Writing in the Daily Telegraph, she praised David Cameron for his “energy, drive and charm” in negotiating with European Union leaders but added: ‘That the deal offered falls so far short of what was wanted is not the Prime Minister’s failure.
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However critics have warned that it will have little effect because it is tapered, meaning that migrants gradually gain more access to Britain’s benefits system the longer they stay in the UK.
“Out is out”, he said.
But on Saturday, Mr Johnson said in the Times: “What I want is to get out and then negotiate a series of trade arrangements around the world”.
I also think that the European Union has escalated into something that was never originally intended when people first voted to join the European Economic Community.
Mr Cameron visited the London headquarters of the Britain Stronger In Europe campaign before heading to Wales on the latest of his regional visits to promote the Remain message, which will take him to Northern Ireland on Saturday and Scotland next week.
The Prime Minister will repeat his “better together” mantra during a campaign trip to Cardiff today, firing off several statistics to underline his argument that the United Kingdom is “better off” in the EU.
But Lord Howard suggested a pause of up to a month for European Union leaders to come back with a better deal for Britain.
‘There is just one thing that just might shake Europe’s leaders out of their complacency: the shock of a vote by the British people to leave’.
The UK Cabinet is split over the issue with 17 members in favour of staying in the European Union and five wanting to leave. “People really need to understand it is a single decision, it is a final decision, and there are only two choices”.
Howard told the BBC this morning that this is the wrong approach. “There are a number of countries in it that will not be able to be sustained in it.’ The language in the EU-Ukraine agreement was “inflammatory” and ‘very foolish”.
“What I am seeing is a glorified cockfight”, said Verhofstadt, claiming that Britain is disregarding the common European good to focus on domestic concerns.
Britain is to call on G20 finance ministers gathering in China for the two-day meeting to highlight dangers posed if the country left EU.
Speaking to Sky’s Adam Boulton, for Sky News Tonight, Lord Howard said the decision to argue against Mr Cameron was not easy. “I don’t see why everyone seems to think this is about the leadership of the Conservative Party”.
Perhaps Americans can find comfort in knowing they’re not the only ones.
“He should stop shaking it all about and make his mind up”.
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In a patent dig at his boss, he observes: “I know there are people who think sovereignty is more important than public safety” before concluding that “leaving the European Union… would put us…at risk by breaking those relationships that keep us safe: the intelligence-sharing and global co-operation that our law enforcement agencies rely on”.
