Britain’s main left-of-center newspaper backed Britain remaining in the European Union, telling its readers that they should “keep connected and inclusive, not angry and isolated”.
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Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech on upcoming referendum on Britain’s European Union membership at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain on June 21, 2016.
Soros, who made a fortune by betting against the pound in the so-called Black Wednesday of September 1992, said rejecting the European Union would deliver a financial shock. The U.K.is the world’s fifth-largest economy and many businesses use it as a jumping-off point to the Europeanwide market.
Last week, gambling bookmaker Skybet gave almost even odds that Britain would leave the E.U. Now most companies are giving 3-1 odds against “Leave”.
Sidewalk memorials have gone up throughout Britain in honor of lawmaker Jo Cox, whose murder last week allegedly by a far right extremist with mental problems has been followed by a jump in support for remaining in the EU.
Johnson, the former mayor of London, urged people to “believe in our country” and seize the moment.
“It will just be you in that polling booth”, he said addressing older voters who tomorrow were deemed more likely to attend the booths. “The vote must be “Remain”,” the paper said. No sovereign nation ever has.
Dozens of leading figures from Britain’s security, economic and even cultural elite added their voices Thursday to the “remain” camp.
James Bond actor Daniel Craig posted an image on Instagram of himself wearing a shirt that said: “No man is an island”. No country by itself.
Boris Johnson, Gisela Stuart and Andrea Leadsom take part in The Great Debate on the EU Referendum at Wembley in London on June 21, 2016. In October 2011, Conservatives stage a rebellion against their leader over Europe: more than 80 Conservative MPs vote in favor of a motion calling for a referendum.
French President Francois Hollande reiterated comments made by Cameron this week that a vote to go would be “irreversible” and European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, who leads the bloc’s executive arm, said “out was out” and there would be “no kind of renegotiation for Britain”. Publishing exit polls prior to the end of voting at 10 p.m. (2100 GMT, 5 p.m. EDT) is, however, a criminal offense.
Results are being declared on a local authority level way into the small hours of Friday morning. Much of the debate has focused on whether Britain’s economy and ability to control immigration would fare better outside the political alliance formed in the wake of World War II.
Rival camps meet for a final television debate later in the day featuring anti-EU UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage and former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond for “Remain”.
We will be able to see how Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Anglesey and Wrexham voted as the results come in.
Voters are asked to answer one question: “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”
Another poll by YouGov for The Times newspaper, published late Monday, showed 42% would vote to stay and 44% would vote to go. The rest were undecided. Bookmakers have shortened their odds on a vote to stay.
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Nearly 46.5m people are registered to vote at the referendum on our future membership of the European Union, including 2.2m in Wales, according to provisional figures from the Electoral Commission.
