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Boris Johnson: EU exit 'win-win for us all' Boris Johnson: EU exit 'win-win for us all'
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said leaving the EU is a "win-win for all of us", urging Leave campaigners to "hold our nerve and vote for freedom". Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said leaving the EU is a "win-win for all of us", urging those backing exit to "hold our nerve and vote for freedom".
Speaking in a factory in Kent, Mr Johnson said the EU was an anachronism which "cost us a huge amount of money and subverted our democracy". Speaking in a factory in Kent, Mr Johnson said the EU was an anachronism which "costs us a huge amount of money and subverts our democracy".
He insisted there were no downsides from leaving the EU, joking the "only thing we have to fear is fear itself".He insisted there were no downsides from leaving the EU, joking the "only thing we have to fear is fear itself".
Meanwhile, Tony Blair has urged pro-EU campaigners to "show more passion".Meanwhile, Tony Blair has urged pro-EU campaigners to "show more passion".
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The former prime minister said he was concerned by the "fervour" of those wanting to leave the EU but he believed that the UK would ultimately vote to stay in as it was in the national interest. The former prime minister said he was concerned by the "fervour" of those wanting to leave the EU but he believed that the UK would ultimately vote to remain in the 23 June referendum as it was in the national interest.
In his first major speech since backing EU exit, Mr Johnson said the UK had a bright future outside the EU, arguing it was a the most creative country in Europe and was "big enough and strong enough to stand on its own". In his first major speech since breaking ranks with the prime minister and backing EU exit, Mr Johnson said the UK had a bright future outside the EU, arguing that it was the most creative country in Europe and was "big enough and strong enough to stand on its own".
'Mad and idealistic'
Mr Johnson said if people were making up their mind whether to join the EU in 2016, they would probably regard the organisation as "a bit mad and idealistic", with huge "costs and bureaucracy" which restricted nation states' ability to make their own laws and determine who entered the country.Mr Johnson said if people were making up their mind whether to join the EU in 2016, they would probably regard the organisation as "a bit mad and idealistic", with huge "costs and bureaucracy" which restricted nation states' ability to make their own laws and determine who entered the country.
"Would anyone in the right mind want to join the EU today," he said. "It is 50 years old, it is going in the wrong direction. It is time for real reform. The only way to get that is to leave." "Would anyone in the right mind want to join the EU today?" he said. "It is 50 years old, it is going in the wrong direction. It is time for real reform. The only way to get that is to leave."
Mr Johnson said the UK could forge a new free trade deal with the EU, based on Canada's arrangements, which would result in a net economic benefit. Mr Johnson said the UK could forge a new free trade deal with the EU, based on Canada's existing arrangements, and dismissed suggestions by Prime Minister David Cameron that he and other Leave campaigners were willing to sacrifice jobs and growth to achieve a measure of greater independence.
Taking a swipe at the campaign to stay in the EU, which opponents have dubbed "Project Fear", Mr Johnson quoted US President Franklin Roosevelt, saying "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". "You look at the plan to increase the efforts to prop up the single currency with an ever denser system of integration, with more and more regulation about all sorts of social and economic issues which will impact directly on this country, I think the risk is increasingly in staying in the project.
'Lead in Europe' "I think the best thing we can do is show a lead, show an example and strike out for freedom."
But speaking in Paris, Tony Blair said the UK's destiny is to "lead in Europe", he told the BBC, and warned Brexit would lead to economic instability and "damage fundamentally" the interests of the British people. Taking a swipe at the campaign to stay in the EU, which opponents have dubbed "Project Fear", Mr Johnson quoted US President Franklin Roosevelt, saying "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself", adding "even fear is not that scary".
'Tomfoolery'
In response, Labour MP Chuka Umunna, who is campaigning to Remain in the EU, said the Canadian model excluded the services industry - which accounts for a huge proportion of British employment - and accused Mr Johnson of "playing fast and loose" with jobs linked to EU membership.
"I am fed up with this entertainment, tomfoolery and the rest from Boris Johnson. This will affect my constituents," he told BBC News.
And speaking in Paris, Tony Blair said the UK's destiny was to "lead in Europe", warning Brexit would lead to economic instability and "damage fundamentally" the interests of the British people.
"The question is 'what is in the interests of the people?' he told Radio 4's Today. "And I would like to see the pro-European side get out there with a bit of passion and vigour and determination and stand up for what we believe."The question is 'what is in the interests of the people?' he told Radio 4's Today. "And I would like to see the pro-European side get out there with a bit of passion and vigour and determination and stand up for what we believe.
"And what we believe not just as a matter of economic realism, but as a matter of political idealism.""And what we believe not just as a matter of economic realism, but as a matter of political idealism."
In a further boost for the Leave campaign, the head of the Conservative group of MEPs in the European Parliament, Syed Kamall, has said he believes the UK "could forge a better life outside" the EU.
Mr Kamall, who also heads the pan-European ECR group, said he believed a "fair and balanced" immigration policy was only possible outside the EU.
Speaking later in Wales, David Cameron will argue that British farmers will be worse off outside the EU, claiming it would push up the cost of British beef exports by £240m a year.Speaking later in Wales, David Cameron will argue that British farmers will be worse off outside the EU, claiming it would push up the cost of British beef exports by £240m a year.
But in a further boost for the Leave campaign, the head of the Conservative group of MEPs in the European Parliament, Syed Kamall, has said he believes the UK "could forge a better life outside" the EU.
Mr Kamall, who also heads the pan-European ECR group, said he believed a "fair and balanced" immigration policy was only possible outside the EU.