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| EU referendum morning briefing: Labour steps up, Cameron steps back | |
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| The big picture | The big picture |
| Labour leads the charge today – albeit, as political editor Heather Stewart reports, “carefully choreographed with No 10” – with a speech by Gordon Brown the centrepiece of remain’s push to win over voters in the final 10 days of the campaign. | Labour leads the charge today – albeit, as political editor Heather Stewart reports, “carefully choreographed with No 10” – with a speech by Gordon Brown the centrepiece of remain’s push to win over voters in the final 10 days of the campaign. |
| The Times reports that Jeremy Corbyn will head what it labels an “all-out blitz for the remain camp” this week amid fears that Labour voters are “haemorrhaging” to the leave side. | The Times reports that Jeremy Corbyn will head what it labels an “all-out blitz for the remain camp” this week amid fears that Labour voters are “haemorrhaging” to the leave side. |
| Expect David Cameron to take a back seat as Labour MPs politely – or not so politely – distance themselves from the government-fronted campaign in order to make the Labour case for In. | Expect David Cameron to take a back seat as Labour MPs politely – or not so politely – distance themselves from the government-fronted campaign in order to make the Labour case for In. |
| Expect, too, a shift in tone: out goes talk of the risks and horrors of a post-Brexit UK; in come unity and positivity. | Expect, too, a shift in tone: out goes talk of the risks and horrors of a post-Brexit UK; in come unity and positivity. |
| Brown will say: | Brown will say: |
| From now until 10pm on 23 June, we will not rest and I will not stop explaining why 9 million Labour voters have most to gain from remaining in the EU. | From now until 10pm on 23 June, we will not rest and I will not stop explaining why 9 million Labour voters have most to gain from remaining in the EU. |
| And while we’re on the subject of unity and positivity … Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says: | And while we’re on the subject of unity and positivity … Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says: |
| These proposals from Gordon Brown are welcome and are part of the positive Labour case that I and others are making to vote to remain and reform the EU. | These proposals from Gordon Brown are welcome and are part of the positive Labour case that I and others are making to vote to remain and reform the EU. |
| On ITV’s Peston on Sunday, McDonnell acknowledged that many voters have been put off by the tone of the campaign so far: | On ITV’s Peston on Sunday, McDonnell acknowledged that many voters have been put off by the tone of the campaign so far: |
| I’m where most people are at at the moment in terms of I’m fed up of project fear on both sides. I think what’s been happening is there have been exaggerated claims on both sides and that’s turned people off. | I’m where most people are at at the moment in terms of I’m fed up of project fear on both sides. I think what’s been happening is there have been exaggerated claims on both sides and that’s turned people off. |
| But Labour MP and Vote Leave campaigner Gisela Stuart said voters would be equally turned off by the new approach: | But Labour MP and Vote Leave campaigner Gisela Stuart said voters would be equally turned off by the new approach: |
| Labour voters have seen through the spin of the government, which is why they are rejecting the In campaign, and no amount of hastily cobbled together relaunches will change that. | Labour voters have seen through the spin of the government, which is why they are rejecting the In campaign, and no amount of hastily cobbled together relaunches will change that. |
| Meanwhile, leave campaigner and Conservative minister Priti Patel takes on the Brexiteers’ new favoured theme: a potential Turkish accession to the EU. (The “fury” over the “plot” to enable visa-free travel for “1.5 million Turks” knocked the Orlando massacre off the Daily Mail front page.) Patel said: | Meanwhile, leave campaigner and Conservative minister Priti Patel takes on the Brexiteers’ new favoured theme: a potential Turkish accession to the EU. (The “fury” over the “plot” to enable visa-free travel for “1.5 million Turks” knocked the Orlando massacre off the Daily Mail front page.) Patel said: |
| Turkish membership would mean an additional 100,000 people coming to the UK every year – enough, on its own, to break David Cameron’s manifesto pledge to reduce migration to the tens of thousands. | Turkish membership would mean an additional 100,000 people coming to the UK every year – enough, on its own, to break David Cameron’s manifesto pledge to reduce migration to the tens of thousands. |
| In an interview with German daily Bild, published in full today, European council president Donald Tusk warns that efforts to extricate the UK from the EU could take many years: | In an interview with German daily Bild, published in full today, European council president Donald Tusk warns that efforts to extricate the UK from the EU could take many years: |
| Every single one of the 27 member states as well as the European parliament would have to approve the overall result. That would take at least five years, and I’m afraid, without any guarantee of success. | Every single one of the 27 member states as well as the European parliament would have to approve the overall result. That would take at least five years, and I’m afraid, without any guarantee of success. |
| And your speedy weekend round-up: | And your speedy weekend round-up: |
| Poll position | Poll position |
| A YouGov poll for the Adam Smith Institute says 57% of those polled say they would favour the UK moving to a “Norway-style” relationship with the EU in the event of a Brexit vote. | A YouGov poll for the Adam Smith Institute says 57% of those polled say they would favour the UK moving to a “Norway-style” relationship with the EU in the event of a Brexit vote. |
| Sam Bowman, executive director of the Adam Smith Institute, said: | Sam Bowman, executive director of the Adam Smith Institute, said: |
| This would mean keeping free moment of people in exchange for remaining in the single market, and would be a safe way to leave the EU that would avoid major economic risks or disruption. | This would mean keeping free moment of people in exchange for remaining in the single market, and would be a safe way to leave the EU that would avoid major economic risks or disruption. |
| If Britain did vote to leave the EU, the poll finds, 73% of remain voters think the first priority for the government should be “ensuring free trade with the rest of the European Union”. For leave voters, the key issue is immigration, with 73% saying “reducing the amount of EU immigration into Britain” would be top of the government’s to-do list. | If Britain did vote to leave the EU, the poll finds, 73% of remain voters think the first priority for the government should be “ensuring free trade with the rest of the European Union”. For leave voters, the key issue is immigration, with 73% saying “reducing the amount of EU immigration into Britain” would be top of the government’s to-do list. |
| And the Daily Express has exclusive news of a poll giving leave a 19-point lead: | And the Daily Express has exclusive news of a poll giving leave a 19-point lead: |
| The Opinium poll, commissioned by the Brexit-backing Bruges Group thinktank, is further evidence that the Leave camp is gaining support and delivers the biggest margin of victory for Brexit so far, after giving voters the option of a choice of free trade agreements with the EU. | The Opinium poll, commissioned by the Brexit-backing Bruges Group thinktank, is further evidence that the Leave camp is gaining support and delivers the biggest margin of victory for Brexit so far, after giving voters the option of a choice of free trade agreements with the EU. |
| Anyway … just leaving this here: How accurate are the Brexit polls? | Anyway … just leaving this here: How accurate are the Brexit polls? |
| Diary | Diary |
| Read these | Read these |
| Doreen Lawrence, writing in the New Statesman, tackles the Brexiteers’ claim that they want to “take back control” from the EU: | Doreen Lawrence, writing in the New Statesman, tackles the Brexiteers’ claim that they want to “take back control” from the EU: |
| My experience as a peer has taught me to be sceptical when politicians complain that they do not always get their way. I have little sympathy when ministers moan that the EU interferes with their plans and frustrates their ambitions. Governments need restraints, and the framework of EU laws is one of the best protections we have against the whims of ministers, whether they be Conservatives or any other party … | My experience as a peer has taught me to be sceptical when politicians complain that they do not always get their way. I have little sympathy when ministers moan that the EU interferes with their plans and frustrates their ambitions. Governments need restraints, and the framework of EU laws is one of the best protections we have against the whims of ministers, whether they be Conservatives or any other party … |
| The Leave campaign has tried to pitch this debate as being about the people against the establishment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Europe is not an elite conspiracy against the public: at its best, it is the opposite. It is about the solidarity of the peoples of Europe with each other and our determination to create a better, freer and fairer world. It establishes a framework where citizens are protected from the state by common rules and standards. | The Leave campaign has tried to pitch this debate as being about the people against the establishment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Europe is not an elite conspiracy against the public: at its best, it is the opposite. It is about the solidarity of the peoples of Europe with each other and our determination to create a better, freer and fairer world. It establishes a framework where citizens are protected from the state by common rules and standards. |
| Trevor Kavanagh in the Sun says the the EU is beginning to fear that it cannot survive without the UK: | Trevor Kavanagh in the Sun says the the EU is beginning to fear that it cannot survive without the UK: |
| If Europe is the future, where are its life-changing equivalents of Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and Amazon? Where is its Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or Elon Musk? | If Europe is the future, where are its life-changing equivalents of Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and Amazon? Where is its Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or Elon Musk? |
| While the iPhone alone has lifted millions out of poverty, the EU destroys subsistence farmers by dumping surpluses. Silicon Valley has created more global growth, communications and commerce than the entire continent of Europe. | While the iPhone alone has lifted millions out of poverty, the EU destroys subsistence farmers by dumping surpluses. Silicon Valley has created more global growth, communications and commerce than the entire continent of Europe. |
| And for something a little different: Brexit and chill – the referendum in cartoons. | And for something a little different: Brexit and chill – the referendum in cartoons. |
| Baffling claim of the day | Baffling claim of the day |
| The Telegraph wonders if the Queen was giving a coded warning about the perils of Brexit in an address yesterday in which she mentioned “the “many benefits that can flow when people come together for a common purpose – as family, friends or neighbours”. What can it all mean, the Telegraph? | The Telegraph wonders if the Queen was giving a coded warning about the perils of Brexit in an address yesterday in which she mentioned “the “many benefits that can flow when people come together for a common purpose – as family, friends or neighbours”. What can it all mean, the Telegraph? |
| It is hard not see those words in the context of the EU referendum next week, though it is also easy to see how any such connotation can be denied. Ambiguity is all. | It is hard not see those words in the context of the EU referendum next week, though it is also easy to see how any such connotation can be denied. Ambiguity is all. |
| But we too often forget that the Queen is not a celebrity; she is the head of state and may well have been sending a subliminal message about her own – or her government’s – preference for the outcome of June 23. | But we too often forget that the Queen is not a celebrity; she is the head of state and may well have been sending a subliminal message about her own – or her government’s – preference for the outcome of June 23. |
| Celebrity endorsement of the day | Celebrity endorsement of the day |
| I couldn’t bring myself to plonk the Queen in this category – as the Telegraph sagely opined, she is not a celebrity – so it’ll have to be John Cleese, who has declared himself for Brexit: | I couldn’t bring myself to plonk the Queen in this category – as the Telegraph sagely opined, she is not a celebrity – so it’ll have to be John Cleese, who has declared himself for Brexit: |
| If I thought there was any chance of major reform in the EU, I’d vote to stay in. But there isn’t. Sad. | If I thought there was any chance of major reform in the EU, I’d vote to stay in. But there isn’t. Sad. |
| I feel terrible about being lined up with thugs like Murdoch and Dacre and Brooks,but I do think Stiglitz and Owen have got it right... | I feel terrible about being lined up with thugs like Murdoch and Dacre and Brooks,but I do think Stiglitz and Owen have got it right... |
| The day in a tweet | The day in a tweet |
| This letter heading in the South China Morning Post suggests there is still some work to do in the last days of campaigning (the letter-writer says EU, by the way, so in this instance we really must blame the journalists): | This letter heading in the South China Morning Post suggests there is still some work to do in the last days of campaigning (the letter-writer says EU, by the way, so in this instance we really must blame the journalists): |
| SCMP typo du jour, letters page. (Or maybe writer really believes UK would be worse without English, Scots, Welsh.) pic.twitter.com/tkNAiCwLnL | SCMP typo du jour, letters page. (Or maybe writer really believes UK would be worse without English, Scots, Welsh.) pic.twitter.com/tkNAiCwLnL |
| If today were a 90s classic indie album ... | If today were a 90s classic indie album ... |
| It would be Catatonia’s Way Beyond Blue. For the Tories taking a back seat, rather than the feelings of stupor. | It would be Catatonia’s Way Beyond Blue. For the Tories taking a back seat, rather than the feelings of stupor. |
| And another thing | And another thing |
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