Cameron seizes the advantage in the Brexit campaign
British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, appears in a special referendum edition of BBC One’s Question Time, hosted by David Dimbleby, left, at the MK Arena in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Britain, 19 June 2016.
The MP, one of her party’s most senior anti-EU figures, said the United Kingdom had a proud tradition of helping refuges, and the country had been made “better and stronger” by immigration.
Taking questions from a live BBC Question Time audience on Sunday evening, Cameron was pressed as to why if the referendum was more important than a general election as he claims, he would be able to survive in Downing Street if he lost the vote.
“Our European supply chain has been fundamental in helping us to meet customer expectations worldwide and achieve sustainable, profitable growth”, Mr Gregor said.
David Cameron has no plans to meet Donald Trump during the U.S. presidential hopeful’s visit to the United Kingdom this week, Downing Street has said.
The Leave campaign has warned repeatedly that Turkey is on the brink of joining the EU.
“People who have made a decision to vote leave, obviously it’s a choice – it’s a referendum”.
But he said there was “no silver bullet” and that leaving the European Union and the single market was “not the right way to control immigration”. He criticised UKIP’s recent poster featuring a long queue of migrants, saying it had been an “attempt to frighten people” but said his side had highlighted “positive” message like a growing economy.
The PM acknowledged that many voters were confused and that he needed to make a better case for staying in the EU.
“I think he’s actually been pretty stunned by the strength of the “leave” cause”, said Cameron biographer James Hanning.
He said: “The single market isn’t a nirvana, it’s a mirage”. [Under Brexit] We’d be able to remove the external barriers, reduce the cost of clothing and footwear.
“We do face a risky and insecure world”.
However, Mr Cameron’s Question Time performance suggests the Remain camp will spend the final days of the campaign aggressively targeting its opponents.
Andrew Murrison, a Conservative lawmaker and former defence minister, said in a tweet that he later deleted: “Remain side spinning Jo Cox murder for partisan advantage in #EUReferendum shameful”.
Some “leave” campaigners expressed bemusement at her announcement, saying they hadn’t been aware she was a supporter of a United Kingdom exit in the first place.
Meanwhile, pro-EU politicians believe the rhetoric from the Brexit campaign has gone too far in whipping up anti-immigrant feeling.
The Remain campaign issued an immediate cross-party condemnation of the poster within minutes of its publication last Thursday morning and senior Leave campaigner Michael Gove led new criticism yesterday as he admitted it had made him “shudder”.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described it as “vile and racist”, while UK Chancellor George Osborne said it was “disgusting”.
“There have been moments – like the Nigel Farage poster – which were just wrong”.