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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 has said, 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 has said, as the war of the words in the EU referendum debate intensifies. |
| The pro-Leave justice secretary accused Remain of "conjuring up bogeymen" to try to win the vote. | The pro-Leave justice secretary accused Remain of "conjuring up bogeymen" to try to win the vote. |
| He said a vote to leave would lead to the "democratic liberation of a whole continent". | |
| The Remain camp said his statements "don't bear proper scrutiny". | The Remain camp said his statements "don't bear proper scrutiny". |
| Mr Gove used a speech in London to set out his vision of what the country would look like in the event of a vote to leave the EU on 23 June. | Mr Gove used a speech in London to set out his vision of what the country would look like in the event of a vote to leave the EU on 23 June. |
| On trading, he said the UK would be part of the European free trade zone with access to the European single market but "free from EU regulation which costs us billions of pounds a year". | On trading, he said the UK would be part of the European free trade zone with access to the European single market but "free from EU regulation which costs us billions of pounds a year". |
| He said the UK would also be able to arrange trade deals with countries including the US, China and India. | He said the UK would also be able to arrange trade deals with countries including the US, China and India. |
| It follows Treasury forecasts that an exit from the EU could see the economy 6% smaller by 2030 - costing households the equivalent of 4,300 a year. | It follows Treasury forecasts that an exit from the EU could see the economy 6% smaller by 2030 - costing households the equivalent of 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 hit back, and accused 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 hit back, and accused opponents of "wanting us to believe that Britain is broken and beaten". |
| He said the idea Britain outside the EU would "instantly become some sort of hermit kingdom" was a "fantasy" and treated voters "like mere children, capable of being frightened into obedience by conjuring up new bogeymen every night". | He said the idea Britain outside the EU would "instantly become some sort of hermit kingdom" was a "fantasy" and treated voters "like mere children, capable of being frightened into obedience by conjuring up new bogeymen every night". |
| Analysis by John Pienaar, BBC deputy political editor | 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. | 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. | 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". | 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. | 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. |
| Read more from John | Read more from John |
| The justice secretary said a vote to leave would be a "galvanising, liberating, empowering moment of patriotic renewal". | The justice secretary said a vote to leave would be a "galvanising, liberating, empowering moment of patriotic renewal". |
| It would enable the UK to "take back control" - of its sovereignty, economy, borders and spending priorities, he said. | It would enable the UK to "take back control" - of its sovereignty, economy, borders and spending priorities, he said. |
| He said a number of analysts had said there would be "long term benefits" to the economy of leaving. | He said a number of analysts had said there would be "long term benefits" to the economy of leaving. |
| 'Unfounded' | 'Unfounded' |
| And he suggested 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. | And he suggested 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. |
| He likened a vote to stay in the EU as a vote "to be a hostage, locked in the boot of a car driven by others to a place and at a pace that we have no control over". | He likened a vote to stay in the EU as a vote "to be a hostage, locked in the boot of a car driven by others to a place and at a pace that we have no control over". |
| He also said the UK's rebate would be "whittled away" and more powers would have to be ceded to the EU in areas such as tax and asylum. | He also said the UK's rebate would be "whittled away" and more powers would have to be ceded to the EU in areas such as tax and asylum. |
| 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. | 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. |
| The approach taken by EU leaders "could not and will not survive" a UK vote to leave which would "strengthen and liberate" those across the EU fighting for powers to be returned, he said. | |
| But former Conservative Attorney General Dominic Grieve told the BBC's Radio 4 Today that Mr Gove's arguments were "unfounded and untenable". | But former Conservative Attorney General Dominic Grieve told the BBC's Radio 4 Today that 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". |
| 'Acrimonious' | 'Acrimonious' |
| And Chancellor George Osborne told MPs that it was an "internationally accepted principle" that EU members cannot have access to the single market without accepting the free movement of people across the union. | And Chancellor George Osborne told MPs that it was an "internationally accepted principle" that EU members cannot have access to the single market without accepting the free movement of people across the union. |
| 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". |
| However Mr Gove laughed off Conservative tensions when asked whether he was offended by Mr Osborne's description of the Leave campaign's arguments as "economically illiterate". | However Mr Gove laughed off Conservative tensions when asked whether he was offended by Mr Osborne's description of the Leave campaign's arguments as "economically illiterate". |
| "No. George has called me much worse in private and in public," he replied. | "No. George has called me much worse in private and in public," he replied. |
| 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. |
| Responding to Mr Gove's comments, MP Alan Johnson, chairman of Labour's In campaign, accused him of wanting to "wish away reality" but and leaving the EU "will hurt our economy". | Responding to Mr Gove's comments, MP Alan Johnson, chairman of Labour's In campaign, accused him of wanting to "wish away reality" but and 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. | "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. |
| Analysis by the Treasury released on Monday warned that the UK economy could be 6% smaller by 2030 by leaving the EU rather than staying, and chancellor George Osborne said this would mean a £36bn hole in the public finances. | Analysis by the Treasury released on Monday warned that the UK economy could be 6% smaller by 2030 by leaving the EU rather than staying, and chancellor George Osborne said this would mean a £36bn hole in the public finances. |
| But the Leave camp - whose backers include Mayor of London Boris Johnson and UKIP leader Nigel Farage - say that 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 that 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. |