Prime #Minister Admits #EU 'Drives Me Crazy'

The PM was accused of "scaremongering" as he faced his biggest test of the EU referendum campaign so far.
David Cameron admitted the EU "drives me crazy" during heated exchanges in his first big EU referendum test on Sky News.

The Prime Minister was accused of "scaremongering", "hypocrisy" and "waffling" as he faced down angry members of the public in the audience during a 30-minute question session.

And Mr Cameron called Sky News Political Editor Faisal Islam "glib" six times during clashes over immigration and his warnings that Brexit would lead to World War Three in a half-hour interview beforehand.


During the hour-long event Mr Cameron:

:: Was repeatedly forced to deny his campaign amounted to "scaremongering"

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:: Failed to explain how and when he would meet his pledge to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands but insisted it could be done remaining in the EU

:: Said he had negotiated a deal with the EU that meant migrants who didn't pay their way were sent home

:: Insisted the UK would never join the Euro but said if the UK was not already in the EU he would still want to join - but with the "special relationship" he had negotiated for Britain

:: Defended the Treasury report claim that Brexit would cost each household £4,300

:: Said it would take 10 years to negotiate Brexit

:: Insisted Turkey would not join the EU "in decades"

:: Admitted differences with Boris Johnson were "profound" on the EU but said he was a "very talented guy" and refused to say he could not become the next Tory PM

:: Continued to warn about the dangers to jobs and wages of leaving the EU

:: Raised the prospect of campaigning on the EU alongside Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

Speaking to Islam, Mr Cameron admitted that sitting on the Council of Europe was "immensely frustrating".

He said: "I'm the Prime Minister who sits around the table with 27 other heads of government and state and sometimes this organisation drives me crazy.

"But do I sit there and think Britain would be better off if we left? Are we quitters? Do we think we quit the EU, we quit the single market and somehow we will be better off? Absolutely not.


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