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*[[Marco Rubio]], [[United States Senator]] for [[Florida]].<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/11/18/marco-rubio-latest-republican-candidate-support-britain-leaving-european-union/</ref> |
*[[Marco Rubio]], [[United States Senator]] for [[Florida]].<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/11/18/marco-rubio-latest-republican-candidate-support-britain-leaving-european-union/</ref> |
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*[[Jeb Bush]], former [[Governor of Florida]].<ref>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/eu-referendum-presidential-hopeful-jeb-bush-backs-uk-us-trade-deal-after-brexit-1527523</ref> |
*[[Jeb Bush]], former [[Governor of Florida]].<ref>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/eu-referendum-presidential-hopeful-jeb-bush-backs-uk-us-trade-deal-after-brexit-1527523</ref> |
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A number of politicians, public figures, newspapers and magazines, businesses and other organisations endorsed an official position during the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016.
Business leaders
Leave
- James Dyson; founder of Dyson.[1]
- Digby Jones; former Director General of the Confederation of British Industry.[2]
- Tim Martin, founder of Wetherspoons[3]
Remain
- Karren Brady; sporting executive, broadcaster, columnist, author.[4]
- Sir Richard Branson; entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist.[5]
- Marc Bolland, businessman and current CEO of Marks & Spencer.[6]
- António Horta-Osório, CEO of the Lloyds Banking Group.[7]
- Michael O'Leary, CEO of the Ryanair.[3]
Other notable individuals
Leave
- Sir Michael Caine, actor.[8]
- Dame Joan Collins, actress.[9]
Remain
- Neil Faulkner; historian and archaeologist[10]
- Owen Jones; writer, columnist and political activist[11]
- Houzan Mahmoud, Kurdish activist[10]
- Michael Mansfield, barrister and political activist[12]
- Richard Murphy; economist and tax campaigner[10]
- Ann Pettifor; economist[10]
- Kate Smurthwaite; comedian[10]
- Steve Turner; trade unionist[10]
- Zoe Williams; journalist and writer[10]
Politicians
Politicians are only listed where they disagree with an official party line. (As the Conservative Party policy is 'neutrality', all Conservative MPs may be listed).
Leave
- Within the Conservative Party: Six Cabinet members: Michael Gove, Iain Duncan Smith, John Whittingdale, Chris Grayling, Theresa Villiers and Priti Patel; The current Mayor of London Boris Johnson;[13] the Conservative candidate for the 2016 mayoral election, Zac Goldsmith;[14] former leader Michael Howard,[15] former Defence Secretary Liam Fox[16] and the leader of the Welsh Conservative Party Andrew R.T. Davies.[17] The party campaign to exit the EU is "Conservatives for Britain" which is headed by Lord Lawson (Nigel Lawson) and Lord Lamont (Norman Lamont),[18] with Daniel Hannan, David Campbell-Bannerman, Lord Tebbit (Norman Tebbit),[19] Sir William Cash, Peter Bone, Philip Davies, Bernard Jenkin,[20] Owen Paterson,[21] Christopher Davies,[22] David Jones,[22] James Davies,[22] Steve Baker, Christopher Chope,[23] Chris Heaton-Harris,[24] former deputy leader of UKIP who defected in 2005 Craig Mackinlay, David Davis (MP for Haltemprice and Howden),[25] Stewart Jackson,[26] John Redwood,[27] Iain Stewart,[28] Nadhim Zahawi,[29][30] David T.C. Davies (MP for Monmouth),[31] Tom Pursglove,[32] Philip Hollobone,[33] Jacob Rees-Mogg,[34] Minister of State for Security John Hayes. The Bow Group, a Conservative think-tank, is also lending its support to the Leave.EU campaign.[35]
- Within the Labour Party: The Labour Party's campaign to leave the EU is Labour Leave. This is headed by donor John Mills. Among Labour Leave MPs are Kate Hoey,[36] Khalid Mahmood,[37] Kelvin Hopkins,[38][39] Roger Godsiff,[40] Frank Field,[41] Graham Stringer.[42] John Cryer[43] and German-born Gisela Stuart [44]
- Within the Green Party: Member of the House of Lords and London Assembly Member Jenny Jones (Baroness Jones) will campaign to leave.[45][46]
Remain
- Within the Conservative Party: the Prime Minister and most Ministers, specifically: David Cameron (Prime Minister),[47] Philip Hammond (Foreign Secretary),[48] Jeremy Hunt (Health Secretary)[49] Michael Fallon (Defence Secretary),[50] Sajid Javid (Business Secretary),[51] Theresa May (Home Secretary),[52] Patrick McLoughlin (Transport Secretary),[53] Nicky Morgan (Education Secretary),[53] David Mundell (Secretary of State for Scotland),[54] George Osborne (Chancellor),[55] and Liz Truss (Environment Secretary).[53] Others include former Prime Minister John Major,[56] former party leader William Hague,[57] Michael Heseltine,[58] Damian Green, David Willetts[59] and Ken Clarke.[60] The group Conservatives for Reform in Europe was founded by Nick Herbert, Eric Pickles, Caroline Spelman, Guto Bebb, Simon Burns, James Cartlidge, Jo Churchill, Damian Collins, Edward Garnier, Mark Garnier, Dominic Grieve, Stephen Hammond, Simon Hart, Oliver Heald, Kevin Hollinrake, Nigel Huddleston, Jeremy Lefroy, Bob Neill, Victoria Prentis, Mark Prisk, Jeremy Quin, Gary Streeter.[61] Other MPs supporting the 'Remain' campaign include Mark Lancaster,[62]
- Among independents: Sylvia Hermon (MP for North Down)[63]
International figures
Leave
- Marco Rubio, United States Senator for Florida.[64]
- Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida.[65]
Remain
- Michael Froman, United States Trade Representative.[66]
- John Kerry, United States Secretary of State[67]
Businesses
Remain
- Asda, supermarket.[7]
- BAE Systems, defence contractor.[68]
- BT Group, telecommunications.[7]
- Diageo, alcoholic beverages.[69]
- easyJet, airline.[69]
- Gatwick Airport[70]
- Heathrow Airport
- Marks & Spencer, supermaket.[7]
- Rio Tinto, mining.[68]
- Shell, oil company.[7]
Newspapers and magazines
Leave
Remain
Local government authorities
Leave
- Havering London Borough Council (Conservative-Residents controlled) became the first council in the UK to back Brexit.[75]
- Bromley London Borough Council (Conservative controlled)[76]
Remain
- Leicester City Council[77] (Labour controlled)
- London Assembly[78] (No overall control)
Organisations
Leave
Remain
- Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community[80]
- GMB (trade union)[81]
- National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts[10]
- Trades Union Congress[82]
References
- ^ http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/538488/Why-we-must-quit-EU-tycoon-Sir-James-Dyson
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/05/lord-jones-brexit-referendum-farage_n_7729718.html
- ^ a b "Business Leaders Take Sides In EU Debate". Sky News.
- ^ "Karren Brady warns Brexit would have 'devastating' effect on British clubs". the Guardian.
- ^ Heather Saul (19 February 2016). "Sir Richard Branson warns leaving EU would be 'very damaging' for Britain". The Independent.
- ^ David Hellier. "EU referendum: Top firms back pro-EU letter, but supermarkets refuse to sign". the Guardian.
- ^ a b c d e Gordon, Sarah (February 23, 2016). "The public wants to know where companies stand on Brexit". Financial Times. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ^ "Michael Caine Wants Britain To Leave The European Union". Huffington Post.
- ^ http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/25/dame-joan-collins-just-came-out-in-favour-of-a-brexit-5717823/
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Divisions on the left over the benefits of staying in the EU". the Guardian.
- ^ "Another Europe". Twitter.
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- ^ "EU referendum: Time to vote for real change, says Boris Johnson". BBC News. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Tory candidate for London Mayor Zac Goldsmith will vote to leave EU". BBC News. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Andrew Sparrow. "EU referendum: Michael Howard hints he will vote for Brexit". the Guardian.
- ^ "I'll vote to leave the EU, says former minister Liam Fox". BBC News. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ David Williamson (22 February 2016). "Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies on why he wants to leave the EU". walesonline. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Lawson to head Tory eurosceptic drive". Financial Times. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ "Lord Tebbit: Britain Must be Rescued from the EU". Get Britain Out. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ Frances Perraudin. "Most Tory party members 'will vote to leave EU'". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Newsnight accused of EU bias over Owen Paterson interview". Spectator Blogs.
- ^ a b c David Williamson (5 February 2016). "These are the Welsh Tory MPs who want to leave the EU - and why". walesonline. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "WTO preferable to EU, say UK Eurosceptics". EurActiv – EU News & policy debates, across languages.
- ^ "Chris Heaton-Harris MP: We should get rid of European financial and employment regulations that hinder job creation and economic growth". Conservative Home. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "David Davis: Britain would be better off out of the EU – and here's why". Conservative Home. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Statement on the EU Referendum by Stewart Jackson MP". stewartjackson.org.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "John Redwood leave eu - Opera Yahoo Search Results". yahoo.com. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Iain Stewart. "EU referendum: Referendum on the UK's Membership of the European Union Statement by Iain Stewart MP". iainstewartmp.co.uk.
- ^ "Nadhim Zahawi MP: Why I have decided to vote for Britain to leave the EU". Conservative Home. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Nadhim Zahawi says Britain must leave the EU". stratford-herald.com. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "David to vote for Brexit". David T C Davies MP. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ^ "Leaving the EU is more important than party politics". Telegraph.co.uk. 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Supporters". Better Off Out. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ "'There is no democracy in the EU', declares Jacob Rees-Mogg". Total Politics. Retrieved 18 September 2015. who advocate Britain's exit from the European Union.
- ^ "The Bow Group & Leave.EU Presents: John Redwood's Christmas Fairytale 2015". bowgroup.org. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Nicholas Watt. "EU referendum: Kate Hoey gets backing to head no campaign | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ Nicholas Watt (8 October 2015). "Boris Johnson wanted as figurehead by both sides in EU referendum campaign". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Labour Leave – Half of PM's EU negotiation team accepted "duty of loyalty" to EU". Labour Leave. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Kelvin Hopkins MP: The Socialist Case for Brexit - Cambridge Brexit Campaign. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ Walker, Jonathan (17 February 2016). "EU referendum: West Midlands is a heartland of the anti-EU campaign". birminghampost. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Frank Field: this deal is awful. Labour supporters should vote 'out' | Coffee House". Coffee House. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "Graham Stringer MP: The EU Makes a Mockery of Workers' Rights". Get Britain Out.
- ^ "BIOGRAPHY – JOHN CRYER MP". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Labour MP Gisela Stuart: UK should leave European Union". BBC News.
- ^ "European Referendum: Vote Leave Campaign Launched, Bankrolled By Three Of Britain's Biggest Political Donors". The Huffington Post UK.
- ^ "Something rotten in the state of Europe". The Ecologist. 13 July 2015.
- ^ "EU deal gives UK special status, says David Cameron". BBC News.
- ^ McCann, Kate (2016-01-08). "Philip Hammond: 'I can't envisage' campaigning to leave the European Union". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "Vote Leave launch their campaign minutes after David Cameron announces referendum date". The Independent. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Sevenoaks MP Michael Fallon will vote to STAY in the EU". Sevenoaks Forum.
- ^ "Exclusive: Sajid Javid to back staying in the EU". Coffee House.
- ^ Riley, Ben (2015-10-06). "Theresa May indicates EU is vital for fight against terrorism as she warns against 'isolation'". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ a b c "EU Referendum: Where Conservative MPs stand". BBC News. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Rowena Mason. "EU referendum: which side are cabinet ministers on?". the Guardian.
- ^ "George Osborne will campaign to stay in the EU – his future depends on it". Telegraph. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ Asa Bennett (16 December 2015). "Sir John Major isn't alone in wanting Britain to stay in the EU no matter what". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ William Hague (23 December 2015). "Why I will be voting to stay in Europe". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "EU referendum: Heseltine warns of Tory 'civil war'". BBC News. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ Joe Murphy (24 December 2015). "Leaving EU 'would cost London hundreds of millions of pounds' in science funding". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ "Ken Clarke: Leaving EU would be catastrophic". BBC News. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Conservatives for Reform in Europe – Our Supporters". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Tory MPs split over vote to stay in the European Union Milton Keynes Citizen, 24 February 2016]
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-35529573
- ^ http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/11/18/marco-rubio-latest-republican-candidate-support-britain-leaving-european-union/
- ^ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/eu-referendum-presidential-hopeful-jeb-bush-backs-uk-us-trade-deal-after-brexit-1527523
- ^ Holehouse, Matthew (October 29, 2015). "Major blow for Brexit campaign as US rules out UK-only trade deal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
- ^ "John Kerry urges UK to stay in 'united' EU". the Guardian.
- ^ a b Parker, George; Cadman, Emily; Plimmer, Gill (February 22, 2016). "Cameron outlines business case". Financial Times. p. 3.
- ^ a b Hellier, David; Inman, Phillip; Butler, Sarah (February 23, 2016). "EU referendum: Top firms back pro-EU letter, but supermarkets refuse to sign". The Guardian. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ^ "Heathrow Boss To Warn On Brexit 'Uncertainty'". Sky News.
- ^ "Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express". Express.co.uk.
- ^ Mail, Daily. "DAILY MAIL COMMENT asks who WILL speak for England? | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ "The hard-headed case for the UK to stay in the EU (Editorial)", Financial Times, London, 1 Jan 2016 (Subscription)
- ^ Britain and Europe: The reluctant European: Though Britain has always been rather half-hearted about the European Union, its membership has been beneficial for all concerned, argues John Peet. It should stay in the club. (Editorial) – The Economist, 17 Oct 2015 (Subscription)
- ^ Pippa Crerar (2016-01-28). "Havering council becomes first in Britain to back leaving EU | Politics | News | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ^ Pyman, Tom. "Bromley council votes to leave European Union". Bromley Times. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
- ^ "Agenda for Council on Thursday, 21 January 2016, 5:00 pm – Leicester City Council".
- ^ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-22/london-assembly-votes-to-stay-in-eu-defying-mayor-boris-johnson
- ^ "TRANSPORT UNION TO CAMPAIGN FOR EXIT FROM "PRO-AUSTERITY" EU". RMT.
- ^ "Vote to stay in EU, European bishops' official urges UK".
- ^ Rowena Mason. "GMB union backs campaign for UK to remain in EU". the Guardian.
- ^ "Trades Union Congress - Workers' rights are on the line in this referendum, says TUC". TUC.
