100 MPs, 300 business leaders want UK out of EU
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Opinion polls have indicated that UK voters believe staying in the EU would be best for Britain's economy.
Around 100 UK parliamentarians and more than 300 business leaders have called for Britain to leave the EU in June’s referendum.
According to Press TV, Tory sources claimed the MPs said they are even ready for a vote of no confidence to Prime Minister David Cameron if Britons choose to remain in the EU.
Backbenchers, who are furious at how Cameron and his allies have conducted the referendum campaign, are contemplating calling for him to leave, even if he wins the June 23 vote by a marked margin.
Only 50 Tory MPs are enough to provoke a vote of no confidence in the prime minister and this is not unlikely as 150 Conservative parliamentarians are believed to support a Brexit.
Even though Cameron will most probably win a no confidence vote, meaning that he can continue as prime minister, the rebels may not allow government legislation to pass in the House of Commons unless Cameron steps down as earlier than 2019.
Meanwhile, more than 300 business chiefs wrote a joint letter, urging Britain to leave the EU, arguing its bureaucracy stifled companies' ability to grow.
In a letter published in the Telegraph, the business leaders said that Brussels’ “red tape stifles every one of Britain’s 5.4 million businesses,” claiming that a Brexit would let them “create more jobs”.
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