LONDON (AP) Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday accused those backing a British exit from the European Union of lying to voters and insisted he is not anxious that the “remain” side is losing ground in the battle for votes.
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Warts and all, Cameron argued in a nationally televised appearance, in which he was sharply questioned by voters, life in the European Union is better than the alternative: a leap into the unknown with a British exit, known as Brexit.
As hundreds of thousands of people rushed to register for the June 23 referendum ahead of a midnight deadline, Cameron urged the public: “Don’t make this choice on the basis of false information”.
Prime Minister David Cameron will seek to regain the momentum in his campaign against a Brexit in a prime time appearance on Tuesday, as young people rush to register to vote ahead of a midnight deadline. “It’s irresponsible and it’s wrong and it’s time that the Leave campaign was called out on the nonsense that they are peddling”.
Cameron said leaving the European Union would “put a bomb under our economy”.
He said their claims that Britain would suffer few economic ill effects from leaving were contradicted by “every credible economic organization”.
“Add those things together – the shock impact, the uncertainty impact, the trade impact – and you put a bomb under our economy”, he said”.
One upside for Germany, although not necessarily something “to cheer about”, he said, is that Frankfurt might absorb some of the financial services business that many experts expect would flee London in the event of Brexit.
Mr Cameron said he was “proud” to stand alongside Labour’s Harriet Harman, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron and Green leader Natalie Bennett at The Oval in south London in “an unprecedented show of cross-party unity” in support of continued United Kingdom membership of the EU.
David Cameron will go before the cameras alongside UKIP leader Nigel Farage as they face questions from the audience.
The general secretaries of Unite, Unison and the GMB were among 10 union leaders who wrote a letter to The Guardian newspaper claiming that parental leave and holiday rights would be under threat without EU protection.
Brexit would be “better for black people” seeking to come to Britain, Mr Farage said as he complained the Leave campaign was being falsely “demonised” as racist.
But Mr Cameron has refused to hold head-to-head debates with Brexit campaigners, leading Vote Leave to throw down the gauntlet to Mr Cameron earlier.
Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at Oanda, warned more currency volatility is likely over the coming weeks.
Mr Raab said: “Free movement of people allows unelected judges in the rogue European Court to decide who we can and can’t deport”. The vote’s outcome is highly uncertain, with global risk assets vulnerable under a British-exit scenario.
“This puts British families at risk”, said junior justice minister Dominic Raab.
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“I’m not inclined to listen to the voices of those who talk this country down or run it down”.
