It’s already been a week of ups and downs for sterling, which tumbled to a two-month low on Thursday after the Bank of England warned about a “sharp” drop on a Brexit and five polls in 24 hours put the “Leave” camp ahead.
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Polling expert John Curtice said the race was now too close to call.
Britain’s sterling currency fell from $1.4202 to $1.4125 just after the poll was published and is trading at $1.4160, down 0.25 per cent on the day. 21% of respondents admitted they were unsure of the impact that leaving would have on the wider economy, while 17% of vehicle dealers’ sales staff are still undecided as to which way they will vote.
I am voting to remain for a variety of reasons, not least of all the air that I breathe and the water I drink, both improved and safeguarded by European cooperation. Yields on 10-year United Kingdom government bonds tumbled to a record on Thursday, along with those on Japanese debt, while German yields with maturities of as long as 10 years also fell to the lowest ever. “Brexit, inadvertently would impact the financial services industry, the extent of which will depend on the arrangements agreed upon during the transition period and the specifics of the trade agreement“, he said in an opinion column. “On the economy, there is a warning but no optimism”.
Those campaigning for Britain to stay in the European Union say it gets a big boost from membership – it makes selling things to other European Union countries easier and, they argue, the flow of immigrants, most of whom are young and keen to work, fuels economic growth and helps pay for public services. Some 70 percent consider it a falsehood, according to the Evening Standard.
It is a phrase that seems tailor-made for the European Union referendum debate over the economy, which has seen both sides regularly conjuring up figures claiming Britain has either benefited or lost out to the tune of “X” hundreds of millions due to its membership of the bloc.
Mr Gates, who founded Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – a philanthropic organisation – also said Britain’s European Union membership and access to the single market played a role in the decision to place the company’s research facilities in Cambridge.
“Immigration has become the argument, with the economy, Remain’s strongest card, becoming less relevant in the last month”.
Between April and June support for the European Union had decreased by 13 percentage points with voters moving to both Leave and undecided.
Johnson is, after all, a member of the same political party as the sitting prime minister, David Cameron, who is is leading the campaign to stay in the EU.
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Channel 4 News quoted Cox’s office as saying the pro-EU member of Parliament had been shot and stabbed.
