The Prime Minister David Cameron was plotting the campaign to keep Britain within the European Union (EU) even as he was assuring his own MPs and the country that he would recommend a leave vote if it was in Britain’s interest, a leaked letter has revealed.
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“But let me say again, if we can’t secure these changes, I rule nothing out”.
About Cameron, he added: “I hope to have a good relationship with him”.
But Mr Cameron said it was clear “Leave” campaigners are now preparing for defeat, and vowed the June 23 poll will be a “once in a lifetime” event.
The Prime Minister said Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the growth of Islamist extremism in the Middle East showed it was not the time for Britain to quit the EU.
Trump also took on London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan for lambasting Trump’s remarks on Islam saying it plays “straight into the extremists’ hands and makes both our countries less safe”.
Questioned about Britain’s place in any queue under a Trump presidency in an interview with Piers Morgan, to be broadcast on ITV on Monday, he said: “I don’t want to say front or anything else”. Frankly, tell him I will remember those statements.
After Khan’s election, Trump had told the New York Times that he could make an exception for Khan, who is a Muslim, to visit the United States. Trump’s suggestion of a temporary Muslim ban led to a petition signed by half a million people demanding that Parliament hold a debate on whether he should be banned from the country. “I just think it’s very rude of him”, Trump responded when Morgan said Trump was “at war” with Khan.
“Number two, in terms of divisive, I don’t think I’m a divisive person”.
He said such a ban “hasn’t been called for yet” and was “only a suggestion”. “His little deal means nothing”. It said real GDP growth had slowed to 0.4% in Q1, from 0.6% in Q4 2015, while high-frequency data at the start of Q2 was bringing more evidence that activity remained sluggish, namely purchasing managers’ indices and commercial property volumes.
Finance minister George Osborne on Monday accused the Leave camp of indulging in conspiracy theories, insisting there was an “overwhelming consensus” among economists and world leaders that “Brexit”, or Britain leaving the European Union, would be bad for Britain.
Trump’s public, personal feud with Khan and Cameron is a troubling example of how the candidate might, if elected, interact with global politicians. “And to treat those who want to come out of the European Union as if they were underage minors who can be scared with some exaggeration, or some lie, this is nearly an offense”. And if we vote to leave, we leave, and that’s it.
“I mean, I’m going to treat everybody fairly but it wouldn’t make any difference to me whether they were in the European Union or not”, he said.
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A number of financial analysts, as well as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, have warned of a potential drop in foreign direct investment, or FDI, into the United Kingdom if the June 23 referendum results in a win for Brexit backers.
