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| EU referendum: Baroness Sayeeda Warsi defects from Leave to Remain | EU referendum: Baroness Sayeeda Warsi defects from Leave to Remain |
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| Former Conservative Party chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has defected from the Leave campaign and opted for Britain to remain within the EU. | Former Conservative Party chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has defected from the Leave campaign and opted for Britain to remain within the EU. |
| She cited "hate and xenophobia" as the reasons for changing her position. | |
| Her decision came after she saw Nigel Farage's controversial 'breaking point' poster, which was widely criticised for being xenophobic -- Chancellor George Osborne said it had echoes of 1930s propaganda. | |
| Ms Warsi told The Times the poster was "the breaking point to say 'I can't go on supporting this'". | |
| “Are we prepared to tell lies, to spread hate and xenophobia just to win a campaign? For me that’s a step too far.” | |
| Echoing the sentiment of the Prime Minister's impassioned appearance on Question Time, she also accused leading Brexit campaigner Michael Gove of promoting "complete lies". | |
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