Lord Howard, who led the Tories between 2003 and 2005, had said that European Union leaders would have to think again about far-reaching reform in the immediate aftermath of an Out vote.
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“If my face no longer fits, my face no longer fits”. The bearishness this week has focused on the pound, with the euro still mainly influenced by the European Central Bank rather than a United Kingdom referendum, but euro volatility can be expected as we approach June too.
Mr Duncan Smith – a veteran of the rebellion against then premier John Major over the Maastricht Treaty – complained that ministers were undermining party unity by “briefing off” about the fate of colleagues.
In front of a host of Worcestershire MPs he said Mr Cameron should change his mind, insisting “one conversation with a BBC journalist” should not be allowed to bring his entire premiership to an early end. Ministers campaigning for withdrawal will not be given access to the papers.
The Mayor of London was criticised by David Cameron after appearing to publicly endorse a fresh national ballot when he declared his intention to break ranks and campaign for a “leave” vote.
The Chancellor hailed the unanimous agreement on the risk of Brexit after it was included in a communique after a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Shanghai, China.
For his part, George Osborne has recently joined the supporters of the UK’s staying in the EU. It’s simply not good enough to assert everything will be all right when jobs and our country’s future are at stake.
Great Britain’s relationship with the European Union was one of the issues in the country’s 2015 elections. “The safe choice is to vote Leave, and take back control”. “And it would be our children’s futures on the table if we were to roll the dice”, he concluded. Whilst already being hounded with statistics and counter-statistics (is this really only the first week?!) what we all want, and what the public deserve, is an informed and well-balanced debate to take place.
He said the SNP was “pushing its own agenda” because it had and would never accept the outcome of the 2014 vote to stay within the UK.
Later in a brief interview with the Evening Post he responded to a question about the implications for aerospace companies by adding: “I think the consequences (of pulling out) are the uncertainty”.
They can’t say how much of the £500 billion of trade the United Kingdom enjoys with European Union countries would be put at risk.
But he told The Times: “Out is out”. They can’t even agree amongst themselves what kind of trade arrangement they would want to negotiate. “But people I think should think about the arguments”, Johnson told the Telegraph. This is Britain. We have achieved great things and we will continue to achieve great things whether we are in the European Union or not.
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“I think we are better staying in”. Indeed, he knows what it would cost the country if it were to leave Europe and its Single Market, in both commercial and financial terms.
