Prime Minister David Cameron is making a string of television appearances to try to convince people to back "Remain" on June 23. (File photo)
London:
Prime Minister David Cameron warned today that Britain faces a "lost decade" if it leaves the EU, as he races to persuade undecided voters less than two weeks before a close referendum.
With several recent opinion polls suggesting momentum is with the "Leave" camp, Cameron is making a string of television appearances to try to convince people to back "Remain" on June 23.
A string of global institutions including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and G7 have backed Cameron's argument that Britain's economy would be damaged by Brexit.
But "Leave" supporters argue that Britain could thrive outside the EU, where they say it would be freed of red tape.
One of the leading pro-Brexit campaigners, UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, said that voters were putting "two fingers up" to establishment figures like Cameron.
The prime minister told the BBC today that there could be a "lost decade for Britain" after a vote to leave the EU as the political system gets gummed up with negotiations.
"I think we'd be looking at a decade of uncertainty," he added. "It would suck the energy out of our government and our country."
A Sunday Times/YouGov online poll found that Cameron's "Remain" campaign is lagging the "Leave" side by 42 per cent to 43 per cent.
Eleven per cent of people surveyed said they did not know how they would vote, while four percent said they would not take part in the ballot.
Averaging out the last six opinion polls, both sides are tied on 50 per cent, according to academics at the What UK Thinks project. Their figures exclude undecided voters.
With several recent opinion polls suggesting momentum is with the "Leave" camp, Cameron is making a string of television appearances to try to convince people to back "Remain" on June 23.
A string of global institutions including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and G7 have backed Cameron's argument that Britain's economy would be damaged by Brexit.
But "Leave" supporters argue that Britain could thrive outside the EU, where they say it would be freed of red tape.
One of the leading pro-Brexit campaigners, UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, said that voters were putting "two fingers up" to establishment figures like Cameron.
The prime minister told the BBC today that there could be a "lost decade for Britain" after a vote to leave the EU as the political system gets gummed up with negotiations.
"I think we'd be looking at a decade of uncertainty," he added. "It would suck the energy out of our government and our country."
A Sunday Times/YouGov online poll found that Cameron's "Remain" campaign is lagging the "Leave" side by 42 per cent to 43 per cent.
Eleven per cent of people surveyed said they did not know how they would vote, while four percent said they would not take part in the ballot.
Averaging out the last six opinion polls, both sides are tied on 50 per cent, according to academics at the What UK Thinks project. Their figures exclude undecided voters.
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