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Farage rejects link between Jo Cox murder and referendum campaign

Nigel Farage has claimed the Leave side in the referendum campaign have been depicted as the "bad guys" following Jo Cox's killing.

Speaking in Gateshead, the Ukip leader said he rejected his side being depicted like that.

In other EU referendum developments on Monday:

  • Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has said the EU must change "dramatically" if Britain votes to remain
  • Conservative Baroness Warsi switched from supporting Leave to Remain, accusing some Brexit campaigners of spreading "hate and xenophobia"
  • Car maker Nissan is taking legal action against Vote Leave over use of its logo
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Warsi: 'I cannot stand by divisive Leave campaign'

Sayeeda Warsi said that she will vote Remain despite saying she has campaigned for Brexit for a year because she could not stand by the Leave campaign's "divisive" and "xenophobic" message.

Baroness Warsi said she had been concerned about the "lies that have been told" and the posters used by campaigners.

"What we've consistently heard over the last two months is that the Turks are coming, the terrorists are coming, the Syrians are coming," she said. "This is not the kind of campaign that we should be running."

I had a vision of a Britain that was engaged with the world, outward looking. This was a unique opportunity to re-collaborate our relationship with the EU. But unfortunately what I found as the campaign progressed was that those of us whom I define as 'Hello Worlders', their message was sidelined and instead we started hearing a message that was inward looking, which was xenophobic which was divisive and there came a moment on Sunday morning where I felt I could no longer stand by that message.

– Baroness Sayeeda Warsi

She hit back at Vote Leave, who said they were not aware that Lady Warsi had joined its campaign" saying that she started campaigning for a Brexit a year ago "long before Vote Leave even existed".

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