Brexit: time to electrify this absurd charade

David Cameron kicked off his campaign to keep Britain in the European Union at a summit in Brussels last week.

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David Cameron: taking the begging bowl round Europe

Prime Minister David Cameron "effectively launched his campaign to keep Britain in the European Union" last week. After a summit in Brussels, he appeared to confirm that he would hold the referendum next year, having forged a deal in February, say Bruno Waterfield and Francis Elliott in The Times. Talks will begin in the New Year to hammer out a compromise over Cameron's four key reform areas: to increase competitiveness; protect the City; end "ever-closer" union; and to make EU workers wait four years to get in-work benefits.

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Emily has worked as a journalist for more than thirty years and was formerly Assistant Editor of MoneyWeek, which she helped launch in 2000. Prior to this, she was Deputy Features Editor of The Times and a Commissioning Editor for The Independent on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph. She has written for most of the national newspapers including The Times, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Daily Mail, She interviewed celebrities weekly for The Sunday Telegraph and wrote a regular column for The Evening Standard. As Political Editor of MoneyWeek, Emily has covered subjects from Brexit to the Gaza war.

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