This forecaster is predicting a zero per cent chance of the UK staying in the EU June 24, 2016 Is it all over? A leading political scientist has put the chances of the UK remaining in the European Union at around zero per cent, after 81 areas reported. Chris Hanretty said he predicted the vote for Remain to hit 47.1 per cent, which would give Leave an outright majority. The figure has fallen from a [...]
I’ve already voted, but I’ve changed my mind – and it’s all to do with house prices… June 23, 2016 I’ve long been a eurosceptic – suspicious of the EU regime and its unelected, barely accountable opacity-swathed ethos. I’m a democrat and a free markets kind of guy who objects to a lurching federal super-state, any hint of a single currency or a loss of our sovereignty. Unelected autocrats in expensed Mercedes doing as they [...]
Sterling spreads its wings to hit 2016 high against the dollar as EU referendum voting kicks off June 23, 2016 Any jitters over the outcome of the EU referendum were well and truly quelled this morning, after sterling soared to hit its highest this year against the dollar, topping $1.49 for the first time since December. The pound was up 1.4 per cent at $1.4911 in late morning trading, while it rose 0.64 per cent against [...]
Quiz: Celebrity EU referendum campaigners – can you remember who supports which side? June 23, 2016 Whatever your views on the European Referendum – after weeks of campaigning, chances are you're as relieved as the rest of us it will all come to an end after today. But have you been paying attention to the campaigning so far? Think you know who's supported which side, and what they've said? Take our [...]
EU referendum results: The map – Britain votes for Brexit June 23, 2016 David Cameron has announced his resignation after the Leave campaign stormed to victory in yesterday's European Union referendum. The final results showed a 51.9 per cent leave for the Leave campaign, while Remain was left with 48.1 per cent. This morning Cameron said he will continue in office for a "short spell", but added he [...]
In or out? Polls have opened for voting in historic EU Referendum June 23, 2016 Polls have now opened to voters for the historic EU referendum. More than 46m people are registered to vote – the UK's largest electorate ever. More than two million people have joined the electoral roll since December, the Electoral Commission said last night, despite problems with the voter registration system as the deadline approached. Of the [...]
Decision day: David Cameron and Michael Gove write for City A.M. to make their final pleas for your vote in the EU referendum June 22, 2016
Waning Brexit fears fail to keep oil above $50 after disappointing data June 22, 2016 Crude slipped below $50 per barrel this afternoon following lacklustre US oil data, with investor calm ahead of the EU referendum failing to provide enough support. Brent crude, the global benchmark, slipped 1.50 per cent to $49.86 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude, the US benchmark, fell 1.48 per cent to $49.11. The Energy Information [...]
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 [...]
