Cameron engaged in scaremongering to prevent Brexit: Analyst
Press TV has interviewed Robert Oulds, London-based director of the Bruges Group, and Gary Cartwright, an adviser to the European Parliament, in Brussels, to discuss the UK’s June 23 in-out referendum on EU membership.
Oulds says that Cameron has so far failed to deliver on the numerous pledges he has made over reforming the EU membership or renegotiating Britain’s relationship with the bloc.
“All he achieved is a promise that there will be treaty changes at some [indeterminate] point in the future; could be decades away could be never,” the expert says.
Describing the EU as a political organization that “takes precedence over” its member states, Oulds anticipates that the UK’s likely exit which will be decided in the upcoming referendum would allow the country to practice its own rules instead of being “dictated.”
Oulds adds that Cameron is pushing to stay in the EU and if indeed Britons choose to leave, he will be forced to resign as prime minister.
He also accuses Cameron of “scaremongering” to prevent a possible Brexit, adding that he was forced to promise this referendum in an attempt “to save his leadership.”
The analyst points to Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s campaign to leave EU as a determining factor, describing him as a very influential figure both in politics and among people.
For his part, Cartwright says the EU has never had a Plan B for the UK’s potential exit at such a “wrong” timing when Europe’s security is undermined by Russia.
He accuses Johnson of “posturing” on the issue and says the popular mayor is eyeing the Conservative Party’s leadership and ultimately replacing Cameron as the country’s next premier.
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