Obama flies into a Brexit storm: President faces furious backlash over his ‘downright hypocritical’ decision to tell British voters to stay in the EU
President Obama sparked fury by pressuring UK to stay in the EU and telling its citizens their nation’s stranding would be diminished if it leaves
London Mayor Boris Johnson accused him of making an ‘incoherent’ and ‘inconsistent’ argument because the U.S. would never give up sovereignty
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By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
DailyMail.com
22 April 2016
President Barack Obama faced a furious backlash overseas this morning over his ‘downright hypocritical’ decision to urge Britain to stay in the European Union.
In a highly controversial intervention in the EU referendum campaign, Obama pleaded with British voters not to cut ties with Brussels – saying it ‘magnified’ the UK’s influence in the world.
He also invoked the spirit of the Second World War by claiming the sacrifice of GIs meant America has a stake in the EU debate and said the decision in June’s referendum ‘will echo in the prospects of today’s generation of Americans as well’.
London Mayor Boris Johnson accused him of making an ‘incoherent’ and ‘inconsistent’ argument.
A furious Johnson said this morning: ‘The Americans would never contemplate anything like the EU, for themselves or for their neighbors in their own hemisphere. Why should they think it right for us?’
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