British MP calls Brexit vote the UK's 'Berlin Wall moment'

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published 24 June 2016

A Conservative MP is calling Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union the UK's "Berlin Wall moment."

"Everyone will remember where they were when that result came in," Nigel Evans, a Leave campaigner, told BBC Radio 5. "People have got faith in our country and they want to take control." He also called on Prime Minister David Cameron to stay in his position "so we can focus on what is now necessary to make us a prosperous but independent country."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.