Number 10 Downing Street on 21 September. Photograph: POOL/Reuters

The road to Brexit has been long, has already seen one prime minister fall by the wayside – and may yet account for the career of another. Theresa May, however, believes she has found a formula she can use to get an exit deal past her cabinet, her party, and the party she relies on – the Democratic Unionist party – to prop up her government. And not only them, but parliament and the European Union as well.

But – whether the prime minster succeeds or fails – how have we got to this point?

The UK votes for Brexit and gets a new prime minister – June-July 2016

David Cameron makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street, confirming he will resign as prime minister, after the UK voted to leave the EU
David Cameron makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street, confirming he will resign as prime minister, after the UK voted

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