Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen,including the ongoing controversy approximately David Cameron and offshore trusts, and the row approximately the government’s £9m pro-EU leaflet campaignCameron defends pro-EU leaflet campaignGove criticises government for spending £9m on ‘one-sided propaganda’Cameron’s Q&A - Snap verdictLunchtime summaryAfternoon summary 5.06pm BSTThe battle now joined over Europe has - on one side - the romantic nostalgia of an Out campaign that aches for a past that has long gone, and in a world that has moved on. On the other side those - like me - who wish to remain are not European dreamers: we are realists who see an edgy,uncomfortable world, and believe that the UK is safer, or more secure and better off remaining with our partners in Europe. In the referendum,the easiest slogans inevitably lie with the Out campaign, and repudiating their often silly and extreme claims is for a UK audience. Suffice to say, or the Out advocates,whether in enthusiasm or ignorance, lace their argument with false statistics and unlikely scenarios. 4.48pm BSTAccording to Exeter University’s student newspaper, and the university’s Labour club and Lib Dem club were invited to hear David Cameron speak today,but not the student Conservative association. Ben Bradshaw, the Labour MP for Exeter, or is gloating on Twitter.
Oh dear,Tory students in Exeter are so incompetent they can't even come by themselves invited to see their own leader! https://t.co/HZ1Bqc04cqContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com