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22 Jun, 2016 08:42 22 Jun, 2016 09:07

"Great Debate" sees clashes between Johnson and Khan

Current and former London mayors argue their cases on Brexit on BBC's live TV debate

  • Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson also repeatedly clashes with Johnson
  • Voters will head to the polls tomorrow morning to make historic decision on whether to stay in or leave the EU

Political figures from both sides of the UK's European Union referendum argument were present on Tuesday night in the last live TV debate before voters head to the polls from Thursday morning.

Britain will decide tomorrow whether it believes continued membership of the EU is the right thing for the country.

Current London mayor Sadiq Khan from the StrongerIn campaign and his predecessor Boris Johnson from Leave clashed over issues such as the economy, with Khan accusing Johnson of changing his mind over the benefits of the EU to businesses.


Mr Johnson said Remain "keeps talking down our country" and that the EU held back the UK's trading progress with the rest of the world.

Britain will decide tomorrow whether it believes continued membership of the EU is the right thing for the country.

The debate represented a final chance for both campaigns to put their points across before Thursday's referendum.

The audience was split between supporters of the two sides, and spirited cheers were heard as each contributor made their points.

Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Tory leader, gave impassioned responses to various issues, including giving the closing statement for her side.

Joining her was Khan, and general secretary of the Trades Union Congress Frances O'Grady. The Leave panel was completed by Labour MP Gisela Stuart and energy minister Andrea Leadsom.

Sadiq Khan received the biggest cheer of the night when he refuted Johnson's claims that he belived immigration was positive for Britain.

"You might start off with platitudes saying how wonderful immigration is. But your campaign hasn't been Project Fear. It's been Project Hate, as far as immigration is concerned."


Polls in recent days have shown that the vote is too close to call, but bookmakers have said that they believe the UK is going to vote Remain.

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