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The question is whether Brexit is needed to kick-start it Remember the government’s EU renegotiation? It was a big deal back in February when it was agreed after a marathon European Council summit and has been little heard of since. True, the five points do briefly appear in the government’s referendum leaflet but hardly any of the campaigning for or against membership has bothered to reference them. They are now essentially an irrelevance. To the extent that they are brought…

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New ComRes/Mail phone poll has REMAIN 11% on its standard methodology but 16% with its turnout model pic.twitter.com/pxEeC9oW8K — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 20, 2016 ComRes’s “turnout model” makes the REMAIN lead 16% In terms of polling it’s been a devastating day for those wanting the UK out of the EU and the worst survey of all for them has just been published in the Mail. On standard methodology REMAIN is 11% ahead but when its new “turnout model” is…

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Alastair Meeks has doubts about the BREXIT campaign approach Brexiteers have shown themselves to be very angry about many things.  These things include, but are not confined to, the conduct of the referendum campaign itself.  Their complaints are many and various but three in particular stand out: first, the In campaign is almost exclusively trying to scare floating voters into the status quo (“Project Fear” as it is often called); secondly, the Prime Minister has loaded the deck against them…

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Vote Leave spokesmen confirm stance: free trade with no free movement, no budget contributions and no supremacy of EU law. — George Eaton (@georgeeaton) April 19, 2016 This is like the man who divorces his wife & still expects dinner & a blowjob from her every night after the divorce https://t.co/JukIWSL6pI — TSE (@TSEofPB) April 19, 2016