A leaked letter reveals how Prime Minister David Cameron was plotting with big business to stay in the EU while at the same time telling the public a very different story. The damning document shows how Cameron was plotting to “exaggerate” the risks of Brexit, while still claiming he was prepared to campaign to leave the EU. The Mail Online repprts: The former London Mayor said the revelation showed Mr Cameron’s EU renegotiation bid was ‘fiction’ as he had already decided to campaign for a remain vote. The secret ‘mobilisation’ plan involved asking FTSE 500 companies to put in their annual reports warnings about the dangers of Brexit. The strategy was discussed in a letter from Serco boss Rupert Soames to Mr Cameron 11 days before the latter’s renegotiation deal with the EU was complete. This followed a meeting a few days earlier. The PM had been telling the Commons that he ‘ruled nothing out’ unless he won concessions from the EU. Responding to the claims today Mr Johnson said they made Britain look like a ‘banana republic’. Serco has multi-billion-pound contracts with the Government. ‘This is the biggest stitch up since the Bayeux Tapestry,’ Mr Johnson said. ‘It stinks to [...]
