Politicians make final appeals in EU vote campaigning

Britain entered the final day of campaigning before its referendum on European Union membership with opinion polls and financial markets at odds about the outcome.

The referendum was scheduled after UK Prime Minister David Cameron and the leaders of the 27 other European Union member states agreed in February to grant the United Kingdom a special status within the bloc.

Soros, who made a fortune by betting against the pound in the so-called Black Wednesday of September 1992, said rejecting the European Union would deliver a financial shock. “It’s the largest single market in the world”, he said.

Pushing for a British exit, or Brexit, the most notable figure on the “leave” side, former London Mayor Boris Johnson, mugged for the cameras at the Billingsgate Fish Market in East London and pretended to kiss a fish – a not-so-subtle reminder that this is an island nation that takes great pride in its independence and self-assurance. Those campaigning to leave say the European Union has evolved into an undemocratic and oppressive entity far removed from its original objective as a trading bloc that Britain originally joined in 1973.

Johnson then took to a helicopter to crisscross the country.

At a speech in Bristol, Cameron urged voters to “please give it everything you’ve got in these last few hours”. Go out and vote “remain”. “That is a huge risk to Britain, to British families, to British jobs”, he said.

But there are big newspapers in the remain camp too, including the London Evening Standard and the Daily Mirror.

James Bond actor Daniel Craig posted an image on Instagram of himself wearing a shirt that said: “No man is an island”. No country by itself.

The world is watching the build-up to the June 23 Brexit referendum.

In Europe, the referendum has raised concerns of a domino-effect ripple of exit votes that would imperil the integrity of the bloc, which was born out of a determination to force peace on the continent after two world wars.

Britain’s most popular newspapers are urging United Kingdom readers to vote to leave the European Union in Thursday’s historic referendum. Publishing exit polls prior to the end of voting at 10 p.m. (2100 GMT, 5 p.m. EDT) is, however, a criminal offense.

Trump has scheduled a trip to Scotland to attend the ceremonial re-opening of his golf course at Turnberry on Friday, the same day the Brexit results are expected.

After a bruising campaign with both sides guilty of making misleading claims, and which saw a surge in support for the “Leave” campaign in recent weeks, opinion polls now suggest the two sides are very close, with “Remain” scoring a marginal edge. Both the U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) and Cameron’s own Conservative Party have pushed for the vote. But pressure on the voters is much more immediate; they’ll have to make up their minds before heading to the polls this week.

The latest surveys were mostly conducted after the brutal murder of Jo Cox, a 41-year-old Labour lawmaker who yhad campaigned to remain in the European Union and was shot and stabbed in her northern English constituency on June 16.

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

In an interview with the Financial Times, he predicted a “Remain dividend” for the economy if Britain stays, with businesses choosing to invest and create jobs after the vote.