Former Labour leader Ed Miliband urged Labour voters to avoid the temptation to use the referendum to punish Mr Cameron.
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Ms Rudd wound up the debate with an attack on Mr Johnson’s suitability for the Tory leadership.
She went further, claiming that the former London Mayor was not interested in protecting people’s jobs but only interested in getting David Cameron’s.
Ms Eagle appealed to Labour supporters not to use the referendum to give the Conservatives a “bloody nose”.
The Scottish First Minister has previously described the campaign as “miserable, negative and fear-based”.
“It is about the future of our country and the Labour Party believes passionately that our future lies in Europe”, she said. “But I also want the United Kingdom and Scotland to stay part of the EU”.
Scotland’s governing secessionist Scottish National Party has said Britain voting to leave the European Union, while a majority of Scots voted to stay in, would trigger a second referendum on independence.
They warned that “Brexit” could “jeopardise the unity” of the United Kingdom, lead to another referendum of Scotland’s future and threaten Northern Ireland’s hard-won truce.
“We need to take control of our borders and our money”. “The noble idea dreamt up in the last century is turning into a nightmare”.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was joined by United Kingdom energy secretary Amber Rudd and shadow business secretary Angela Eagle to make the case for Remain.
Nicola Sturgeon spoke openly about the economy: “If we’re not in the single market, it is harder for companies to export due to their goods and services get more expensive, and imports coming here get more expensive, which puts prices up as well”.
“If I want expertise from Boris on a good joke, I’ll ask you”, she said.
“The stakes are too high”.
“You’ve emblazoned it on your bus and you’ve refused to take it back”.
“People like Boris Johnson and Michael Gove might be able to afford that risk – but millions of working people across our country simply can’t”.
She also pledged to “continue to build the case for Scotland to become independent” – insisting this is “a position backed by a majority of MSPs in this chamber” as six Green MSPs are also in favour of taking Scotland out of the UK.
Ed Miliband also today took aim at Johnson, saying his and other Brexiteers’ vision for the United Kingdom represents a “triple threat” to working people.
And he rejected the warnings of the Remain camp – including former prime ministers Sir John Major and Tony Blair who combined earlier in the day to say Brexit would risk the Northern Ireland peace process and the unity of the UK. “To those who would say they’d like to see David Cameron to lose his job – so do I – but not through a Brexit”, he said.
She added that immigrants are net contributors to the economy, saying: “The economy would suffer if we pulled up the drawbridge and stopped people coming in”. “There’s 2m British overseas but we don’t call them migrants we call them expats”.
Eagle went on the offensive against Johnson throughout the two-hour showdown, which was televised live in prime-time. “Don’t fall for it”.
“Let’s be optimistic, let’s be confident in our ability to project our values in Europe and the world”, said Ms Eagle.
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Vote Leave chair and Labour MP Gisela Stuart denounced the awards as a “shabby stitch-up” and accused the Prime Minister of stooping to “a new low” in his drive to secure a Remain vote in the June 23 referendum.
