Leaders scramble in day before EU referendum

A victory for the Leave vote could unleash chaos on financial markets.

“It’s very close; nobody knows what’s going to happen”, Cameron told Wednesday’s Financial Times.

An average of polls compiled this week by What UK Thinks showed the “remain” camp with a razor-thin lead – 51 percent versus 49 percent for “leave” among those who have decided. European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker warned there would be no further renegotiation whatever the result on Thursday.

The poll said economic benefits were cited as the major factor for those wanting to remain with the EU.

Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize victor Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by Taliban extremists for advocating education for girls, told the crowd: “I’m here today as a living proof that they can’t win with bullets”.

The European Union referendum takes place on Thursday (UK time).

But he pointed to the “mess” of Europe’s migration crisis, a lightning-rod issue that Trump routinely brings up along with United States immigration policy at his campaign rallies.

Boris Johnson, London’s former mayor, a member of the Conservative Party, and a leading proponent of the campaign to leave the European Union, clashed with his successor Sadiq Khan, a member of the Labour Party, over the economy, immigration, and Britain’s role on the worldwide stage.

The four-month campaign is reaching a climax with last-minute appeals to undecided voters from both sides.

The Remain campaign said the letter showed “unprecedented” support from across business and finance.

Equities fell for a second straight session on Wednesday as the BSE Sensex tumbled by 47 points despite a positive start, as investors remained on the sidelines, a day ahead of “Brexit” vote.

In his final campaign speech, the Ukip leader Nigel Farage said: “Let’s stop pretending what this European project is – they have an anthem, they are building an army, they have already got their own police force, and of course they have got a flag”.

YouGov will also release a so-called “re-contact survey” where it polls people on how they voted once polls close.

The broad spread of numbers means at least one – or possibly several – pollsters will have got the result significantly wrong once they become known in the early hours of Friday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also weighed in on the issue Wednesday, saying he hoped to see voters choose to keep Britain in the EU.

In a campaign marked by warnings of economic devastation if Britain leaves and of uncontrolled immigration if it stays in the European Union, polls have painted a contradictory picture of public opinion in a deeply divided nation. Some published since Cox’s murder suggested a slight lead for “Remain”, though often within the margin of error.

Election experts say turnout will be crucial because of a gulf between generations.

Its bigger rival, The Sun, came out last week calling on people to back Brexit. Supporters say being part of the 28-nation bloc gives them many more options and makes it easy for them to live and work in other countries. Khan, along with Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, and Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, characterized exiting the EU as a gamble that could have grave economic and rights implications.

British voters head to the polls on Thursday to decide if the country should stay in the European Union or leave it. In a statement, it said some 80 percent of the 1 million pounds placed during and after a BBC debate on the issue Tuesday were for “remain”. Foreign exchange bureau companies said there had been a surge in demand for euros and dollars in local branches and online this week.