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| EU Remain camp treating voters like children, says Gove | EU Remain camp treating voters like children, says Gove |
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| Remain campaigners are treating voters "like children who can be frightened into obedience", Michael Gove says, as the war of the words in the EU referendum debate intensifies. | Remain campaigners are treating voters "like children who can be frightened into obedience", Michael Gove says, as the war of the words in the EU referendum debate intensifies. |
| The pro-Leave justice secretary is accusing Remain of "conjuring up bogeymen" to try to win the vote. | The pro-Leave justice secretary is accusing Remain of "conjuring up bogeymen" to try to win the vote. |
| But he says leaving the EU would be an act of liberation and patriotic renewal, with long-term economic gains. | But he says leaving the EU would be an act of liberation and patriotic renewal, with long-term economic gains. |
| The Remain camp said his statements "don't bear proper scrutiny". | The Remain camp said his statements "don't bear proper scrutiny". |
| Mr Gove is using a speech in London to set out his vision of what the country would look like in the event of a Leave vote on 23 June. | Mr Gove is using a speech in London to set out his vision of what the country would look like in the event of a Leave vote on 23 June. |
| Earlier he told the BBC's Radio 4 Today "we would have a relationship of free trade and friendly co-operation", while being able to negotiate new trade deals with other countries. | Earlier he told the BBC's Radio 4 Today "we would have a relationship of free trade and friendly co-operation", while being able to negotiate new trade deals with other countries. |
| Asked whether that would involve being part of the single market, he said: "We would have access to the countries of the single market by being in a free trade zone." | Asked whether that would involve being part of the single market, he said: "We would have access to the countries of the single market by being in a free trade zone." |
| It follows Treasury forecasts an exit could cost households £4,300 a year. | It follows Treasury forecasts an exit could cost households £4,300 a year. |
| The Leave campaign has been branded "Project Fantasy" by its opponents for its alleged lack of economic clarity but Mr Gove is hitting back, accusing opponents of "wanting us to believe that Britain is broken and beaten". | The Leave campaign has been branded "Project Fantasy" by its opponents for its alleged lack of economic clarity but Mr Gove is hitting back, accusing opponents of "wanting us to believe that Britain is broken and beaten". |
| "It treats people like mere children, capable of being frightened into obedience by conjuring up new bogeymen every night," he says. | "It treats people like mere children, capable of being frightened into obedience by conjuring up new bogeymen every night," he says. |
| Analysis by John Pienaar, BBC deputy political editor | |
| Michael Gove's remarks further clarify the Leave campaign's approach to any future trade deal between Britain and the EU. | |
| His comments rule out any idea of a post-Brexit UK government seeking to replicate a trade deal on the lines of Norway or Switzerland, which offer free access to EU markets, but which also commit those countries to pay contributions to the EU budget and free movement of EU citizens across borders. | |
| Sources in the Vote Leave campaign make clear that Mr Gove's and their own vision of a future trading relationship amounts to "redefining the single market, not walking away from it". | |
| In other words, they hope to realise an unprecedented deal in which the UK trades with European states free of tariff and non-tariff barriers, but without commitment to the full range of EU trading rules which, in turn, would expose the UK to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. | |
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| He says a vote to leave would be a "galvanising, liberating, empowering moment of patriotic renewal". | He says a vote to leave would be a "galvanising, liberating, empowering moment of patriotic renewal". |
| Speaking on Today, Mr Gove said it would allow the UK to "take back control" - of its sovereignty, economy, borders and spending priorities. | Speaking on Today, Mr Gove said it would allow the UK to "take back control" - of its sovereignty, economy, borders and spending priorities. |
| He said a number of analysts had determined there would be "long term benefits" to the economy of leaving. | He said a number of analysts had determined there would be "long term benefits" to the economy of leaving. |
| 'Unfounded' | 'Unfounded' |
| In contrast, he suggests a vote to stay in the EU would effectively maroon the UK within the EU, where it would have to accept further political and financial integration. | In contrast, he suggests a vote to stay in the EU would effectively maroon the UK within the EU, where it would have to accept further political and financial integration. |
| "We're voting to be hostages locked in the back of the car and driven headlong towards deeper EU integration," he told Today, and warned the UK's rebate could be "whittled away". | "We're voting to be hostages locked in the back of the car and driven headlong towards deeper EU integration," he told Today, and warned the UK's rebate could be "whittled away". |
| In his speech, he is warning of a further loss of powers to Europe in areas such as tax and asylum if the UK stays in the EU and say that the concessions secured for the UK by David Cameron - such as an opt-out from ever-closer union - will do little to protect the country. | In his speech, he is warning of a further loss of powers to Europe in areas such as tax and asylum if the UK stays in the EU and say that the concessions secured for the UK by David Cameron - such as an opt-out from ever-closer union - will do little to protect the country. |
| On Today, Mr Gove claimed the European Court of Justice had undermined the UK's security, saying it had control over the way the country applies asylum rules and monitors and deports terrorism suspects. | On Today, Mr Gove claimed the European Court of Justice had undermined the UK's security, saying it had control over the way the country applies asylum rules and monitors and deports terrorism suspects. |
| But former Conservative Attorney General Dominic Grieve said Mr Gove's arguments were "unfounded and untenable". | But former Conservative Attorney General Dominic Grieve said Mr Gove's arguments were "unfounded and untenable". |
| He said the justice secretary was "labouring under a very serious misunderstanding" of the way the EU works, and had a track record in the referendum debate of "coming out with statements which simply don't bear proper scrutiny". | He said the justice secretary was "labouring under a very serious misunderstanding" of the way the EU works, and had a track record in the referendum debate of "coming out with statements which simply don't bear proper scrutiny". |
| BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the nature of the row engulfing the Tory party over the UK's future in the EU was becoming "increasingly personal and acrimonious". | BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the nature of the row engulfing the Tory party over the UK's future in the EU was becoming "increasingly personal and acrimonious". |
| The Remain campaign, which is backed by the government, is continuing to focus on the economic risks of leaving, in what BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said was a no holds-barred effort to appeal to the wallets of undecided voters. | The Remain campaign, which is backed by the government, is continuing to focus on the economic risks of leaving, in what BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said was a no holds-barred effort to appeal to the wallets of undecided voters. |
| Analysis by the Treasury released on Monday, warning that the UK economy could be 6% smaller by 2030 by leaving the EU rather than staying, has driven a further wedge between the Remain and Leave camps. | Analysis by the Treasury released on Monday, warning that the UK economy could be 6% smaller by 2030 by leaving the EU rather than staying, has driven a further wedge between the Remain and Leave camps. |
| Chancellor George Osborne said exiting the EU could leave an estimated £36bn hole in the public finances - equivalent to an 8p rise in the basic rate of income tax. | Chancellor George Osborne said exiting the EU could leave an estimated £36bn hole in the public finances - equivalent to an 8p rise in the basic rate of income tax. |
| "Let's be clear, Britain would be poorer. Don't pretend that the economy won't suffer," he said on ITV's The Agenda. | "Let's be clear, Britain would be poorer. Don't pretend that the economy won't suffer," he said on ITV's The Agenda. |
| MP Alan Johnson, chairman of Labour's In campaign, accused Mr Gove of wanting to "wish away reality" but said leaving the EU "will hurt our economy". | MP Alan Johnson, chairman of Labour's In campaign, accused Mr Gove of wanting to "wish away reality" but said leaving the EU "will hurt our economy". |
| "The fact is Britain is better off remaining in the EU and no amount of false promises and bluster from the Leave camp can change that," he added. | |
| But the Leave camp - whose backers include Mayor of London Boris Johnson and UKIP leader Nigel Farage - say the report's projections are based on assumptions that net migration to Britain, currently more than 300,000 a year, would remain well above the 100,000 target in the coming years - levels which, they say, are unsustainable. | But the Leave camp - whose backers include Mayor of London Boris Johnson and UKIP leader Nigel Farage - say the report's projections are based on assumptions that net migration to Britain, currently more than 300,000 a year, would remain well above the 100,000 target in the coming years - levels which, they say, are unsustainable. |
| The Remain campaign received a boost on Monday when the National Farmers Union said it was in the "best interests" of its members for the UK to remain in the EU - although it said there were diverging views and it would not actively campaign in the referendum. | The Remain campaign received a boost on Monday when the National Farmers Union said it was in the "best interests" of its members for the UK to remain in the EU - although it said there were diverging views and it would not actively campaign in the referendum. |
| MPs on the Commons Environmental Audit Committee, meanwhile, have also signalled that EU membership has benefited environmental protection in the UK, helping improve air and water quality although former Conservative minister Peter Lilley said their report was flawed. | MPs on the Commons Environmental Audit Committee, meanwhile, have also signalled that EU membership has benefited environmental protection in the UK, helping improve air and water quality although former Conservative minister Peter Lilley said their report was flawed. |