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| EU referendum live: Nigel Farage to lead Thames flotilla in Brexit call | EU referendum live: Nigel Farage to lead Thames flotilla in Brexit call |
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| Closing summary | Closing summary |
| It’s perhaps time to draw the curtain on a so-far middling day in the EU referendum campaign. But don’t despair – Andrew Sparrow returns this evening ahead of Michael Gove’s interview/appearance on Sky News, which begins at 8pm. Here’s a summary of today so far. Many thanks for reading, and for all your comments and tweets: | It’s perhaps time to draw the curtain on a so-far middling day in the EU referendum campaign. But don’t despair – Andrew Sparrow returns this evening ahead of Michael Gove’s interview/appearance on Sky News, which begins at 8pm. Here’s a summary of today so far. Many thanks for reading, and for all your comments and tweets: |
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| David Miliband and Alan Johnson are now making the Remain case in Birmingham, and my colleague Jessica Elgot is there. | David Miliband and Alan Johnson are now making the Remain case in Birmingham, and my colleague Jessica Elgot is there. |
| In Birmingham with @DMiliband and Alan Johnson making Labour In case - big message here is turnout, turnout turnout pic.twitter.com/87swoLLwAK | In Birmingham with @DMiliband and Alan Johnson making Labour In case - big message here is turnout, turnout turnout pic.twitter.com/87swoLLwAK |
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| In the absence of much in the way of new updates, here’s some photos of some of today’s action so far. No one seems to have filed any agency photos of Nick Clegg’s speech, hence I’ve made do with the slightly distant one from the Lib Dem press office. | In the absence of much in the way of new updates, here’s some photos of some of today’s action so far. No one seems to have filed any agency photos of Nick Clegg’s speech, hence I’ve made do with the slightly distant one from the Lib Dem press office. |
| .@nick_clegg starts his #INtogether speech pic.twitter.com/0zLzjVsLza | .@nick_clegg starts his #INtogether speech pic.twitter.com/0zLzjVsLza |
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| Vote Leave has produced an extraordinarily long rebuttal to the comments this morning by Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JP Morgan saying the investment bank could cut 4,000 jobs in the event of Brexit. In full it’s 1,500 words. The gist is that JP Morgan were also strongly in favour of Britain joining the euro and don’t actually know anything, while Dimon himself is so highly paid as to be similarly out of touch. | Vote Leave has produced an extraordinarily long rebuttal to the comments this morning by Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JP Morgan saying the investment bank could cut 4,000 jobs in the event of Brexit. In full it’s 1,500 words. The gist is that JP Morgan were also strongly in favour of Britain joining the euro and don’t actually know anything, while Dimon himself is so highly paid as to be similarly out of touch. |
| Steve Baker, the Wycombe Tory MP who is a member of Vote Leave, had this so say: | Steve Baker, the Wycombe Tory MP who is a member of Vote Leave, had this so say: |
| Campaigners for Brussels can’t have it both ways. They say the EU is about peaceful cooperation, yet then they threaten us if we dare to consider taking back control in favour of a relationship based on trade rather than EU dictats. The British people will not be bullied into voting to hand more money and more power to Brussels by someone whose bonus would make even some eurocrat’s eyes water and whose bank helped crash the economy. | Campaigners for Brussels can’t have it both ways. They say the EU is about peaceful cooperation, yet then they threaten us if we dare to consider taking back control in favour of a relationship based on trade rather than EU dictats. The British people will not be bullied into voting to hand more money and more power to Brussels by someone whose bonus would make even some eurocrat’s eyes water and whose bank helped crash the economy. |
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| It’s not just the farmers and the investment bankers who want Britain to stay in the EU, it’s also the music industry. Industry body the BPI has polled member companies and found that 68% want to stay, rising to 78% among those who expressed a clear opinion. | It’s not just the farmers and the investment bankers who want Britain to stay in the EU, it’s also the music industry. Industry body the BPI has polled member companies and found that 68% want to stay, rising to 78% among those who expressed a clear opinion. |
| The BPI says 95% of members sell music to other EU nations, and across Europe British acts accounted for almost a quarter of all albums sold. Nine in ten BPI members said they saw EU membership as important in helping to secure copyright rules. | The BPI says 95% of members sell music to other EU nations, and across Europe British acts accounted for almost a quarter of all albums sold. Nine in ten BPI members said they saw EU membership as important in helping to secure copyright rules. |
| The BPI’s chief executive, Geoff Taylor, said: | The BPI’s chief executive, Geoff Taylor, said: |
| Music and the wider creative industries are a major success story for the UK economy. Given the importance of exports to Europe to our business, we believe that the prospects for British music are brighter if the UK remains within the European Union. | Music and the wider creative industries are a major success story for the UK economy. Given the importance of exports to Europe to our business, we believe that the prospects for British music are brighter if the UK remains within the European Union. |
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| We’re getting to the part of the day when the speeches trailed in the morning broadcast interviews are finally being made. | We’re getting to the part of the day when the speeches trailed in the morning broadcast interviews are finally being made. |
| Nick Clegg has said the following in London: | Nick Clegg has said the following in London: |
| If you believed everything the Brexiteers said, you would think Britain was some weakling forever being pushed around by dastardly foreigners. But it isn’t. | If you believed everything the Brexiteers said, you would think Britain was some weakling forever being pushed around by dastardly foreigners. But it isn’t. |
| We are not a bulldog in a muzzle, unable to bark. We are the world’s fifth largest economy, we sit at the top table of world affairs on the G8, Nato and the UN Security Council... | We are not a bulldog in a muzzle, unable to bark. We are the world’s fifth largest economy, we sit at the top table of world affairs on the G8, Nato and the UN Security Council... |
| Isolationism is not British. Turning our backs on our neighbours and allies is not British. Wilfully diminishing our influence in the world is not British. There is nothing patriotic about deliberately creating economic insecurity and risking the jobs and livelihoods of your fellow citizens in pursuit of your own narrow ideological agenda. | Isolationism is not British. Turning our backs on our neighbours and allies is not British. Wilfully diminishing our influence in the world is not British. There is nothing patriotic about deliberately creating economic insecurity and risking the jobs and livelihoods of your fellow citizens in pursuit of your own narrow ideological agenda. |
| In a much-trailed section Clegg targeted Boris Johnson: | In a much-trailed section Clegg targeted Boris Johnson: |
| Perhaps Boris has looked across the Atlantic and decided that with enough bluster and bravado he can get away with ignoring the facts and saying pretty well whatever he wants. But this debate is just too important for it to be decided by Boris acting like Donald Trump with a thesaurus. | Perhaps Boris has looked across the Atlantic and decided that with enough bluster and bravado he can get away with ignoring the facts and saying pretty well whatever he wants. But this debate is just too important for it to be decided by Boris acting like Donald Trump with a thesaurus. |
| Earlier, in his own speech in London, Nigel Farage said his ideas were no longer fringe: | Earlier, in his own speech in London, Nigel Farage said his ideas were no longer fringe: |
| What was once considered to be wrong is now mainstream. I think we saw this week the turning point in this referendum. | What was once considered to be wrong is now mainstream. I think we saw this week the turning point in this referendum. |
| People are beginning to understand that the prime minister cannot answer this fundamental question. When he says that we can maintain control of immigration while remaining a member of the European Union, people increasingly know this prime minister is simply not telling the truth. | People are beginning to understand that the prime minister cannot answer this fundamental question. When he says that we can maintain control of immigration while remaining a member of the European Union, people increasingly know this prime minister is simply not telling the truth. |
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| Douglas Carswell, Ukip’s only MP, isn’t so impressed by entreaties from the chief executive of JP Morgan for Britain to remain in the EU. | Douglas Carswell, Ukip’s only MP, isn’t so impressed by entreaties from the chief executive of JP Morgan for Britain to remain in the EU. |
| "Britain! Come to heel!" demands big corporate bank. This arrogant elite is demanding we vote to remain. https://t.co/DoPwR2DPkN | "Britain! Come to heel!" demands big corporate bank. This arrogant elite is demanding we vote to remain. https://t.co/DoPwR2DPkN |
| Jamie Dimon's annual salary is $20 million, net worth a billion? Apparently he knows what best for us https://t.co/lZK2CqdxtZ | Jamie Dimon's annual salary is $20 million, net worth a billion? Apparently he knows what best for us https://t.co/lZK2CqdxtZ |
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| Nigel Farage may feel he has the fishing vote on his side but Farmers Weekly has formally come out in favour of Remain, after looking into what seems best for the agricultural community. | Nigel Farage may feel he has the fishing vote on his side but Farmers Weekly has formally come out in favour of Remain, after looking into what seems best for the agricultural community. |
| A piece from the journal’s executive editor Phil Clarke concludes: | A piece from the journal’s executive editor Phil Clarke concludes: |
| If farming prosperity is your number-one concern, then a vote to remain seems to be the preferable option. | If farming prosperity is your number-one concern, then a vote to remain seems to be the preferable option. |
| The decision takes into account elements including trade, support for the industry, labour and regulation. Clarke notes that one reader survey suggested a majority of farmers wanted to leave. However, this seemed to be based more on issues such as sovereignty and immigration rather than farming. | The decision takes into account elements including trade, support for the industry, labour and regulation. Clarke notes that one reader survey suggested a majority of farmers wanted to leave. However, this seemed to be based more on issues such as sovereignty and immigration rather than farming. |
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| Some lunchtime light relief amid the claims and counter-claims – Jon Harvey, a man with a YouTube channel specialising in such things has re-edited the Vice News film about Jeremy Corbyn into a surprisingly convincing mini-edition of The Office. As spotted by the mysteriously-named CoolingTower1 in the comments. | Some lunchtime light relief amid the claims and counter-claims – Jon Harvey, a man with a YouTube channel specialising in such things has re-edited the Vice News film about Jeremy Corbyn into a surprisingly convincing mini-edition of The Office. As spotted by the mysteriously-named CoolingTower1 in the comments. |
| Updated | Updated |
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| My colleague Rowena Mason has written a full story on Iain Duncan Smith’s fairly personal criticism of David Cameron. | My colleague Rowena Mason has written a full story on Iain Duncan Smith’s fairly personal criticism of David Cameron. |