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Originally Posted by Osem
Well who cares then? I'd be quite happy with us being at the back of the queue for TTIP. That's what Obama's really worried about.
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Because one of the Leave campaign's arguments has been that leaving the EU will free us up to do deals with other nations, America being the largest example. This rather hurts that argument. It also adds to the weight of voices saying that voting Leave will cost you and traditionally voters tend to vote on the economy.
I am surprised at the ferocity of the Governments campaign so far. The last two weeks have been relentless from them. The leaflet, the treasury report, Obama's intervention. Any Tories who thought that Cameron and Osborne weren't really in this fight might be dispelled by now. They're throwing everything and everyone at it. I am not sure Vote Leave expected the onslaught to be quite his heavy, I think they assumed it would be a rather low-key affair. It's going to be hard to see how the Tories reconcile after this.
I wonder if they have anything else planned. It seems they've decided to go all out as early as possible...