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| EU referendum: Cameron, Corbyn and Johnson hit campaign trail - as it happened | |
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| That’s it from our EU referendum live blog today - thanks for reading. | |
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| Biggest day of campaigning for EU referendum yet | |
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| Will Straw, executive director of Britain Stronger In Europe, tweets: | |
| Today's cross-party campaigning to keep Britain #StrongerIn Europe shows energy, enthusiasm & passion on our side pic.twitter.com/NWvPvEearY | |
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| Thumbs up certainly are popular today it seems... | Thumbs up certainly are popular today it seems... |
| We signed up more leaflet deliverers for @vote_leave today as we were delivering leaflets! pic.twitter.com/vK2hX0FjXj | We signed up more leaflet deliverers for @vote_leave today as we were delivering leaflets! pic.twitter.com/vK2hX0FjXj |
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| Sir John Major has called on Boris Johnson, as well as other Tory leave campaigners such as Michael Gove and former party leader Iain Duncan Smith to apologise for “peddling” false figures about the cost to Britain of being in the EU. | Sir John Major has called on Boris Johnson, as well as other Tory leave campaigners such as Michael Gove and former party leader Iain Duncan Smith to apologise for “peddling” false figures about the cost to Britain of being in the EU. |
| Johnson said: “I think it is reasonable to point out that large numbers of people coming to a country in a way the population have explicitly been told is not going to happen is unfair. It is something that people don’t understand - why they are continually told one thing and another then happens. | Johnson said: “I think it is reasonable to point out that large numbers of people coming to a country in a way the population have explicitly been told is not going to happen is unfair. It is something that people don’t understand - why they are continually told one thing and another then happens. |
| “I am in favour of immigration, I’m a believer in it. What is not right is for huge numbers to come here in a way politicians say is not going to happen. That’s where I part company.” | “I am in favour of immigration, I’m a believer in it. What is not right is for huge numbers to come here in a way politicians say is not going to happen. That’s where I part company.” |
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| Johnson: ‘this chance will not come again’ | Johnson: ‘this chance will not come again’ |
| Boris Johnson has told a leave event in Bristol that it was time to speak up for freedom across Europe. | Boris Johnson has told a leave event in Bristol that it was time to speak up for freedom across Europe. |
| This chance will not come again. This is the moment that we all have one equal vote, where everyone in this country can speak truth to power. That truth is that we are better, braver, stronger and greater than those on the remain side are currently saying that we are. I’m telling you that if we vote on June 23 and take back control of our country, our economy and our democracy then we can prosper and thrive and flourish as never before. | This chance will not come again. This is the moment that we all have one equal vote, where everyone in this country can speak truth to power. That truth is that we are better, braver, stronger and greater than those on the remain side are currently saying that we are. I’m telling you that if we vote on June 23 and take back control of our country, our economy and our democracy then we can prosper and thrive and flourish as never before. |
| Mr Johnson described the campaign to leave the EU as “little platoons against the big battalion”: “We are David and Goliath and we know what happened to Goliath.” | Mr Johnson described the campaign to leave the EU as “little platoons against the big battalion”: “We are David and Goliath and we know what happened to Goliath.” |
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| Nice point from novelist Robert Harris: | Nice point from novelist Robert Harris: |
| Endlessly amused by all these Brexit Etonians and sons of peers attacking their opponents as "elitists" | Endlessly amused by all these Brexit Etonians and sons of peers attacking their opponents as "elitists" |
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| The Daily Mirror’s Kevin Maguire tweets: | The Daily Mirror’s Kevin Maguire tweets: |
| Why bumbling blonde ambition Boris Johnson will be Brexit's liability in TV debates & interviews https://t.co/U8a9BtzsH7 | Why bumbling blonde ambition Boris Johnson will be Brexit's liability in TV debates & interviews https://t.co/U8a9BtzsH7 |
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| Vote Leave has posted a video of Boris Johnson talking to Sky News on its Twitter account (complete with subtitles too): | Vote Leave has posted a video of Boris Johnson talking to Sky News on its Twitter account (complete with subtitles too): |
| .@BorisJohnson: 'This is your chance to vote for freedom for this country' #VoteLeave #TakeControlhttps://t.co/MVVwD4VYYR | .@BorisJohnson: 'This is your chance to vote for freedom for this country' #VoteLeave #TakeControlhttps://t.co/MVVwD4VYYR |
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| Boris Johnson has been accused by fellow Tory MP Nicholas Soames - the grandson of Winston Churchill – of “fundamentally dishonest gymnastics” for criticising a planned multibillion pound EU-US trade deal that he previously lauded as “Churchillian” for its brilliance. | Boris Johnson has been accused by fellow Tory MP Nicholas Soames - the grandson of Winston Churchill – of “fundamentally dishonest gymnastics” for criticising a planned multibillion pound EU-US trade deal that he previously lauded as “Churchillian” for its brilliance. |
| Soames, the MP for Mid Sussex, said Johnson’s spectacular about-turn on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was yet more evidence of his “complete lack of credibility and coherence” in arguing the economic case for Brexit. | Soames, the MP for Mid Sussex, said Johnson’s spectacular about-turn on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was yet more evidence of his “complete lack of credibility and coherence” in arguing the economic case for Brexit. |
| Read more from Toby Helm here: | Read more from Toby Helm here: |
| Related: Boris Johnson accused of 'dishonest gymnastics' over TTIP U-turn | Related: Boris Johnson accused of 'dishonest gymnastics' over TTIP U-turn |
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| Bjorn Ulvaeus of Abba fame has been talking to BBC Radio 5 live about Brexit: “It would really make me sad if Britain would leave and what that would mean. It’s like someone you love leaving you. It’s emotional.” | Bjorn Ulvaeus of Abba fame has been talking to BBC Radio 5 live about Brexit: “It would really make me sad if Britain would leave and what that would mean. It’s like someone you love leaving you. It’s emotional.” |
| Abba, of course, won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest held in Brighton with Waterloo. | Abba, of course, won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest held in Brighton with Waterloo. |
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| Speaking of Boris, election analyst Mike Smithson tweets: | Speaking of Boris, election analyst Mike Smithson tweets: |
| .@TheEconomist becomes another voice questioning Boris Johnson's truthfulness https://t.co/AvdePerXi3 via | .@TheEconomist becomes another voice questioning Boris Johnson's truthfulness https://t.co/AvdePerXi3 via |
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| Johnson: ‘vote for democracy against bureaucracy’ | Johnson: ‘vote for democracy against bureaucracy’ |
| Boris Johnson is speaking at a vote leave event in Bristol and appealed to the many undecided voters. He says the EU referendum is a chance to “vote for democracy against bureaucracy”. | Boris Johnson is speaking at a vote leave event in Bristol and appealed to the many undecided voters. He says the EU referendum is a chance to “vote for democracy against bureaucracy”. |
| Outside the union, the UK “would prosper and thrive as never before”, he adds. | Outside the union, the UK “would prosper and thrive as never before”, he adds. |
| Johnson also says that immigration rules should not be decided by Brussels: “I’m in favour of immigration, but it’s got to be immigration by consent, by agreement of the British people.” | |
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| Daniel Boffey | Daniel Boffey |
| Jeremy Corbyn is asked if Labour has a “specific problem” with anti-Semitism - a question that is echoed in part by a second audience member at the Progress event. | Jeremy Corbyn is asked if Labour has a “specific problem” with anti-Semitism - a question that is echoed in part by a second audience member at the Progress event. |
| He doesn’t address the question directly: “Anti-Semitism is wrong and has to be totally opposed and totally defeated, period. Okay? Obviously I’m fully aware of the reports and allegations that have been made. Members have been suspended for investigation. I decided that the best thing to do was to appoint Shami Chakrabarti and David Letterman to set up an inquiry.” | He doesn’t address the question directly: “Anti-Semitism is wrong and has to be totally opposed and totally defeated, period. Okay? Obviously I’m fully aware of the reports and allegations that have been made. Members have been suspended for investigation. I decided that the best thing to do was to appoint Shami Chakrabarti and David Letterman to set up an inquiry.” |
| The session closes with Progress chair Alison McGovern thanking Corbyn for attending. | The session closes with Progress chair Alison McGovern thanking Corbyn for attending. |
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| Daniel Boffey | Daniel Boffey |
| On the subject of abuse, Jeremy Corbyn says he welcomes a “proper debate” in the party: | On the subject of abuse, Jeremy Corbyn says he welcomes a “proper debate” in the party: |
| I sometimes read the papers to realise that people are saying really unkind things about me. They are quite rude really sometimes. I don’t do it. I’m not getting in the gutter with those people. | I sometimes read the papers to realise that people are saying really unkind things about me. They are quite rude really sometimes. I don’t do it. I’m not getting in the gutter with those people. |
| Much of the abuse on Twitter is written after “a few jars”. He added: “Don’t do it.” | Much of the abuse on Twitter is written after “a few jars”. He added: “Don’t do it.” |
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| Daniel Boffey | Daniel Boffey |
| The Labour leader is taking a few questions from the audience at the Progress conference. The first couple concern the disconnect constituents feel about Westminster politics, and the need to end the abusive debate going on within Labour. | The Labour leader is taking a few questions from the audience at the Progress conference. The first couple concern the disconnect constituents feel about Westminster politics, and the need to end the abusive debate going on within Labour. |
| Corbyn also says that devolution is important, but adds that devolution of taxation to regions is a “Tory trap”. | Corbyn also says that devolution is important, but adds that devolution of taxation to regions is a “Tory trap”. |
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| Daniel Boffey | Daniel Boffey |
| Jeremy Corbyn ends his speech by saying that we are living through an exciting time both in Britain and the US, where new social and political forces are challenging the legacy of the Thatcher and Reagan years. That gets polite applause. | Jeremy Corbyn ends his speech by saying that we are living through an exciting time both in Britain and the US, where new social and political forces are challenging the legacy of the Thatcher and Reagan years. That gets polite applause. |
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