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Source: Said in an interview with the Guardian's Esther Addley, 5 February 2017. Addley, Esther (5 February 2017) Ken Clarke on Brexit: ‘I’ve never seen anything as mad or chaotic as this’ in the Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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