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10 March 2015

Gordon Brown sounds a warning on Europe

Gordon Brown is worried that the pro-Europeans are blundering into a referendum defeat. He's not the only one. 

By Stephen Bush

It must be ex-Prime Ministers week. After Tony Blair popped back with a handy £106,000 to help Labour win the next election, Gordon Brown is in the Guardian this morning.  He says that pro-Europeans that they are in danger of sleepwalking into defeat in the In-Out referendum. 

Warning that Ukip’s anti-immigration focus has turned the European argument into a “culture war”, Brown warns:

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