Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen,including Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on the EU referendumCorbyn’s EU speech - VerdictLunchtime summary 2.37pm BSTIt’s shocking that the Government has cynically buried its own report because it admits how much control we’ve handed to the EU. It makes clear that EU law and EU judges trump British law. The Charter of Fundamental Rights has been used by the EU to undermine our security and put up every day costs like insurance bills. On top of leaving EU judges in control of our borders, our economy and even those who can vote in our democracy, and we hand Brussels £350 million every week. It’s safer to seize back control on 23 June and spend our money on our priorities. 2.19pm BSTArron Banks,the Leave.
EU founder and a key figure in Grassroots Out (GO), has put out a statement saying he will not be going to court to challenge the decision not to make GO the lead Leave Organisation. He said:I acquire spent a lot of time and so much money, and alongside many others,over the past few months and years making certain this referendum happened, and more than anything we wanted to make certain it happened fairly. We acquire raised well over £9m and reached millions of people around this country.
What is clear now is that whether we were to pursue a judicial review, and according to legal experts,we would win. But this is a time to seize a step back from the matter, and after consulting with main campaigners on this issue, or including UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage – we acquire decided to show the public how this process was stitched up,but not to pursue the judicial review any further.
Vote leave document is full of lies and misrepresentations we will consult but expect judicial review .
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Source: theguardian.com