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Cameron and Farage face public questions on EU referendum

David Cameron and Nigel Farage faced public questions on the EU referendum in a live TV event.

The Prime Minister said leaving the EU amounted to quitting and we are not quitters, he said. Ukip leader Nigel Farage said being British meant not being bullied by anybody.

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Fact check: '55% of laws in Britain made by EU'

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The House of Commons Library estimated that up to 55% of Britain's laws are made by the EU and that European judges have rule over ours, an audience member claimed.

Indeed, the Library has produced this estimate - but as one of a range of possible figures, according to fact-checking organisation Full Fact.

It points out that there are many ways of doing this calculation and no definitive answer.

Quoted figures have varied wildly from under 10% to 70%.

It is possible to justify many of these, depending on which definition of 'UK law' you look at, but those at the higher end count EU rules that aren’t really laws in any meaningful sense, Full Fact say.

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