MPs, businessmen launch ‘Vote Leave’ campaign
A group of British lawmakers and business leaders have launched a campaign to encourage Britons to vote to quit the European Union.
The cross-party campaign dubbed “Vote Leave”, has been supported by political groups pushing for a British EU exit.
It includes lawmakers from Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party, the opposition Labour Party, as well as Ukip Party.
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has already announced that a referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union will be held by the end of 2017.
He has also promised to renegotiate Britain's relations with the 28-member bloc.
‘A lot of debate’
Meanwhile, a London-based political commentator believes that there will be much debate on the issue of British EU exit in coming months.
“When it comes to the question of Europe, we are seeing a lot of issues about the British economy. Could it cross outside Europe or not? And that is what is going to sway the election… There is going to be a lot of debate about this,” Chris Bambery told Press TV’s UK Desk on Friday.
Brexit gaining momentum
Meanwhile a recently-launched survey by pollster ICM shows that 44% of British voters would choose to remain a member of the EU if the referendum was held now.
However, when asked how they would vote if talks between the UK and EU to end supremacy of EU law in the UK fail, 43% of the respondents said they would vote to withdraw from the 28-member bloc.
Polls suggest that majority of the UK’s biggest businesses back remaining a member of the EU.
However, Vote Leave says it has signed up many business leaders including billionaire hedge fund manager Crispin Odey, entrepreneur and investor Luke Johnson and Chief Executive of Numis Securities Oliver Hemsley.
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