“…yesterday saw the threat of an emergency budget – which was nothing more than ludicrous scaremongering born of desperation. No responsible Chancellor would seriously propose any such thing. So we are coming together – two former chancellors, and two former Conservative party leaders – to look at the facts, and show that the claims of the Remain side are wholly without foundation.” – Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Howard, Nigel Lawson, and Norman Lamont, Daily Telegraph
>Today: ToryDiary: If the Chancellor really wants to “get stuck in”, why won’t he face the ex-Mayor in the TV debates?
>Yesterday:
“David Cameron will want to move fast to re-launch his premiership and start to heal his fractured party if Britain votes to remain… His room for manoeuvre will be wholly dependent on the margin of any Remain victory and the extent to which he is given the credit for securing it.” – The Times (£)
Remain:
Economy:
>Today: Garvan Walshe’s column: Vote Remain, or risk turning Britain into Argentina
“Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have challenged David Cameron to “guarantee” that Turkey will never join the European Union by pledging to use the UK’s veto to block it. In an extraordinary challenge to the Prime Minister’s authority, the two leaders of the Leave campaign have written to Mr Cameron and demanded he commit to using the British veto, halting accession talks and preventing Turkish citizens getting visa-free travel rights.” – Daily Telegraph
Comment:
Editorials:
>Today:
>Yesterday: Video: WATCH: Britain’s song is not yet sung, says Daniel Hannan
“Mrs May told the BBC that she “completely understands” public concern about the European Union and said that the Government should look at “further reform in the future”… Her intervention came just hours after George Osborne, the Chancellor, insisted that he Government is not considering plans to further restrict freedom of movement.” – Daily Telegraph
“I have no doubt that the arguments stack up in favour of remaining. That is why I have argued for it so vigorously. People have said to me: why can’t you make the argument in a more nuanced way? There is a problem with that: I do not believe it is nuanced. I think it is straightforward: that Britain will be stronger if we vote to remain, and that a vote to leave is loaded with risk.” – The Times (£)
Editorial:
>Yesterday: ToryDiary: PMQs sketch: Cameron suggest his opponents are a bunch of reckless adventurers
“David Cameron was yesterday accused of ‘demeaning’ the sacrifice of war heroes as their widows wept outside Parliament because their pensions were taken from them. War widows said they had had been left with ‘no honour’ after the Ministry of Defence stripped them of as much as £10,000 a year after they remarried.” – Daily Mail
“A nationalist MP whose property dealings are at the centre of a police investigation should step down from a Commons inquiry into the collapse of BHS, a former Westminster sleaze watchdog has said. Sir Alistair Graham, the ex-chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said Michelle Thomson should withdraw from the investigation into the high street retailer as MPs had to be on the “high moral ground” regarding business practices.” – Daily Telegraph
“Rival flotillas headed by Nigel Farage and Sir Bob Geldof clashed on the Thames today with the rock star facing criticism for yelling insults and making obscene gestures. In the most bizarre scenes of the EU referendum so far, the Ukip leader took to the waves with dozens of fishing boats as he urged a vote to cut ties with Brussels next week. But they were greeted by boats carrying Remain supporters including the rock star, and loud speakers blasting out the song ‘In With the In Crowd’.” – Daily Mail