There are now only hours until the polls open in the EU referendum. But the campaigning has continued today right up until the wire as both ‘Remain’ and ‘Leave’ do their best to win every vote in what looks set to be a close contest. David Cameron, Jeremy Corbyn, Sadiq Khan and Boris Johnson have been across the airwaves as they attempt to convince the public which way they should vote. It’s not only political figures from the UK who have had their say, though: Jean Claude Juncker has insisted Britain would not be getting a new reform package after tomorrow’s vote. Was it wise for him to speak out? On today’s final Coffee House Shots podcast before the referendum, James Forsyth tells Fraser Nelson that:
‘He was trying to say ‘Don’t think you can vote out and get a better deal. Don’t think you can use this as a bargaining tool’. I think it was designed to reinforce this Remain campaign message that this is irreversible. But the danger for the Remain campaign is that it ended up like Juncker saying: there is no more reform after this’.
Also on the podcast, Isabel Hardman speaks to Fraser Nelson about what David Cameron will be doing this time tomorrow as he begins to reflect on how the Tory party can put itself back together again. Isabel says:
‘I think there has been some quite detailed planning going on behind the scenes in the Conservative party about how to put the party together. And actually some of those, from both sides, who have been a little bit quieter over the last few weeks have been sucked into those meetings.’
So whether Britain votes ‘In’ or ‘Out’, will David Cameron be able to keep a grip on the splits in the Tory party? Join us tomorrow and throughout the rest of the week on Coffee House as we cover every moment of the referendum and the aftermath.
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