David Cameron: Migrant crisis could force Brexit as voters say 'get me out of here'

[barryqwalsh]

The migrant crisis could push Britain out of Europe as it makes voters think “get me out of here”, David Cameron has warned.

As the number of people claiming asylum in the EU topped one million for the first time, the Prime Minister said that the “short term reaction” to the flood of migrants entering Europe will be to consider voting for “Brexit”.

However, he said that in the “longer term” it will lead to European leaders realising that they will have to give Mr Cameron the reforms he is demanding as part of his renegotiation with Brussels.

David Cameron: Migrant crisis could force Brexit as voters say 'get me out of here'

 

[barryqwalsh]

An overwhelmed Berlin struggles to accommodate so many refugees

An overwhelmed Berlin struggles to accommodate so many refugees

 

[The Great Goose]

The OP is lying.

 

[waltky]

Why Britain wants to leave the EU...

Why Britain Is Edging Toward ‘Brexit’
JUNE 7, 2016 - It may now be time to seriously consider what would happen if Britain left the European Union.

For months, opinion polls indicated that Britons would vote on June 23 to remain within the 28-nation union. But recent polls have shown a lead for the “leave” camp, including one that puts it five percentage points ahead. “Brexit,” as Britain’s potential exit from the European Union is known, would be a big deal. It could batter global markets, weigh on economic growth, alter the balance of power in Europe, and affect the United States’ relations with the Continent. President Obama took it upon himself to urge Britain to stay within the union. Just as it would be a mistake to read much into a few polls, the recent move toward Brexit should not be dismissed out of hand.

First off, the polls may be more accurate than their critics give them credit for. Britain’s pollsters came in for derision after the country’s general election just over a year ago. Polls before that vote overwhelmingly forecast a too-close-to-call race between the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. After a solid Conservative victory, an independent commission found that the 2015 polls were probably the most inaccurate since polling began in 1945. The main cause, said the commission, was that the polls used samples of people that underrepresented Conservative voters, people who now are more likely to favor leaving the European Union. The polling companies have attempted to fix such flaws, and they performed quite well in recent contests, including the vote for London’s mayor.

True, the betting markets are predicting that there is a 72 percent chance that Britain will vote to stay in. But bettors seem less sure after the recent polls. Even though the markets also failed to predict the Conservative victory last year, there are good reasons to think that the betting markets have the Brexit decision right. Polls take a snapshot of what a sample of people think at one time. Bettors can look at the polls and also take into account other factors that can influence an election, like the strength of a campaign and the future of the economy. Sometimes, just one issue can have a big influence on an election. Immigration may turn out to be that issue for the Brexit vote.

The “leave” campaign’s recent surge in the polls appears to have been prompted by the release of new numbers on net migration into Britain. The latest figures showed a net inflow of 333,000 people in 2015. The numbers had been riding high for months, so it was hardly a surprise. But those in favor of leaving have brandished the figure to try to damage the standing of Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron, who wants Britain to remain in the European Union. His opponents pointed out that he had said he was aiming for migration numbers that were far lower.

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Don't sit on the sidelines over EU, PM urges
7 June 2016 - David Cameron has urged voters not to "sit on the sidelines" and to back his call for a vote to stay in the EU. The PM claimed "complete untruths" were coming from the Leave side and said he was "not at all" worried about losing the 23 June referendum.

At a hastily-arranged press conference, he urged young people to register to vote before midnight's deadline. Vote Leave said the PM was in a "blind panic" and "too chicken" to debate against them head-to-head. Mr Cameron said he had decided to call the press conference after watching the news on Monday night, saying the contrast between the two sides in the debate "came over me". Without naming Justice Secretary Michael Gove - who said on Friday the British people had "had enough of experts" warning against Brexit - he said the comment showed "complacency and nonchalance".

'Flagging' campaign

The PM said the Remain campaign was backed by "credible independent experts", hailing warnings against an EU exit from Japanese multinational Hitachi and the chairwoman of the US Federal Reserve. The PM launched a fierce attack on Vote Leave, which is spearheaded by senior Conservatives including some of his cabinet colleagues, accusing them of "telling complete untruths to the British people" including claiming the UK's rebate was at risk and that it would be liable to contribute to future EU bailouts. He said the voter registration deadline marked a "vital moment" in the campaign, saying the outcome would "alter the destiny of our country forever", adding: "So I say to everyone - especially young people in our country who this will affect most of all - don't sit it out on the sidelines."Don't let someone else make this decision for you."

Vote Leave responded by saying the PM was panicking over his "flagging" campaign, dismissing his reassurances on bailouts and the rebate and claiming his renegotiation was a "failure". UKIP MP Douglas Carswell said: "The In campaign is in a blind panic. David Cameron's renegotiation was a failure -no-one believes he got a deal worth the paper it was written on. "Now people are rejecting his campaign of fear. The prime minister says we need a proper debate about the facts but he is too chicken to take on anyone from the Vote Leave campaign head-to-head." The PM's press conference comes after Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen said a UK vote to leave the EU could have "significant economic repercussions" for the US and that Brexit was one factor that the US central bank would consider when deciding whether to raise interest rates.

In a speech on Monday, Ms Yellen stressed that investors' "appetite for risk" could change quickly and that a UK exit from the EU would be likely to affect market sentiment. Her remarks echo comments from other economists about the impact of a Brexit on the US economy. Meanwhile, writing in the Mirror, Hitachi's chairman said the "cold economic reality" was that Brexit would lead to uncertainty and extra costs for business. Hiroaki Nakanishi suggested Japan had invested heavily in the UK on the basis that its firms were "treated as European". Hitachi is the latest foreign investor in the UK to warn of the consequences of a vote to leave in the referendum on 23 June. Last week US investment bank JP Morgan Chase said it could cut up to 4,000 jobs in the event of an EU exit. Mr Nakanishi said his firm, whose European headquarters is located in Berkshire, had invested £1bn in the UK energy and rail sectors in recent years. He said it was in the process of recruiting 730 new workers to build the next generation of high-speed inter-city trains. But if the UK was to leave the EU, he said the future investment case would look "very different".

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[anotherlife]

Propaganda full swing. Also, the other day, in a British news paper, they featured an Italian criminal who was in a British prison, to push their anti Europe agenda. The circus is on and the madness is rabied. This is how rats are controlled.

 

[MarathonMike]

While the refugee crisis is dragging down the EU, the Gulf Arab States continue their blockade, taking ZERO Muslim migrants. What's wrong with this picture?

 

[Unkotare]

The migrant crisis could push Britain out of Europe as it makes voters think “get me out of here”, David Cameron has warned.

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[MaryL]

Unokatre, you are cute when you are mad, pissed off when somebody pushes your buttons. Which is often.The Brexit thing surprised me, I thought England was so brainwashed with the politically correct thing and they would roll over. No, that was a major surprise. And it it all seems to hinge on immigration, funny that.