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" Why did we lose Brexit? Why, because 60 per cent of youth didn't believe they needed to go and vote. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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" One of the greatest challenges of democracies today is the question of financing campaigns. It's a tremendous challenge. Obviously I think the solution is to have the governments pay for all the campaigns and not to have any private contributions. "

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" I said a vote to leave would be a Brexit tax. I couldn't think of anything stronger than that. "

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