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 [...]
EU referendum: Record number of people registered to vote, says Electoral Commission June 22, 2016 A record number of people are eligible to vote in tomorrow's EU referendum, after the biggest ever voter registration drive helped hundreds of thousands get their names on the electoral roll. Provisional figures released by the elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission, show 46.5m people signed up to vote tomorrow – 150,000 more than could have [...]
EU referendum: Poll of polls puts Leave ahead June 22, 2016 With just one day of campaigning left a poll of polls analysis has put Leave ahead by one percentage point. The Financial Times poll of polls today shows Leave having claimed 45 per cent of the vote to Remain's 44 per cent. However, that means that 11 per cent are undecideds. As we've reported in [...]
EU referendum: What the polls aren’t telling you June 22, 2016 Polling data is coming out thick and fast ahead of the UK’s historic referendum tomorrow. While there have been moments in which Remain seems to have gained the upper hand, or Leave has undergone a surge, most polls suggest a dead heat, with the vote going to the wire. In June so far there have been [...]
EU referendum: Vote Leave doesn’t answer question on former BNP member’s £600,000 donation June 22, 2016 Vote Leave campaigner Andrea Leadsom last night failed to give an answer on whether a £600,000 donation from a former British National Party member would be returned. It came to light earlier this week that Vote Leave had accepted the donation from a former member of the far-right BNP. Read more: Davidson more likely to [...]
EU referendum: Ruth Davidson more likely to succeed David Cameron after Wembley TV debate June 22, 2016 Fresh off the back of an impressive Scottish parliamentary election, Ruth Davidson's impressive performance during last night's live EU debate has resulted in her being more likely to succeed David Cameron as Tory leader. Bookmaker William Hill twice shortened their odds for Davidson to be next leader of the Conservative party during the debate, first [...]