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Nigel Farage: Migrants could pose sex attack threat to Britain
Women could be at risk of mass sex attacks carried out by gangs of migrant men if Britain stays in the EU, Nigel Farage has warned.
The UK Independence Party leader said he fears “big cultural issues” will result from the failure to control migration from Europe and North Africa, putting the safety of women in danger.
Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Farage issued his most savage attack so far on David Cameron’s personal integrity, describing him as “Dishonest Dave” and accusing him of lying to win votes and keep Britain in the EU.
“The nuclear bomb this time would be about Cologne,” he told the Telegraph. Women may be at a particular risk from the “cultural” differences between British society and migrants, after gangs of migrant men allegedly launched a mass sexual attack against hundreds of women in Germany last New Year’s Eve, he said.
“There are some very big cultural issues,” he said. Asked whether mass sex attacks on the scale of Cologne could happen in Britain, Mr Farage replied: “It depends if they get EU passports. It depends if we vote for Brexit or not. It is an issue.”
Mr Farage said voters must consider the security threat posed by the migrant crisis when considering the referendum on whether to leave or stay in the EU.
He said police agencies had already estimated that 5,000 jihadists have entered Europe among the migrants in recent years and months, while there is a risk of more migrant-related crime. “In London 41 per cent of crimes last year were committed by people who don’t have British passports.”
Voters are angry and upset that Mr Cameron and his government have ignored their concerns over the impact of migration on society for so long, he said.
“I met a lady in Bolton last week, holding my hand, tears in her eyes, saying ‘why doesn’t David Cameron come to our street to see how it has changed, see what has happened, to the neighbourhood – the feel of it, the life chances of our children?’
“Of course, Cameron and Osborne come from a set for which uncontrolled migration is fantastic – cheaper nannies, cheaper chauffeurs, cheaper gardeners and the chance to employ a lot of labour at the cheapest possible rate.”
But the quality of life for working people who are not so lucky has “diminished”. Mr Farage claimed “every single aspect” of their lives has suffered from immigration - finding school places, getting a doctor’s appointment, commuting to work, helping their children secure jobs. “People’s lives have got more difficult,” he said.
Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:27 pm
Pro-EU MPs could stage guerrilla campaign to reverse Brexit decision
Pro-European MPs and some government sources believe it may be possible to use the Commons to mount a guerrilla campaign to minimise the impact of a referendum vote to quit the European Union – or even to reverse the decision if the negotiations with the EU on the UK’s exit terms produce a disastrous deal.
The government is not willing to discuss its reaction in the event of a vote to leave since its sole goal at this stage in the campaign is to emphasise the risk of such a vote by saying that the decision would be irreversible and would likely be met with a brutal response from Britain’s European partners, primarily the French.
But privately ministers have pointed out there is a large cross-party Commons majority for the UK’s continued membership of the EU, and it could be deployed once the hugely complex, detailed and contentious legislation necessary to leave the EU started to pass through parliament.
One possibility for pro-Europeans would be to insert a clause demanding a second referendum on the terms of the renegotiation, or to run a guerrilla campaign to minimise the number of EU laws from which the UK would withdraw. One pro-European MP said: “We would have to respect the mandate of the referendum, but there is still plenty of scope on how and when we quit the EU.”
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dutchman wrote:The next stage in this carefully choreographed farce is where the leading Tories who pretended to be anti-EU suddenly switch their allegiance.
MP Sarah Wollaston swaps sides over 'untrue' Leave claims
Tory MP Sarah Wollaston has quit the campaign to leave the EU and will vote for Remain instead, she told the BBC.
Dr Wollaston, chairman of the health select committee, said Vote Leave's claim that Brexit would free up £350m a week for the NHS "simply isn't true".
She told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that she did not feel "comfortable" being part of the campaign.
Vote Leave has stood by its much-criticised £350m claim, which is on the side of its battle bus.
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