The referendum to decide whether Britain will remain in the European Union or leave will be held on Thursday. “I think we are a better place for being European, and staying with our European partners and allies”. “The underlying sentiment towards gold is very positive at the moment as the uncertainty around Brexit is forcing investors to look for safe haven assets”. But the implied probability of a “Remain” vote in the vote rose to 65 percent on Friday after falling as low as 60 percent early on on Thursday, according to Betfair odds.
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Meanwhile, in a letter seen by The Independent, Unilever – along with Airbus and General Electric – have accused the Vote Leave campaign of being “highly misleading to British voters” after it used their company logos on a taxpayer-funded leaflet.
It also marks a major turnaround since a May poll by Ipsos MORI, which found 37 per cent wanted to leave against 55 per cent who wanted to stay. They also want Britain to take back full control of its borders and reduce the number of people coming here to live and/or work.
Asian and European markets sank on Thursday following a warning by US Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen that a Brexit could have consequences for global financial markets and the US economic outlook. Sterling has also fallen, British government bond yields have been pushed to record lows and billions of dollars have been wiped off global stocks.
The free movement of European Union citizens into Britain, which Out campaigners have cited as the most serious problem with European Union membership, has eclipsed concerns about the negative economic impact from Brexit, which In campaigners regard as their top argument, according to the poll.
Speaking during a visit to Helsinki, Tusk said he had discussed the issue with Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila and “first of all, we have to guarantee a proper procedure if the result is negative”.
In the automotive industry, an European Union exit could create opportunities for UK-based carmakers, but supply chains would experience disruption and sales would fall in line with the economy.
News UK had been engulfed in accusations of irresponsible reporting before, when The Sun told its readers that Liverpool fans had thieved and urinated on victims of the Hillsborough stadium disaster in Sheffield in 1989 – with the effect that the paper is boycotted by many Liverpudlians to this day, vindicated by the recent ruling that police were largely at fault for the event and the headline was completely false.
And in a poll by Survation and IG, the Leave camp has increased its lead by seven points, from 38 per cent, and Remain fell by two points to 42 per cent.
“But the Remain camp is finding it much harder to convince people that their core economic messages, both on the risks of Brexit and the benefits of staying, is going to have a personal impact on their lives”.
New polling from Ipsos MORI has shown a 10 percentage-point swing from Remain to Leave over the last month (albeit, part of this is explained by a tweak to their methodology). “Twenty percent of voters may change their minds, giving hope to both sides, although often undecideds (traditionally) don’t bother to vote”.
The ministers meeting in Luxembourg for regular talks did not formally discuss what may happen in the event of a British vote to leave the European Union in the 23 June vote, but they looked at how the euro zone should strengthen its cooperation. See PA story POLITICS EU.
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Despite a series of forecasts that the euro zone would collapse during the Greek debt crisis, it has endured.
