There are now 3 days left before the Brexit referendum and the first survey carried out on the emotional wave caused by thekilling of Labor MP Jo Cox the pro-European front once again gives the advantage. The Survation institute reverses its previous figure, with the "Remain" now at 45%, against the 42% of the "Leave". In the Sky average of all polls, the "Leave" - on the rise before the Cox crime - maintains a single point lead: 45% to 44.
The pro-EU front also takes the lead according to Yougov: 44% against 43% in a survey carried out for the Sunday Times and published after the shock of the Cox murder. Yougov himself in recent days had been the last institution to recognize the momentary overtaking of the "Leave" on the "Remain".
A third polling centre, Opinium – chosen by the Observer, the Guardian's Sunday publication -, however, remains head-to-head: 44% equal for the two sides, four days after the vote, and 12% undecided or abstaining.
Meanwhile, David Cameron has announced that he will remain prime minister whatever the result of the Brexit referendum. He said so in an interview with the Times, admitting that he feels responsible for the consultation as he was the one who convened it in 2015. Cameron also believes he is the most suitable person to lead negotiations with the EU in the event of a yes victory for its "solid relations" with Brussels.
The United Kingdom is faced with an "existential choice" in the Brexit referendum from which there will be no "going back", affirms the Premier in another intervention in the Sunday Telegraph, while in the same newspaper, Justice Minister Michael Gove, arguing in favor of Brexit, argues that leaving the EU "will not cause a recession".
According to Cameron, choosing to leave the European Union in next Thursday's vote would be "a big mistake" and would lead to "debilitating uncertainty" for a decade. “Will we choose Nigel Farage's vision, one that takes Britain backwards, divides rather than unites and casts doubt on who has a different view? Or will we instead choose a tolerant and liberal Britain, a country that doesn't blame its problems on other groups of people, that doesn't agonize over the past, but looks to the future with hope, optimism and confidence? I think the answer will determine how our country feels for a long time."
The premier then states that the economy “is in the balance with trade and investments that will suffer in the event of a Brexit vote and a possible recession” that would leave the country “permanently poorer. The debilitating uncertainty, perhaps for a decade until the situation is resolved. High prices, low wages, few jobs, few opportunities for young people…How could we knowingly vote for this? I say: don't risk it."
