Fresh poll shows Brexit campaign’s lead narrows ahead of EU referendum June 22, 2016 A fresh poll has shown the campaign to leave the European Union has a two-point lead over Remain, down from a seven-point lead last week. It comes as Brits prepare to vote on Britain's membership to the 60-year old political and economic union tomorrow. Read more: Peak polling? The latest Brexit poll has crashed Opinium's website Market [...]
I was a Remainer. This is why I’ve just changed my mind June 22, 2016 I have changed my mind – and you can too. Every relationship is built on trust – from the first moment you catch that special someone’s eye, through a whispered “I do” of a marriage proposal, to the last comforting moment holding hands in old age. Trust helps us look past others’ shortcomings and binds [...]
EU referendum: People expect economic conditions to worsen immediately after Brexit vote, but with longer term gains, according to new poll June 22, 2016 While Britons expect a short term economic loss from a Brexit vote, they are optimistic about longer term economic conditions, according to new research. Polling conducted by FTI Consulting found that the majority of people (68 per cent) expect worse economic conditions immediately after a Brexit, with 61 per cent still feeling the state of the economy [...]
EU referendum: People say business will have no influence on their vote, according to new poll June 22, 2016 Most people say that what business thinks about the outcome of the referendum will not affect how they vote, according to new research. Polling by FTI Consulting found that just 18 per cent of those surveyed said UK business leaders were influential or reassuring to hear from during the campaign. Meanwhile, just nine per cent said [...]
Peak polling? The latest Brexit poll has crashed Opinium’s website June 22, 2016 Such demand for the results of the latest – and final – polling by Opinium ahead of Thursday's referendum on EU membership has crashed the polling firm's website. As campaigning reaches fever pitch, everyone clearly wants to know which way it's going to swing, and polls are all we have to go on, really. Apologies, due to [...]
Brexiteers must stop using Turkey as a weapon: There’s one very simple reason it will never join the EU June 22, 2016 Four decades ago, in the summer before Britain's first European referendum, a country, now in the EU, faced the unimaginable terror of full scale military invasion. Operation Attila, as it was chillingly codenamed, saw multiple amphibious landings, a paratroop assault, airstrikes, commando missions, and prisoners of war rounded up and shipped overseas. By the end [...]
EU referendum: Big bets go to Remain, not Brexit, according to William Hill and Ladbrokes June 22, 2016 With just one day to go before EU referendum polls open, the Remain camp is the firm favourite according to the latest odds released today from bookies William Hill and Ladbrokes. William Hill, the UK's largest bookmaker, is now offering odds of 2/9 on the UK voting to stay in Europe, equivalent to an 81 per [...]
EU referendum: Votes called for across Europe June 22, 2016 There's something in the air. As the United Kingdom readies itself for a historic vote on its relationship with the European Union, other states of the 28-member bloc are making moves to set up their own. In Italy anti-establishment party 5-Star Movement has called for a referendum on whether or not to keep the euro. [...]
Sadiq Khan slams Boris Johnson’s “toothless” Concordat housing scheme at Mayor’s Question Time June 22, 2016 Sadiq Khan has slammed former mayor Boris Johnson's flagship housing scheme for failing to stop new London homes being sold as "golden bricks" to overseas investors. Johnson's Concordat scheme, which was launched in 2014, was pitched as the solution to stopping major developers advertising London homes abroad first for overseas buyers, who had months more [...]
EU referendum: Nigel Farage says “the word reform in Brussels means” greater drive toward “United States of Europe” June 22, 2016 In his last speech ahead of the EU referendum Nigel Farage has said that reform in Brussels means a greater drive toward a "United States of Europe". Speaking to an audience in London, Farage said that Prime Minister David Cameron told the UK he was going to get a great deal for the country, but [...]