There are now only ten days to go until the EU referendum and in a bid to regain momentum, Labour figures from the past and present are this week putting the case forward for staying in the EU. Today, it was Gordon Brown’s turn to try and convince wavering Labour supporters why Britain is better off in the EU. He told his party’s followers that they had the ‘most to gain’ if Britain voted in. But can his message cut through? Or is it just a sign of desperation from the ‘Remain’ campaign to rely on someone like Brown? In a Spectator Coffee House podcast special, Isabel Hardman and James Forsyth deliver their round-up of the day’s events.
James Forsyth had this to say on the podcast:
‘The Remain campaign’s big worry is that the Labour vote appears to be much softer and much more Leave-inclined that we thought.
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