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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: 'I got us out of an ever closer union'

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David Cameron "got us out of an ever closer union" with the EU, he claimed on Tuesday.

This phrase has a symbolic political impact, but has little or no legal effect, according to fact-checking organisation Full Fact.

Saying that it no longer applies to the UK doesn't change anything about how the EU works, or the powers it has, Full Fact say.

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