If Britain voted to leave the bloc, it would lend support to such a movement and could lead to a decline in the EU’s power for integration. Their average excludes undecided voters.
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One of the leading pro-Brexit campaigners, UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, said that voters were putting “two fingers up” to establishment figures like Cameron.
“Nobody knows what these polls are saying”, Cameron admitted to the BBC, while stressing he was optimistic of victory.
Meanwhile, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told ITV television he was “pretty much” in favour of leaving the EU.
An online survey by Opinium for the Observer newspaper showed that 44 per cent support Britain remaining in the 28-nation bloc, up from 43 per cent a week ago.
The respondents also have wildly different perceptions of the financial benefits and costs of European Union membership.
But two surveys published on Saturday showed divergent results with one giving a two-point lead to supporters of Britain’s European Union membership and a second poll showing those in favour of Brexit were one point ahead. British citizens will vote in a referendum in 10 days and recent polls suggest a majority of people in favor of the exit.
However, the release of a new batch of polls have indicated that the Leave campaign has a lead over the Remain campaign of up to 19 points.
Asked if the government had got the campaign tone wrong by providing the public a barrage of statistics through leaflets and other media, Cameron said: “I totally accept that people are confused by having so many statistics and there is a lot of frustration because of that”. “All these exaggerated claims are turning people off”.
They argue EU freedom of movement rules give the United Kingdom little control over the numbers of unskilled Europeans who come to the country to work and want an Australian style immigration system put in place as soon as possible.
Farage said: “If the Leave side was to narrowly lose, the chances of parliament giving us another referendum in the short term is probably pretty slim, so I do view this as the one great opportunity”.
We’ve been told both by David Cameron and Labour’s Tom Watson that the triple-lock protection on state pensions would be threatened. He is to host the first global summit focused on curbing corruption.
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David Cameron has warned that if Britain leaves the European Union it could put the state pension at risk as the strain on public finances caused by a Brexit would mean cuts would have to be made to “things that people really value”.
