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New EU poll puts Brexit backers in the lead despite Obama scaremongering
THE campaign for Britain to cut ties with Brussels has edged into a two-point lead in the EU referendum battle, a dramatic opinion poll has revealed. Pollsters ICM found that 46 per cent of those quizzed want the UK to leave while 44 per cent want to stay. The result suggests that Barack Obama’s call for the UK to stay in...
Taxpayers hit with £650 MILLION in fines by EU
AT least £650million of British taxpayers’ cash has been handed to Brussels in fines for misspending European Union grants. Last night MPs warned that ministers have only just woken up to the scandal. Civil servants had made the problem worse by complicating bureaucratic EU schemes for areas like farm subsidies...
EU is a ‘fascist, communist dictatorship!’ Who is the latest personality to back a Brexit?
TEAM Brexit is made up of an eclectic mix of personalities but the latest figure backing the anti-EU campaign may be the biggest surprise of them all. This out fan is one of the world's most well-known conspiracy theorists. David Icke, the former goalkeeper turned BBC Grandstand presenter who famously declared himself the...
Migrant crisis: Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey to promote deal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials are due to visit the Turkish-Syrian border to promote a controversial month-old migrant deal. The visit comes amid questions over the legality of the EU-Turkey pact, which deports back to Turkey migrants who do not qualify for asylum in Greece. Human rights groups say Turkey...
Barack Obama urges Britons to STICK with the EU despite calls for him to ‘BUTT OUT’
BARACK Obama is set to announce his support for Britain staying in the European Union when he arrives in this week. The White House has suggested the President will set out his support for David Cameron’s ‘In’ campaign. The pair will hold a joint press conference on Friday where Mr Obama is expected to give...
REVEALED: Britain is MOST IGNORED country in EU over Brussels’ laws, new study finds
BRITAIN’s lack of influence over Brussels laws has been laid bare after a new report revealed the UK is the most outvoted country in the EU. A study of voting records in the EU Council, made up of Government ministers from each member state, since 2004 has revealed Britain is increasingly on the losing side when it comes...
Horror as Turkish is made an ‘official EU language’ before ANY voters support membership
TURKISH is to become an official language of the European Union, as the Islamic nation draws closer to being admitted as a fully-fledged EU member. Not a single voter from the EU's 28 member states — which have a total population of 508 million — has yet to vote in favour of Turkish membership. But MEPs voted...
EU Big Five launch tax crackdown
The five largest economies in the European Union have agreed to share information on secret owners of businesses and trusts. It is a concerted attempt to show their leaders are responding to public concern over the Panama Papers leak. The UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain have agreed to the data exchange. Treasury officials...
Migrant crisis: EU says numbers in Libya are alarming
Donald Tusk told MEPs that it would not be possible to apply the same approach used for the Balkans to unstable Libya. Italy's coastguard says 4,000 people were rescued from the Mediterranean between Libya and Sicily on Monday and Tuesday. Meanwhile, Macedonian police again fired teargas at migrants protesting at the border...
The tide is turning: Surge in support for Brexit as undecided voters back leaving the EU
THE crusade to get Britain out of the EU received a huge boost tonight as the latest polling indicated undecided voters are coming down in favour of a Brexit. A new survey published today shows the Leave camp have surged ahead of the Europhiles despite David Cameron wasting £9 million of taxpayers' money on a biased...
BETRAYED: EU sticks two fingers up at Dutch voters and opens door to 45 MILLION Ukrainians
EUROPE'S elite tonight dropped all pretence of respecting democracy by plotting to grant visa-free travel to 45 million Ukrainians in direct defiance of the Dutch referendum result. Brussels bureaucrats have strongly indicated they will simply ride roughshod over the voice of an entire nation in their grasping bid to secure...
EU wants control of YOUR pension: Brussels’ secret plan REVEALED
THE European Union is planning a power grab for the UK welfare state in a bid to take control of pensions, benefits and the minimum wage. Senior MEPs fear Brussels is planning a “social union” but legislation is being held back until after June’s referendum. Already plans for a common European unemonth by...