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Cameron desperate to get ‘Remainers’ on board: Analyst

“It seems that David Cameron has been increasingly desperate to get the ‘Remainers’ on board, because obviously this is a career-breaking moment for him," journalist Hafsa Kara-Mustapha says.

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s opposition to Turkey joining the European Union  is a desperate move to get the “Remainers” -- those who want to remain in the EU -- on board, according to a British journalist and political commentator.

Hafsa Kara-Mustapha made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Sunday, after Cameron said on Sunday that he doubts Turkey will ever be able to join the EU, saying that the UK “has a veto on another country joining.”

"Turkey joining the EU is not remotely on the cards. At the current rate of progress it would be decades, literally decades, before this even had a prospect of happening. And even at that stage, we would be able to say no," he said.

Kara-Mustapha said, “It seems that David Cameron has been increasingly desperate to get the ‘Remainers’ on board, because obviously this is a career-breaking moment for him.”

“And the prospect for many Britons to see a Muslim majority country join the EU could actually tip the scale in favor of Brexit.  So he has been adamant that Turkey, which is obviously a Muslim majority country, will not be able to join the EU even though in the past Britain actually had been one of the most vocal supporters of Turkey joining or at the very least getting a special status in relation to the EU,” she added.

“So there’s a sort of undercurrent bigotry that has surfaced as part of the referendum campaign on the EU, primarily because those who are in favor of Brexit, or Britain leaving the EU, are using the specter of Turkey joining [the EU] as an element to instill fear among the British electorate, that a major Muslim majority country with a very large population could actually become part of the EU,” she stated.

“So we are seeing a sense of desperation coming from David Cameron,” Kara-Mustapha reiterated.

Cameron has already warned that leaving the EU would cost Britain billions of pounds and put its security at risk.

He contends that leaving the EU would have a “devastating impact” on future major road, rail and education projects.

The Bank of England had also said earlier that Brexit could push the world’s fifth largest economy into recession.

Opinion polls have indicated that UK voters believe staying in the EU would be best for Britain's economy, but that support for leaving and remaining still remains at a virtual tie.

Britons will vote on June 23 to decide on their country’s future in the European Union.


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