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| EU referendum live: Farage accuses Cameron of trying to exploit Jo Cox's death to help Remain | EU referendum live: Farage accuses Cameron of trying to exploit Jo Cox's death to help Remain |
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| Martin Fletcher, a former Times foreign correspondent, has written a very powerful critique of Boris Johnson on Facebook. It is worth reading in full. | |
| A fascinating insight into #Brexit and Boris Johnson, by his former colleague. pic.twitter.com/ilXXrykvaK | |
| 10.24am BST | 10.24am BST |
| 10:24 | 10:24 |
| Farage accuses Cameron of trying to exploit Jo Cox's death to help Remain | Farage accuses Cameron of trying to exploit Jo Cox's death to help Remain |
| Here are more lines from Nigel Farage’s LBC phone-in. | Here are more lines from Nigel Farage’s LBC phone-in. |
| What we are seeing here is the prime minister and the Remain campaign trying to conflate the actions of one crazed individual with the motives of half of Britain who think we should get back control of our borders and do it sensibly. And I think that’s quite wrong the way it’s been done ... | |
| I think there are Remain camp supporters out there who are using this tragic death to try to give the impression that this isolated, horrific incident is somehow linked to arguments that have been made by myself, or Michael Gove or anybody else in this campaign. And frankly that is wrong. | I think there are Remain camp supporters out there who are using this tragic death to try to give the impression that this isolated, horrific incident is somehow linked to arguments that have been made by myself, or Michael Gove or anybody else in this campaign. And frankly that is wrong. |
| Asked if he was accusing Cameron of opportunism, he replied: | Asked if he was accusing Cameron of opportunism, he replied: |
| I think people are intelligent enough to make their minds up on that. | I think people are intelligent enough to make their minds up on that. |
| This is the biggest put-up job I’ve ever seen. Number 10 put the line out, the Times swallow it hook, line and sinker and the broadcasters start reporting it. Baroness Warsi has been consistently abusive about everything I’ve said and done, and Ukip’s said and done, for the last few years. And I heard her interviewed earlier on this morning where she said she was campaigning for a change of Britain’s relationship [with the EU]. She never supported Britain leaving in the first place. It’s utter nonsense. She never was [a supporter]. In fact, Dan Hannan, who’s a friend of hers, the Conservative MEP, he invited her to join Muslims for Britain, he invited her to speak on platforms, and she refused. It’s a non story. | This is the biggest put-up job I’ve ever seen. Number 10 put the line out, the Times swallow it hook, line and sinker and the broadcasters start reporting it. Baroness Warsi has been consistently abusive about everything I’ve said and done, and Ukip’s said and done, for the last few years. And I heard her interviewed earlier on this morning where she said she was campaigning for a change of Britain’s relationship [with the EU]. She never supported Britain leaving in the first place. It’s utter nonsense. She never was [a supporter]. In fact, Dan Hannan, who’s a friend of hers, the Conservative MEP, he invited her to join Muslims for Britain, he invited her to speak on platforms, and she refused. It’s a non story. |
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| Sayeeda Warsi has retweeted some of the vicious and racist tweets she has received since she announced she was backing Remain as examples of the “politics of hate”. | Sayeeda Warsi has retweeted some of the vicious and racist tweets she has received since she announced she was backing Remain as examples of the “politics of hate”. |
| The vile reaction of people unhappy with my decision to leave #leave .Politics of hate must stop #uniteagainsthate pic.twitter.com/A86f4Dpyol | The vile reaction of people unhappy with my decision to leave #leave .Politics of hate must stop #uniteagainsthate pic.twitter.com/A86f4Dpyol |
| 9.39am BST | 9.39am BST |
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| Here’s a Guardian video with Richard Branson making the case for Remain. | Here’s a Guardian video with Richard Branson making the case for Remain. |
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| The Times broke the story about Sayeeda Warsi last night, but it changed its front page after the first edition to tone down the headline. The second version is more accurate. | The Times broke the story about Sayeeda Warsi last night, but it changed its front page after the first edition to tone down the headline. The second version is more accurate. |
| From turmoil and defection to division and walkout: how the Times rowed back on its Warsi scoop between editions pic.twitter.com/cXnf1b1UPF | From turmoil and defection to division and walkout: how the Times rowed back on its Warsi scoop between editions pic.twitter.com/cXnf1b1UPF |
| 9.28am BST | 9.28am BST |
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| Here is another quote from Sayeeda Warsi on the Today programme earlier explaining why she is now backing Remain. She said: | Here is another quote from Sayeeda Warsi on the Today programme earlier explaining why she is now backing Remain. She said: |
| This kind of nudge-nudge, wink-wink xenophobic racist campaign may be politically savvy or politically useful in the short term, but it causes long-term damage to communities. | This kind of nudge-nudge, wink-wink xenophobic racist campaign may be politically savvy or politically useful in the short term, but it causes long-term damage to communities. |
| The vision that me and other Brexiters who have been involved right from the outset, who had a positive outward-looking vision of what a Brexit vote might mean, unfortunately those voices have now been stifled and what we see is the divisive campaign which has resulted in people like me and others who are deeply Eurosceptic and want to see a reformed relationship feel that they now have to leave Leave. | The vision that me and other Brexiters who have been involved right from the outset, who had a positive outward-looking vision of what a Brexit vote might mean, unfortunately those voices have now been stifled and what we see is the divisive campaign which has resulted in people like me and others who are deeply Eurosceptic and want to see a reformed relationship feel that they now have to leave Leave. |
| 9.23am BST | 9.23am BST |
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| This is what John Longworth, the former director general of the British Chambers of Commerce and now a Vote Leave campaigner, told the Today programme in response to the news that the bosses of the car firms Toyota UK, Vauxhall, Jaguar Land Rover and BMW have backed Remain. Longworth said: | This is what John Longworth, the former director general of the British Chambers of Commerce and now a Vote Leave campaigner, told the Today programme in response to the news that the bosses of the car firms Toyota UK, Vauxhall, Jaguar Land Rover and BMW have backed Remain. Longworth said: |
| The auto industry is different from the rest of industry in the sense that it has a 10% tariff for cars from outside the EU. | The auto industry is different from the rest of industry in the sense that it has a 10% tariff for cars from outside the EU. |
| The biggest power in the EU - Germany - exports way more cars to the UK than we do to them, so they are not going to allow the erection of tariffs because they would damage their own industry and shoot themselves in the foot. | The biggest power in the EU - Germany - exports way more cars to the UK than we do to them, so they are not going to allow the erection of tariffs because they would damage their own industry and shoot themselves in the foot. |
| Even if in a moment of madness they did, what’s the worst that can happen? German cars would become a little bit more expensive, we would buy a few less and would end up buying more British-produced cars. | Even if in a moment of madness they did, what’s the worst that can happen? German cars would become a little bit more expensive, we would buy a few less and would end up buying more British-produced cars. |
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| Farage also repeated his claim that Sayeeda Warsi’s shift to Remain was a “put-up job”. He said that she had only ever called for a change in Britain’s relationship with the EU, not for full withdrawal. When Daniel Hannan, the Tory MEP, tried to get her to publicly back Leave, she refused, Farage said. (See 7.35am.) | Farage also repeated his claim that Sayeeda Warsi’s shift to Remain was a “put-up job”. He said that she had only ever called for a change in Britain’s relationship with the EU, not for full withdrawal. When Daniel Hannan, the Tory MEP, tried to get her to publicly back Leave, she refused, Farage said. (See 7.35am.) |
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| On LBC Nigel Farage has just claimed that when he launched his “Breaking Point” poster on Thursday there was “no controversy at all”. He suggested it only became controversial after the killing of Jo Cox. | On LBC Nigel Farage has just claimed that when he launched his “Breaking Point” poster on Thursday there was “no controversy at all”. He suggested it only became controversial after the killing of Jo Cox. |
| He is wrong. Before Cox was killed Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, said the poster was “disgusting”. It was also condemned before the attack on Cox by the Green party and by Britain Stronger in Europe. | He is wrong. Before Cox was killed Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, said the poster was “disgusting”. It was also condemned before the attack on Cox by the Green party and by Britain Stronger in Europe. |
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| And on Twitter Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, claims that Sayeeda Warsi’s shift is a Downing Street-inspired stunt. | And on Twitter Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, claims that Sayeeda Warsi’s shift is a Downing Street-inspired stunt. |
| Baroness Warsi 'defection' is a typical Number 10 put-up job. She never wanted to leave the EU. | Baroness Warsi 'defection' is a typical Number 10 put-up job. She never wanted to leave the EU. |
| Farage is now starting a half-hour phone-in on LBC. | Farage is now starting a half-hour phone-in on LBC. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.15am BST | at 9.15am BST |
| 9.03am BST | 9.03am BST |
| 09:03 | 09:03 |
| Andrew Sparrow | Andrew Sparrow |
| Good morning. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Claire. | Good morning. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Claire. |
| On Twitter the Tory Leave backlash against Sayeeda Warsi continues. Here are more tweets about her from Conservative MPs. | On Twitter the Tory Leave backlash against Sayeeda Warsi continues. Here are more tweets about her from Conservative MPs. |
| Surprised to hear that Baroness Warsi has so called defected to the in campaign; didn't realise she was #brexit. Never seen her do anything! | Surprised to hear that Baroness Warsi has so called defected to the in campaign; didn't realise she was #brexit. Never seen her do anything! |
| I think it's fair to say that most people are wetting themselves laughing at the Warsi 'defection' that never is 😂 #VoteLeave | I think it's fair to say that most people are wetting themselves laughing at the Warsi 'defection' that never is 😂 #VoteLeave |
| Remember Sayeeda Warsi has a history of resigning.She quit the Government over Middle East policy. | Remember Sayeeda Warsi has a history of resigning.She quit the Government over Middle East policy. |
| From my experience working with her Sayeeda Warsi is self obsessed and never a team player. She's running out of things to flounce out of | From my experience working with her Sayeeda Warsi is self obsessed and never a team player. She's running out of things to flounce out of |
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| Libby Brooks | Libby Brooks |
| Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme this morning. | Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme this morning. |
| She dismissed the suggestion that there was any contradiction between her positions on the independence referendum in 2014 and the EU referendum: | She dismissed the suggestion that there was any contradiction between her positions on the independence referendum in 2014 and the EU referendum: |
| That argument rests on the assumption that Scotland in the UK is somehow the same as the UK in Europe. | That argument rests on the assumption that Scotland in the UK is somehow the same as the UK in Europe. |
| She also insisted that the SNP has been “an enthusiastic campaigner for Scotland and the UK to remain in Europe”, despite criticisms that their campaign has been lukewarm at best. | She also insisted that the SNP has been “an enthusiastic campaigner for Scotland and the UK to remain in Europe”, despite criticisms that their campaign has been lukewarm at best. |
| She added that her message to supporters who saw this referendum as a means of triggering a second independence referendum was clear: vote remain. | She added that her message to supporters who saw this referendum as a means of triggering a second independence referendum was clear: vote remain. |
| What I’ve also said to independence supporters is that if they are making a judgment on what makes a second independence referendum more likely, that will only arise if Scotland is taken out of the EU against its will. | What I’ve also said to independence supporters is that if they are making a judgment on what makes a second independence referendum more likely, that will only arise if Scotland is taken out of the EU against its will. |
| Asked about her view on Turkey’s membership of the EU, she said it was “pie in the sky” that the country was in a position to join and that this was “one of the serious dishonest its at the heart of the Leave campaign”: | Asked about her view on Turkey’s membership of the EU, she said it was “pie in the sky” that the country was in a position to join and that this was “one of the serious dishonest its at the heart of the Leave campaign”: |
| I don’t see a situation arising in the near future where I would welcome Turkey joining the EU. | I don’t see a situation arising in the near future where I would welcome Turkey joining the EU. |
| 8.36am BST | 8.36am BST |
| 08:36 | 08:36 |
| Graeme Wearden | Graeme Wearden |
| The London stock market is rallying this morning, as investors react to the opinion polls showing the Remain campaign regaining ground. | The London stock market is rallying this morning, as investors react to the opinion polls showing the Remain campaign regaining ground. |
| The blue-chip FTSE 100 index has jumped by 134 points, or over 2%, during Nigel Farage’s interview. | The blue-chip FTSE 100 index has jumped by 134 points, or over 2%, during Nigel Farage’s interview. |
| That’s its highest level in 10 days, recovering the losses it suffered after polls put the Leave campaign ahead. | That’s its highest level in 10 days, recovering the losses it suffered after polls put the Leave campaign ahead. |
| Bank shares are leading the rally, with Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group both up 6%. Financial stocks had suffered recently from fears that Britain’s economy would suffer a Brexit-shock of the public vote to leave. | Bank shares are leading the rally, with Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group both up 6%. Financial stocks had suffered recently from fears that Britain’s economy would suffer a Brexit-shock of the public vote to leave. |
| The pound has hit a two-week high this morning; up two cents against the US dollar to $1.4591. | The pound has hit a two-week high this morning; up two cents against the US dollar to $1.4591. |
| Analysts at RBC Capital Markets believe that the polls show a “pull to the status-quo’. | Analysts at RBC Capital Markets believe that the polls show a “pull to the status-quo’. |
| Our business liveblog has more details: | Our business liveblog has more details: |
| Related: Pound and shares soar as Brexit fears ease – business live | Related: Pound and shares soar as Brexit fears ease – business live |