Talking Turkey
David Cameron again accused the Leave campaign of ‘lying’ about the prospect of Turkey joining the EU. A reminder of what he himself has said on the subject:
— ‘I’m here to make the case for Turkey’s membership. And to fight for it… I will remain your strongest possible advocate for EU membership and for greater influence at the top table of European diplomacy.’ (Speech to Turkish parliament, 2010)
— ‘In terms of Turkish membership of the EU, I very much support that. That’s a longstanding position of British foreign policy which I support. We discussed that again in our talks today.’ (Speech in Turkey, 2014)
— ‘At the current rate of progress, they will probably get round to joining in about the year 3000.’ (Comment during the referendum campaign, 2016)
Off the menu
Britain has lost 1,400 restaurants to insolvency over the past 12 months, according to accountants UHY Hacker Young. How are our tastes changing? Percentage change in the past 12 months:
| Indian | +8.9% |
| British | +3.7% |
| Thai | +3.5% |
| Portuguese | +3.3% |
| Japanese | +0.3% |
| Italian | –3.2% |
| French | –1. |
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