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A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making process within a specific group. In democracies, political campaigns often refer to electoral campaigns, by which representatives are chosen or referendums are decided. In modern politics, the most high-profile political campaigns are focused on general elections and candidates for head of state or head of government, often a president or prime minister. (Wikipedia)

PM Mariano Rajoy said he had appealed to the court to declare the referendum illegal, describing the law as an "intolerable act of disobedience". (BBC News)

Data for the first full year after the referendum shows that UK citizens were the third largest group of EU citizens to acquire citizenship of another member state. (The Times)

We are told that Plan B is needed because the UK Government will never acquiesce to a request to hold a referendum, so we must take another democratic expression of will as our signal. (The National)